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Dude, A.C. Slater was the QB.

MOS hates these changes? MOS is in my good books again. Mike, if you want to roster 30 DBs, go for it.

Bet he could have gone better than 3 of 8 for 54 yards as QB of Bayside.

Yeah with the special teams aspect the only way to change it would be to do something to force teams to not kick. Like if you only get so many punts per half or something....which would also be stupid. Coaches are going to be conservative and play the long game. Kickers and punters are also crazy accurate these days so would you rather go for it 3rd and 5 from the 40 or pin the other team inside their 5 and take the chance they go 2 and out or turn it over? Any benefit they get from no posts (consider the posts act both ways in terms of offense being able to use them for a pick) is negated by losing the yards in the endzone that D has to defend. Think of how many TD's are scored in the back corner of the endzone. There's no way for them to definitively say these rule changes create scoring.

Yeah I think it’s funny how it’s just taken as a matter of fact scoring will increase significantly, I see it the other way where instead of long field goals you’ll see a lot more corner coffin punts. Do you really think all these teams will be going for it around the 40-45 yard line? I doubt it.

Think its down to 50 after the latest rule changes 😉

Contrary to bovine excrement we are being fed, the narrower and shorter field and the smaller endzones will mean less scoring and the other changes will both dumb the game down and strip away the unpredictability which means less excitement. A pox on all their houses.

Someone on reddit dug up the numbers when the NFL moved the goalposts back and apparently it resulted in more punting, more missed field goals, and no increase in TDs.

Not surprised. Dude still can't comprehend the designated nationalized American rule, and is reviewing Streveler game film from 2019.

Yeah ,made a point of listening yesterday ,first time ever. He isnt too pleased about it. Isnt he on the rules committee?

bob tweeted paraphrasing from mos, I guess coaches show was last night? And apparently mos hates all the rule changes.

I'd like to see their indirect fan engagement on it too.

I bet it was written in crayon on construction paper.

The league estimates that the changes will result in 60 more touchdowns a year. I would like to see their math on that.

I think it was talking North America cuz everyone outside North America plays soccer. Hell Mexico loves soccer and like you said it’s growing rapid here and in the US. It’s funny. I got neighbours and they got kids. They don’t play football but they go to games. They play soccer and baseball. I see lots of kids in the ghetto here with bombers hats or shirts on. But Winnipeg is the flag ship. Not sure I see that in the big smoke or la belle provence or on the left coast.

Finally some news on this https://tvline.com/news/baywatch-reboot-fox-cast-characters-plot-details-1235516699/

Nobody disagrees with the league that the attendance numbers in the larger markets are unsustainable and something needs to change. I think very few of us think these changes will make a dent in that.

It was a very quick Google search (and it is the Internet so you might take these numbers with a grain of salt) but the World Cup (final and overall) appears to beat the Super Bowl. https://the18.com/en/soccer-news/world-cup-vs-super-bowl-by-numbers-viewers-revenue-tv-ratings There is no doubt in my mind that soccer (football to those purist snobs) is more popular world wide and it's gaining traction in Canada. And, it's not just kids of immigrants who are taking up the sport. So, can these kids and their parents be attracted to the CFL? I don't think that what the league office offered up yesterday will do the trick.

I dunno. I think I hate Minnesota and Nashville and Dallas in hockey quite a bit. Seemed to have worked there. And Colorado for that matter and I’ll always dislike Utah because that’s the original when I was a child jets but also cuz they totally stole the current jets colours but mixed with the Winnipeg ICE. The Utah Mammoth? Is that it? If so, **** mammoth’s. Wooly bastards.

Tell that to Bettman.

I see things weird at times and I saw the initials O SH I T while I was reading it.

55 percent of Canadians have no interest in the cfl and that won’t change because rouges are basically eliminated and the field is shorter. If you want more interest and in turn more revenue you need to put a team in QCity and the maritimes. Easier said than done. CFL will never be the NFL ever. NFL Is on its own really. No other sports are close. Honestly I think I saw something that said the only comparable to the superbowl in terms of how much $$$ it brings to the local economy and that stuff is WWE WrestleMania. That’s wild. cfl will never be that tho but unless we join the USA the cfl is our NFL really meaning that it’s the highest level of football played in the country. Market it better for corks sake. It’s an affordable family friendly part of our Canadian MF’ing heritage. I don’t want to be a bastardized version of the nfl.

Marketing to newcomers to Canada is an important step. The Raptors when they started did this, as well as trying to get more woman going to the games and they've built a great fanbase.

Ballentine on 3DN stole my "Madden" take, so now I would like to formally disown it.

Ottawa vs Montreal would make much more sense just based on proximity - it's 2 1/2 hours away. It also doesn't 'dilute' the Argos / TiCats rivalry. Regardless, those things have to happen organically and can't be forced but making it a traditional labour day / labour day weekend matchup would be a good start.