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Some strong words from Masoli:

I just don’t understand the Riders at all. I don’t understand their executives, their coaching staff, their players, their fans. None of it. All of this bullshit is self-inflicted but from listening to the fans, you’d think it’s some kind of league wide conspiracy to keep them from being the juggernaut they’re meant to be. Didn’t they voluntarily introduce some code of conduct that they continually fail to abide by? What other team has set themselves up for criticism by saying “we’re going to hold ourselves to a higher standard” then failing to come even close at every opportunity? This constant narrative the fan base tries to drive that “this would only happen to a Rider” when it comes to league discipline is also just ridiculous. I felt like wasting a bunch of time, so I looked up the history of fines and suspensions handed out for on-field incidents since 2019. Only did the regular season, since I don’t feel like skewing the stats in weeks where not all the teams play. In 2019, there was one suspension handed out. To Simoni Lawrence. For a play against the Riders. 53 fines, Riders were only fined 4 times. Players were fined for plays made against the Riders a total of 6 times. In 2021, there were 46 fines handed out for on-field incidents. Riders were fined a total of 8 times, including Marino twice. Players were fined for plays made against the Riders a total of 6 times. In 2022 so far, 6 fines handed out (week 5 stuff comes out tomorrow) and the Riders have yet to be fined but players have been fined twice for plays made against the Riders. That’s a total of 105 fines, 12 for plays made against the Riders and 12 against the Riders. One suspension, for a hit laid on a Rider. Where the hell is this league-wide conspiracy? That’s about as down the middle as can be. For this franchise to go completely silent other than a defense of an absolute piece of **** in Marino is really a sign of how tone-deaf they are and I’m sure all of their fans are going to lap it up and scream and whine about how the league is against them when Dinosaur Boyd or whatever that pylon’s name is only gets a fine for his hit on Robertson tomorrow. If any Rider fans are reading this right now, here’s what it boils down to: nobody is conspiring against you. There’s no bias, no leniency, no plot to hold you down. You guys are treated fairly by the league, your team and fan base are just hated because you preach this superior moral compass but at the end of the day, you’re all just a bunch of fake, hypocritical crybabies who don’t have a clue.

Good time to be alive and a Bomber fan! I keep telling my buddies that weve really gotta enjoy this run and soak it all in. We may never see something like this again in our lifetime!

I wasn’t alive for our Grey Cup in 1990, or for our dominance in the 80’s this is hands down the greatest era of Blue Bomber football in my life time and I’m loving every minute of it.

buddy of mine from S'Toon radio....

the league just so angry right now that this bullshit is overshadowing the TD Atlantic thing, which of course features these asshats.....**** that organization and the stain they are on the entire league.

LOCKED. There is already ample discussion on this topic. Let's keep it respectful here, even when CFL people don't.

Dickenson says in his weekly show that Marino basically couldn't exist in the locker room last season and is doing so much better now that they can't turn back on all that progress. Good lord if that doesn't tell Rider fans how rotten their football operation is I don't know what will.

Bah, this is all part and parcel of the sinister CFL conspiracy against the Riders..... going back to when Chris Jones was kind enough to provide free food and shelter, to unemployed football players

And with that statement, Ballsy shrinks off of Twitter...

He did and he was and he got hurt over and over and over again....

Given his history and the clubs current injury issues, Agudosi better be rolling into IGF like this:

BOO!

The only part of that apology Marino wrote was his name, and he probably spelled that wrong.

So mistakenly looked at Riderfans. A whole thread on how everybody is picking on them because they are jealous and how the team needs to embrace being the 70's Raiders and just needs to win the Cup. Apparently we are all jealous of how great a fanbase they are and how we all pale in comparison. A lot of villages are missing their idiot judging by that thread.

5 years @ $5.62M per year. Nice to see Copp get a decent pay day.

Suffered through a number of useless regimes.......can barely remember a number of angry (drunken) rants about such things back on OurBombers....

Yeah i was 12 in 1990 and was never really a Bomber fan during our mid-to-late 80's run of success. Its taken 30 years to get back to winning ways. Might take another 30 after this glorious run, who knows. Gotta soak it all in while its happening!

I refuse to let you sully O'Shea good namr. MOS took over start of 2014. Dickenson was our STs co-ordinator for 1 year only (2013)... Man that was a terrible year.

Phenomenal victim statement. That’s the evidence the deniers will go crazy over.

