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I had no idea internment camps and hotels were synonymous terms... **** Carlson. What a dogwhistling pile of dog crap.

Toronto media has been on overdrive today trying to figure out how the Laffs match up against the other divisions now that they've eliminated the Jets and won the North.

The death of the CFL as we know it...

I'm hoping for the best but bracing for the worst. I am so unbelievably grateful that the Bombers won the big one last season. I shudder to imagine that it was almost possible that I never got to see them win a Grey Cup. I've been a fan since I was eight years old but in 1990 I was only 5 and didn't know or care about pro sports. Thank God we won in 2019! I hope my feelings of dread turn out to be unfounded but right now I am terrified that I am going to lose the hobby that is nearest and dearest to me (CFL and in particular Blue Bomber football).

We should be proud of that. The only people Carlson like are horrible ones.

I have no sympathy for people who claim their rights are being discriminated. Screw them.

Honestly, how ******* exciting is it going to be just to have SOME kinda CFL stuff on TV??? I'll take it...

I really feel like Naylor has been a typical Toronto attitude throughout this. Very "nobody cares about the CFL, so we have to do this in order to make people care", except that it's really a Toronto-only attitude. I saw a thing from Duthie this morning talking about how there's really two modes of thinking about the potential merger: The Toronto view, and Everyone Else....

You can see the Stanley Cup in downtown Toronto, at the Hall of Fame. It's a neat relic from the olden days.

Pretty sure. I mean I am pretty sure the NHL exists outside of Toronto. I mean the Stanley Cup hasn't been seen there in over 50 years so somebody must have won it.

People in their 40s dying...man oh man. The further we get into this, with older generations being vaccinated, we're seeing younger and younger people being greatly affected by this virus. Absolutely terrifying...

Friend sent that to me. Not gonna lie I could feel my blood pressure going through the roof. Lol then I realized what day it is. Got me!!

The original CSI was fantastic and could of went on longer had they moved away from the dramatic over the top storylines that involved each of the cast members and went back on focusing on the science and cases. It only got real bad when each week one of the members of the unit would be kidnapped or somehow get involved personally in each case. Similar to Criminal Minds it made the show jump the shark when it became to cheese.

So... ****** carlson is angry with us and compared us to Russian gulag. His concern trolling is transparent like saran wrap. I love the first pic of Trudeau- its shameful for both JT and FC.

Jets looked like they did on Saturday against Calgary. Sloppy first, 2 goals down. They better come out flying Friday.

Today's covidiots. https://www.chrisd.ca/2021/03/31/manitoba-business-owner-fined-mask-inglis https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-big-white-covid-19-party-charley-victoria-apology-1.5971410

Like seriously wtf . We spot them 2 goals which are easily avoidable. Wake the hell up

But will you be able to stay awake for it? BTW: you are officially "old" until you have to start planning how you are going to stand up. Or start wondering why you are in the kitchen. The other day I actually remembered why I was in a room- it was the bathroom, but still....

The education review will erode some of the PC's rural support. Ridings like Gimli, Selkirk, and Interlake have gone NDP in the past - there is plenty of animosity swirling right now, as it appears that smaller schools were not even considered. And if they were, the information is not forthcoming. The whole things is looking more and more like just one huge swipe at the metro divisions and the teachers' union.

I'd love to see this. Then bring back Chris Walby dressed in an undersized old school blue CBC jacket with his signature fingers wrapped around a CFL microphone.

One thing that a merger (or whatever it is) will do, will be to introduce alternate media coverage. I think TSN has been a good partner for the CFL; however, I do not think the exclusive relationship has produced the best possible situation. The competition in the US, over the NFL, has created better and better broadcasts and coverage. I don't think we've benefitted from that up here without competition. I think TSN could use some competition!

Who? Are these NHLers? I recognize Gretzky from his Greyhound days.

Well I like the Gretzky-Kurri-Random Dude combo myself but I'm not from Toronto.

And this is just the perfect article to put out there right after your colleague calls you out for insufficient reporting. This says....exactly what everyone already knew. Congrats on wasting everyones time Naylor. BREAKING NEWS!!! CFL IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS. CHANGES NEED TO HAPPEN OR IT WON'T SURVIVE!! There...TSN hire me.

C'mon Frosty. Yes the Jets should have won that game, but it's L1 . (thanks for doing this btw) . I hope we send Laff Nation crying on Friday.

The part I always enjoy is when they have former coaches on providing their analysis of the game at hand. I really liked when they had on Lapo and Benevides going at each other from an offensive and defensive perspective and how they would try to counter each other using the specifics of the game to argue what adjustments need to happen. Very entertaining imo.

But didn't really have much of a defense. It is what it is.

