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You should make a song about this and end each verse with ‘those were the days’. :)

It wasnt like the polo location was isolated. Plenty of outdoor concerts happened there. Was a bonus for me that I lived so close. I could see the stadium from my 2nd storey, walked to games and got to listen to concerts for free

From what I read, Alford had a terrible season last year and it was a surprise that he ended up getting that big contract. Hopefully he turns it around this year.

Insert ‘don’t know what to think of this’ emoticon. :)

3DownNationCFL M.O.P. Nathan Rourke to play in adult rec flag footba...The 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles are over two years away, but B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke is taking an unconventional step to prepare himself.

The province will survey Manitobans about whether to end twice-annual time changes, after B.C. decided to move to year-round daylight time.

Football highlights are usually needlessly cruel https://imgur.com/a/jefferson-long-td-vs-atl-EEKhxb8 Alford is not the guy you want on JJ 1:1, he obviously thought he was releasing him to a safety, realized there was no one behind him so he hauled back and instincts took over and he want to the corner instead of the middle of the field

Bit of a head scratcher though...

Very interesting. My first impression is I hope the stadium doesn't get choked out by retail & residential development so close to PAS. It's obvious that you can kiss any outdoor concwrts goodbye as the new residents next door will kick up a fuss if promoters want to bring an act to Winnipeg. They're doing the same in Ottawa & the residential development is so close to the stadium it's a stone's throw away. That & the fact they're building a 6,000 seat arena in one of the end zone means the RedBNlackd stadium will have a hard time if they ever want to increse seating capacity. Here in calgary, the U of C owns all the land that Mcmahon Stadium is on & also want to do something similar. I've seen renderings of the development around it. Pleanty of condo towers & shopping. No room for parking when attending Stamps games. Buildings literally just feet away from the stadium. Little or no money to renovate McMahon Stadium. It looks awful for football fans. You can tell the low priority the Stampeders have with the politicians, university & developers. https://engage.calgary.ca/foothills-mcmahon

an injury thread wasn't even made for this season...it's too late to make one

They are building a new neighborhood where 20000 will be living, with 300000 sf of commercial retail space and lots of green space. They have completed the sewer, water and hydro infrastructure as well as some of road ways. Actual construction is supposed begin this spring (or may have started already). People will begin to move in next year. Southwood CircleSouthwood Circle - Winnipeg Most Sustainable Infill Devel...Discover Southwood Circle, a 112-acre mixed-use infill community on the University of Manitoba campus, with waterfront parkland and phase one lots available.

As I live in Calgary & not Winnipeg, I'm not up to date on any development around the stadium. I know that the gof course has set empty for 13 years & is being overrum by overgrowth. The last Bomber game I attended was the Banjo Bowl in 2024 & the area around the stadium hadn't changed. So, pardon me if I am a little bit behind on things. Can you post any details on what's being developed & going in around the stadium?

sometimes I wonder if these entertainment type shows even still serve a purpose anymore https://deadline.com/2026/03/nbcuniversal-leaving-syndication-steve-wilkos-karamo-access-hollywood-end-1236752795/

Finally got ’em. https://www.chrisd.ca/2026/03/13/winnipeg-teen-stolen-car-thief-police-investigation/

There are restaurants, coffee shops, pubs being being build at the old Southwood golf course. They are part of what is probably the largest current development in the city.

