▁ ▁However , ▁Senator ▁Keith ▁Dave y ▁war ned ▁that ▁the ▁Canadian ▁government ▁would ▁act ▁to ▁protect ▁the ▁Canadian ▁Football ▁League ▁from ▁competition . ▁The ▁Canadian ▁Football ▁Act ▁had ▁been ▁proposed , ▁but ▁not ▁approved , ▁when ▁Bass ett ▁had ▁tried ▁to ▁establish ▁the ▁Toronto ▁North men ▁in ▁the ▁World ▁Football ▁League ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 . ▁Such ▁legisl ation ▁would ▁have ▁b anned ▁US ▁football ▁le agues ▁from ▁playing ▁in ▁Canada . ▁In ▁particular , ▁Montreal ' s ▁C FL ▁team , ▁the ▁Con cord es , ▁was ▁on ▁prec ari ous ▁financial ▁ground , ▁having ▁just ▁been ▁established ▁to ▁replace ▁the ▁recently ▁fol ded ▁Al ou ettes . ▁ ▁This ▁led ▁Bass ett ▁to ▁drop ▁the ▁idea . ▁ ▁Once ▁play ▁actually ▁started , ▁the ▁league ▁experienced ▁the ▁same ▁kind ▁of ▁franch ise ▁inst ability , ▁re location , ▁and ▁clos ures ▁that ▁almost ▁all ▁pro ▁football ▁le agues , ▁including ▁the ▁NFL , ▁experienced ▁in ▁their ▁early ▁years . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁season ▁ ▁The ▁Washington ▁Feder als ▁finished ▁tied ▁with ▁the ▁Arizona ▁W r ang lers ▁as ▁the ▁league ' s ▁worst ▁team ▁with ▁ 4 – 1 4 ▁records . ▁ ▁The ▁Feder als ▁were ▁co ached ▁by ▁the ▁Canadian ▁Football ▁League ' s ▁fourth ▁most ▁successful ▁coach ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁Ray ▁J auch . ▁The ▁team ▁was ▁injury ▁pr one ▁and ▁mistake ▁pr one , ▁on ▁and ▁off ▁the ▁field . ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 3