He has been project as a 6th or 7th round pick but that 40 time might bump that up

https://3downnation.com/2021/03/31/matt-sekeres-reporting-on-potential-cfl-xfl-partnership-has-been-insufficient-so-far/ Pretty on point. That said no one from TSN to 3downnation is really breaking any stories. They make wild claims, some contradictory and offer nothing of substance. They just seem to be vying for clicks and doing the bare minimum to get the traffic.

chuba hubbard with a blazing 4.36 40 time at his pro day. Cant stop thinking how great he'd look in blue n gold in the post harris era but I dont think he ever falls out of the nfl. He was fully adequate as a starter which is far better than most rookies especially true rookies are. But the situation was not the same.

I see Gable retired. Another victim of Covid19 likely. Good for him on his career though. I remember seeing a lot of talk online about "more" players going this route and was worried for a bit. But I honestly haven't seen anyone retire who is a really big loss. (yet).

I've no issue with the TSN panel but I sure do with their broadcast crews. Now with Chris Cuthbert gone they haven't one outstanding broadcaster in the bunch. They're all terrible to me. That's the problem with TSN. They could do so much more to attract younger viewers but they don't want to. They have the same people doing the games. The broadcasts are the same. Nothing changes because they don't have to change without competition. TSN thinks TNF is somehow cool showing rotten Canadian bands at halftime. The broadcasts are not cool.

I don't buy any of this stuff about the TSN panel. You need former players who are young enough to not seem super old, but old enough to have played the game at a high level and therefore have expertise. And on top of that, they need to be good speakers... Good communicators. Exactly how long a list do you think it is that checks off those boxes?? Trust me, it's a short list.

This is the usual PC playbook. No surprise at all.

Sportsnet despite mighty dork had some great camera work compared to the same era of tsn. Prime ages of cbc they had a great panel. Currently the TSN group is very long in the tooth and could use new blood.

not a good first period then jets forwards should do the same.

When you are 65, its pretty much anywhere you want it to be.

That was then. Things change. I don't know if Global would televise any games as they don't do sports either. CTV has the NFL.

Don't blame this on us old folks or I will come over there and beat you with my cane.

Confirmation of the dearth of new ideas in Hollywood. Lasers and aliens. Gotta have lasers and aliens plus hot female aliens.

that's kinda where I was coming from in saying that the jury is still very much out on Gray.... we've had others that showed more, faster. Now, having said that, I certainly understand that OL usually take longer and you don't wanna rush a guy. We've always said that Gray LOOKED the part of a "Young Walby", and we all know that Walby took a long time to develop, as well, but ended up playing a very long time. So, if we're patient, hopefully DG can develop into a long time stud as CW did...

They did a poor job at the end.

I've been saying that for years. The CBC would be a natural choice for the CFL as they've lost the NHL.

The CFL needs to honour bonuses. Our idiot Commissioner seems to think that they aren't important. He made sure players didn't get paid these bonuses during the last CBA negotiations. And teams cut veterans days before a bonus is due. Bite the bullet & pay it for crissakes. Get rid of the 1 year deals & UFA. Only players with a certain number of years in as players & when they reach a certain age get to become UFA's,

The only way to stop these deals is to completely disallow them & go to restricted free agency. The league is going down because the owners & players are ******* morons. Take care of your fans first. Make them feel engaged again & let them get to know their players like they used to. Stop trying to please some hot shot rookie running back from Arkansas who has NFL dreams only. **** him if he doesn't want to sign a two or 3 year deal. And **** players like Henoc Muamba that could care less if they play on a winner or a loser as long as they get the money they want. Guys like Adam Bighill sacrificed while Muamba wants more. The CFL can continue to be run badly or make painful & hard decisions on player movements. If the players don't like it then they can retire. That's my take anyway.

We just can't match the money that they can make down south. I wish we could find a way to allow them opportunities and still give them multi-year deals. But, I can't blame the players for wanting these deals. All deals are effectively one-year deals to the teams, anyhow. The players need some leverage.

Have you looked at the UCP in Alberta lately?

We didn't, so having the US below us doesn't mean squat. We could have emulated Australia or New Zealand or any other country that locked down tight for long enough. Heck, we could have emulated Japan and made sure that everyone wore masks, stayed 1 meter apart, made businesses install forehead heat sensors at their doors and not let anyone in who ran a temp. It worked for them. Instead, we let the politicians make wrong decision after wrong decision. Open up, close down, open up, close down. Call non-essential businesses essential. Let folks walk around without masks, instead of no mask, here's your ticket. Let religious gatherings happen without any repercussions. In Alberta, we even went as far as to ticket people and throw one or two of them in jail, only to let them go without even paying a fine. They're now talking about spending millions of dollars on advertising to get people to get the vaccines instead of no vaccine, no entry. They don't even want people to have to have vaccine cards to prove they've been vaccinated in case it stigmatizes those who choose not to. All this means we don't get back to normal, likely for years.