Low pay, and aiming at that will get you there. The thing is, most rookies are on pretty low contracts once they pay taxes and convert, not to mention living expenses being up here. After all that, even if you come in at 100k, what are you sending home? 25-30 maybe? For anyone with a family, it isn't a living wage being a rookie QB up here. Id say they have good talent. Skill levels, I mean, you always end up picking a tool kit that balances one of arm strength, and accuracy/touch. That's really all throwing sports. And part of the struggle in developing QBs. No different than MLB teams developing pitchers. The throwing talent is completely separate from throwing athleticism, and extraordinarily nuanced. You usually hope to end up with a guy who throws just hard enough and has the ability to put the ball where it needs to go, or a guy with a cannon and athleticism who is as much playing spray and pray in the pass game. Intangibles can be tough to quantify, beyond what you'd expect as well. Because basically all the QBs coming up are at best 2-year starters, it is very hard to tell what is a product of an intangible and what is a fluke or other factors. Back in the day, when every QB going pro was a 3-4 year starter, and a 3-4 year HS starter, you could get a much better evaluation of the guy. Yeah, I mean, teams and players don't want to wait. But at the same time, you only learn so much on the bench. I think young prospects need more seasoning in the first year and a half or so, then after that point. You really have to stress test them. Practice isn't a source of that at all anymore. So we see young guys who have sat for a year or two, know the system, understand most of the nuances of the game, but haven't been battle-hardened enough to be able to make use of those assets. If I were running a team, this is what I would do. Break down the QB prospects into 2 lists. Long list guys, and short list. Long list guys are ones that you've scouted extensively and are ready to keep around for 2 years, almost no matter what. Like how we waited out dru browns early struggles. The short list is guys who have the raw tools you like and may or may not be available. These range from flyers to guys you would watch for a few months to a season to get a better read on while they are on the team. Bring in 4-5 max of these guys. Assuming you have no real QB2, but a starter. You do install with your starter and give heavy, heavy rep time to the prospects. You likely would be lucky to have more than 1 long list guy at a time. So 3-4 short list guys, and as you see critical red flags, you replace them with other short list guys. Mainly, a lack of mental toughness, mental ability to read/progress/improvise, or a lack of the balance of touch/accuracy/release/strength required. You break camp with 3 on the ar, but any time you get one, you should take a vet for QB2. So you end up sitting with 2-3 developmental guys. Any long list guy, or a short list overachiever, goes on the 6-game out of camp. You test the mettle of the remaining kids, cycling them through pr, scout team, heavy drill use, and short yardage stuff on the ar. As they break, you replace them. At 6 games, if any are left standing, you switch them for the first group and sit them on the ir for 6, giving the first group a chance. So you sit a max of 2 QBs on the IR, with a starter/backup, and 2 guys going from pr to ir fighting for a spot. Repeat that grinder until you have 2-3 guys who are at least ready to be between qb2/3. Guys, you can't expect to easily replace them with free agents. Then, you run the blender again with them. You do this and hope to go into the next camp able to move on from QB2 or not being crippled if you lose qb 1. To run this blender, you need to be airlifting and cycling DBs and WRs as well. You can't really practice with QBs facing a real rush, but you can run a ton of Skelly. And you force them to run it on double time to create that friction to struggle against. You call snap, get the QB the ball, and he has to rely on post-snap read and reaction. Shorter than 5-second routes till whistle and next QB up. You'd also need more offensive coaches than D to facilitate running this. You'd each scout to dedicate more time to QBs than the rest, or maybe 1-2 almost full-time on QBs. You probably need to have 2 years to get to the point you want to be at. But most teams' QB plan amounts to either, Hope you hit the lotto, Hope your guy doesn't get hurt/diminish/retire/leave in FA, or Hope someone else can develop a guy who goes to FA that you can poach. Which is how you end up with 40 year old qbs with injury records longer than all the pages Stephen King has written. We are on the cusp of losing BLM, Zach, and Harris in this league. MBT and Masoli are basically done in all but paperwork. Vaj and Fajardo are 33-34 with a ton of wear. The pest hasn't played well outside of or been healthy-ish since 23. As bad as the coming rule changes are, the biggest crisis that the league faces is QBing. If that ship isn't righted with a new group of younger talent, the rest of the stuff will just be the straw that breaks the camels back.

What did not work out for the AFL etc is that they looked for warm bodies basically because they wouldn't pay a living wage. I get what you are saying that work ethic, desire etc can lead to lunch pail QBs if you go out and get skill deficient QBs. However, in our league most QBs have a good skill set it's the intangibles that set them apart and that makes it very hard to scout for the next one because it isn't something that's easy to put your finger on until you see the guy in camp, and then in game action. Developing QBs is a hard thing to do, because not a lot of guys want to wait the 2-3 years it might take. Take Chase for example, one and done. Not saying he would have ever amounted to anything but he didn't want to stick around to see.

Thats not what is happening, but that leads you to lunch box qbs. Which did not work out well for AFL etc. Pretty much. I know the cost would be a lot. Probably the larger of the last 2 cap increases, if not both of them in size. And that doesnt even include paying starters more money. But as the qb goes, so goes the team, league, and sport.

As it should be. Work ethic, desire, and catching onto the game are what sets our league's starters apart from our wash outs.

I think it's a matter of both players not playing up to their contracts last year and expecting the same pay day. I'm sure teams inquired on both and didn't like the asking price. Both guys were highly paid last year and were not going to receive that amount again whether in FA or in the second year of a contract. Once the reality sets in no one is ponying up big bucks some guys choose to retire.

aren't host cities normally announced two years in advance? or in the case of the 2005 Junos 16 months even? Winnipeg Free Press56th Juno Awards brings the party back to Winnipeg in 2027The Juno Awards are coming back to Winnipeg. The city has been selected to host the 56th edition of the Canadian music award show and its associated events from April 1 to 4, 2027. The Junos were prev

Yeah, it'd be nice if they developed a great dining/pub area nearby. Polo Park isn't what it used to be lol, they dodged a bullet moving away from there. South Kenaston is better shopping now.

It makes too much sense so the CFL won't do it. They won't even get rid of the coaching/admin cap.

It's just too bad there isn't an entertainment district close to PAS. It's a long drive or bus ride to any decent restaurants or pubs northbound on Pembina Highway. There was just about everything close to Canad Inns Stadium. It wasn't perfect as there weren't a lot of bars around but fans did have some restaurant choices nearby. As well as shopping at Polo Park.