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When the players vote, they ratify. Negotiations occur before the fact; there are trade-offs for both sides in the negotiations. If the governors want an expanded roster, $240,000 is not a lot of money. And some of the players will see player expansion is a good thing. So in our discussion the key thing is getting the concepts across, not minor money matters

Isn’t that what they did in the last cba with the increases to the min salary? I don’t see them wanting more of that, maybe some will want more total players though.

CFLPA will not choose to spread money to more positions. That's not in the best interest of the current players. Current players vote.

Players should fight for revenue sharing and a scaling cap. Couple more roster spots and maybe pr spots. I would also push for a fixed ratio between player and coaching cap.

I would actually like to see 39 start in goal over 37. Bet he steals a game .or 2.

" I do NOT see the CFL adding more salaried positions" I agree if the salary cap is not going up but if history is any guide it will go up at least some. What I am advocating here is to take $250,000 of that increase and expand the Canadian roster size. It will ultimately lower the cost of Canadians over all. It will lower it because there will be more Canadian talent because of the larger veteran experienced talent pool (30 to 60 more veterans at least). The teams can then apply the rest of the salary cap increase as they see fit. Until we see game day rosters the same size as the NFL, we will always have game day injury problems. A little common sense can prevail here. We just have to regulate it slightly for a very good purpose.

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We could have had a Nathan Rourke in the mid 2000s.

Really would have liked to been up 2-0. Jets need to find their game and quick. Schmidt draws in, Stanley is out. 9 PM Start. Sportsnet. Go Jets Go!!!

Looking forward to Leafs Elimination Day!

I think the run on online will Happen earlier, but this is easily the best of the mock drafts I’ve seen.

Leafs fans grab pitchforks. Leafs grab golf clubs. A tradition like no other.

Maple Leafs Won’t Go Far with Samsonov in Net Story by Rupert McDonald, The Hockey Writers • 46m • 3 min read Pitchforks, knives, switchblades etc being readied for their annual use in Leaf Nation. Not that the Jet Nation is innocent when it comes to this (insert me grabbing my pearls) but hey I just really dislike the Leafs. 🙂 Sorry not sorry?

My take for the Bombers: 8. Okpoke 17. Mueller 20. Duncan-Busby 28. Hladiuk 37 Berta 40. Muembi 46. D-Line (Tackle) 55. D.B. (Teams) 64. D-Line (Edge/Teams) 73. L.B. (Teams)

man they kill off one background character and everyone flips, but when they killed off Krusty's dad a year ago (granted we knew a year in advanced that someone was getting killed off) they didn't really flinch much https://tvline.com/news/the-simpsons-larry-cause-of-death-explained-season-35-episode-15-1235218420/ I thought the CBC got a grant https://deadline.com/2024/04/run-the-burbs-canceled-no-season-4-the-cw-1235895654/

so it's similar to Pluto TV, come to think of it most of those same channels are on that service, speaking of which they added Diagnosis Murder and Beverly Hillbillies to the service

Its a free channel offered on smart TVs. There are lots of channels on there, here's a few: Entertainment Baywatch (1063) 21 Jump Street (1066) Degrassi (1067) The Bob Ross Channel (1069) Magellan TV Now (1073) Divorce Court (1079) Circle (1082) MHz Now (1096) Haunt TV (1097) Hollywire (1107) Cowboy Way (1112) Supermarket Sweep (1142) Deal or No Deal (1143) The Biggest Loser (1231) Hell’s Kitchen (1240) Operation Repo (1244) Comedy That Girl (1322) The Red Green Channel (1323) Are We There Yet? (1328) The Pet Collective (1329) FailArmy (1330) Always Funny Videos (1332) Dry Bar Comedy (1334) Comedy Dynamics (1338) Funny Or Die (1340) https://www.ytechb.com/samsung-tv-plus-channels-list/#samsung-tv-plus-channels-list-canada

Bob Cole, the play-by-play voice of countless NHL games, dies at 90 (msn.com)

With teams struggling financially coming out of Covid, new owners, teams for sale, and some depleted facilities, I do NOT see the CFL adding more salaried positions. You can't just keep adding more roster spots without spreading the money around. So, CFLPA is not going to take less for more spots. CFLPA should to focus on player safety and getting as much money for the existing roster spots as possible.

In theory, what you are saying is sound. In practice clubs will not and cannot devote enough of their time away from the main roster to slowly develop anyone. Practice time is limited in our league. Actual players need every rep they can get and giving them up to half timers. they will not be in pads for all but a couple practices a year. Rubbing shoulders with vets, and practicing on their own is not development. Being token rostered players that don't play won't help anything. Sure the odd guy might break through to a full time job but making peanuts on a PR for a shot a couple years down the line is not going to be appealing to many. You are thinking these guys coming out of CIS don't know how to weight train or how to play the game? They know. There are very few late bloomers that come along and break out after a couple of years. If you wanna add 3 spots to the roster for NATs you might be able to fine tune a few guys to specialist roles on teams. That's about as good as it will probably get for guys of the developmental level you are talking about. I really don't feel that 1 or 2 out of 6 would ever develop into a starting role in this scenario. 1 in 20 maybe. Take a look at the drafts, how many drafted guys end up as starters and these are the guys that have demonstrated an ability to potentially play pro ball either thru their game tape or their physical attributes. Maybe 1 in 10 draft picks end up as a starter another 2 out of 10 as teamers or specialists and that is in a couple of good draft years. Thinking that with some extra time that undrafted guys will attain the same success is pretty wishful thinking. By the time each team gets into the 7th round of the draft there isn't much hope for that draft pick let alone picking up the scraps after that.

Another option would be adding one or two practice roster spots for Canadians.

He was an outstanding broadcaster providing many years of comforting entertainment for us regardless of the team you cheered for.

Here's a cut at a 2 round mock draft. Taking realistic projection on guys who are going to be in NFL. 1. Edmonton- Curtis Dublanko LB 2. Ottawa- Dumoulin-Duguay OL 3. Sask- Kevin Mital Receiver 4. Calgary- Tyson Hergott DE 5. Toronto- Kevens Clercius Receiver 6. BC- Luke Brubacher DE 7. Hamilton- Michael Chris-Ike RB 8. Winnipeg- George Una OL 9. Montreal- Benjamin Labrosse DB 10. Edmonton- Gabe Wallace OL 11. Ottawa- Geoffrey Cantin-Arku LB 12. Sask- Daniel Okpoko DL 13. Calgary- Nick Mardner Receiver 14. Calgary- Kyle Hergel OL 15. BC- Christy Nkanu OL 16. Hamilton- Owen Mueller OL 17. Winnipeg- Melique Straker LB 18. Edmonton- D'Sean Mimbs Receiver 19. BC- Theo Benedet OL 20. Winnipeg- Jared Chisari RB

RIP Bob. I still remember the 2002 Olympic Gold Medal Game Call: It is JOE SAKIC …. SCORES! JE-O! SAKIC! SCORES! AND THAT MAKES IT 5! 2! CANADA! SURELY. THAT’S GOTTA BE IT!