This thread is refreshing. No chat on disciplinary issues, only comments on being undefeated, annihilating the previous other undefeated team, great players winning awards from last game, b2b champs, possible sell out crowds, good times, first place. When the franchise is as great as this one, it’s easy to be thankful for the job our group has done, top to bottom.

BOLO Better than BOO

Well if he on the PR...basically just grab him...and if he agrees then it's an easy add to the roster as we are missing a guy now

Shout out to the fans on RF.com that are calling this out for what it is.

Thoughts and prayers.

Lol "I did not intend to injure him" Bull ******* ****. Dipshit there was hell bent on injuring someone back and that dive as he was being taken out of the play was meant only to put a hurt on Masoli. **** this fake apology and **** the riders for trying to save face after all the backpedalling.

soo......why couldn't he post a message himself....did he even pen that?....odd....and now admits to the racial slur thing...so there goes the backpedaling by many that he didn't do that, and now that it is admittal, and based on the league policy, the diversity slogan...etc..etc....does 1 game suffice for that...dare I say yr suspension or immediate expulsion?....also looks bad....so bad on the Rider organization with their dumb defending of him from the start, and the denial about all the stuff involved with this

Whoa whoa whoa... The Keg is in REGINA?!?!? Their organization just lost alot of respect from me.

Wasn't everyone going after Lawrence earlier this year when he hit CoFaj high?

How clueless and tone deaf is Craig Dickenson? Try this one on for size, I can barely type it out because it both astounds me and makes me laugh at the Riders at the same time. "Goodness gracious, it would be rough if we all were judged on our worst moment" - Craig "if the glove don't fit you must acquit" Dickenson Might be the dumbest comment I've heard in some time. Craig you realize that literally thousands of people a day go to court and then are sentenced to jail on the basis they are being judged on their worst moment? It is how we keep the humans on this rock called earth from devolving into complete anarchy. Ted Kasczinski? Solid professor that helped educate countless young men and women....misunderstood because of this little Unabomber thing...at least according to Dickie's logic. Craig do yourself a favor and just shut up now, the more you talk the more respect you are losing.

In practice, Marino would never make it past our organizations vetting process. I doubt MOS would ever hear of him and our leadership group would bounce him out quick if he did. Never would have hit the field.

Had to prune this thread a bit. Let's keep it classy and not drag ourselves down to their level.

Well...hopefully all involved have the want to continue on ...they are all young...and successful and have a real chance to go down in the CFL history books as something extremely special...truly can't see any of the trifecta moving on anytime soon...so the culture and breed of player and commitment to team and each other is gonna be here for a while

But that's exactly what you did with your "in fairness, all parties" comment. That's the definition of deflection. A bit of a useless rebuttal after five six days, BTW. Polls based on voting intent do mean little right now because there isn't a scheduled election on the horizon; plenty can and likely will change between now and October 2025. Especially with what's going on with the CPC and its "leadership" race, trying to draw conclusions from polls as though any party has an advantage over another seems pretty pointless. The CPC can barely function as legitimate opposition right now with Murphy Brownshirt running the show. Did you hear her inane comments on opposing the federal dental plan yesterday?

and now there is this...which is just as laughable...yup that makes it all better....whatafucking joke that Organization is

In fairness. Dickenson looked really bad before the fake apology.

He can’t be racist if he eats ethnic food…lol now I get it.

He's probably off looking for proof that the CFL strong armed Marino into lying about comments he didn't make.

You forgot the part where they said that their franchise is the only thing keeping the league alive LMAO

We need to address housing, then addiction. Those should be a the priorities.

Because they’re legally obligated to, that’s really about it I would think.

canada's team

They have the same # of Grey Cups as the University of Toronto Varisty Blues... Who last won it in 1920 😂

Agreed. Said it a few times, but he is just a nothing player. if he was not a cheap shoting circus of a person - we would never talk about him based on his ability.

Had to look it up but Dickenson was here in 2013 pre MOS.

Haha....nope

Booch hyperbole...you can't unread it.

Great add. Like an extra draft pick. Get him in camp before he goes to college to become draft eligible, finally use our territorial exemption. I was coaching in the U16 tryouts/Blue and Gold game when Luke came in off the street, literally had not played football, as a 14 year old Grade 8 and almost made the team against a bunch of guys who had played through their grade 10 year with private coaches and the machinery of schools like St Pauls, OP, VM. Maybe doesn't seem like such a feat but even all time greats like Demski and Harris barely played in high school until they were in Grade 11. He's a natural football player and he's only improved as a receiver in the last 7-8 years with development. Would not be surprised to see him dressed to chase kicks and backup on offense this week.