There's already a CFL team with rights to Diego Pavia

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Diego Pavia is still hoping to have a long NFL career ahead of him.

But after going undrafted, the Vanderbilt QB and Heisman finalist has an alternate path in Canada if he wants it.

In the Canadian Football League, teams often acquire negotiation rights to players who aren't yet in the CFL. Whichever team holds a player's negotiating rights is the one that has the first chance to sign him if he decides to come to Canada and play.

Pavia's negotiating rights are already held in the CFL -- by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

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This doesn't mean anything about Pavia's actual decision-making. He likely will do whatever he can to make it work in the NFL.

But for those Pavia fans who are wondering what his alternate paths might look like, this is relevant.

If he chose to take a chance on a different league, the CFL and UFL would likely be his two options. And if he chose Canada, Winnipeg seemingly would take a crack at adding him.

The CFL wouldn't be a career-ruining move for Pavia. If he stood out there, he could potentially come to the NFL -- something that Doug Flutie did.

It also wouldn't be awful for Pavia to go to Canada and stay there as a strong performer.

The reality is that Pavia probably isn't going to the CFL. But if he did, it'd seemingly be to Winnipeg.

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