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After all the recent Grey Cup losses and coming so close to sweet victory..... can we rename ourselves the Blue Ballers?

Blaming the name change is just so hilariously lazy I'm not sure how to take it seriously. In the last 20 years and Elks have won 8 playoff games and only hosted 3. They had 22 straight home losses around the pandemic and have failed to account for changes in recreational spending due to all the geopolitical events that have happened the last 6 years. They've had years of uninspiring play and low community engagement from all reports. But no, a bunch of old white dudes got their feelings hurt by a name change so that's why attendance is so low. Just win baby and the fans will come back

Yep. People can cry about tradition when using the name change as a primary reason their attendance sucks but Edmonton also had a tradition of winning. Get back to that and the fans will follow. Calling your team Grey Cup champions is so much better than Eskimoes, Elks or any other team name.

There is just no reason to name a sports team after an ethnic group or race unless that team is predominately run by said ethnic group or race which has never been the case for Edmonton (or really any North American sports franchise). In particular when the government of the country where the team resides tried to systemically eliminate the ethnic group or race. Blaming the name change for fan turn out is a sorry excuse. They could change the name of the bombers to the Blue Bowlers and it wouldn't make a lick of difference on attendance.

Three firsts and a 2nd…. That seems like a lot. Good for Ottawa. He wasn’t going to resign there, so they got a nice haul for him.

that’s true but the riders benefit from a total lack of competition as well. Also, “honky” is not some direct parallel to eskimo or any other radicalized term. (No matter what you think of that term) From the sounds of our demographic, no one here has the right to say eskimo is not an offensive term and is equivalent to X or Y. The name is changed in Edmonton, and for better or worse it will never come back. Did it cause the collapse of washington in the NFL, Cleveland in the MLB, or has a name change ever caused the complete collapse of a sports market? Tradition does not brand in young fans any more. It hasn’t for a long while. The cfl it self, is distancing more and more from its tradition. At that, the push back was minimal when the ball change happened, and when the hash marks moved, when the ratio has been messed with and soo much more. Now next year we see the largest scale changes. Most of us hard core fans are not happy about it. But clearly the cfl sees tradition as an obstacle to acquiring younger fans. The people for whom the tradition is soo important, and who stopped going to edmonton games because of the name change alone, and would’ve stayed through 2 years of 1 home game win are a tin, tiny demographic.

When you know in advance you 'have' to go with a running game, what they came up with was pitiful...Now I agree it wasn't all on Buck BUT after taking a beating like that after a loss, critical eyes start turning to coaching....agreed not just Buck but he can say it more than anyone the buck stops here

Good riddance to bad rubbish... If all of those American assholes want to go play together down there someplace, have at it.

Here try this one: I'm forgetting that my picks need to be opposite of what HardCoreBlue picks.

This has been a pretty crazy start to the CFL, Im blaming that. If I come up with a better excuse, I will share it.

Blue Ballers??? ...that sounds sexually discriminatory and wouldn't go over with the fairer sex...You could try floating that name change but I would watch out for a quick kick to the gonads.............................................Speaking of quick kicks....when the hell was the last one tried by by any team in this league

Any ream in any league has to be respectable. the rider fans started staying away in droves when shivers brought in good players, but who had a steady parade to the defendant's box and had their names in the news for all the wrong reasons. Losing is one thing, but losing badly while whining and throwing tantrums is another.

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The name change definitely chased some fans away but I don't think they would return if the name was changed back

You're right about who decided it needed to change. No, every group gets to decide what is offensive as a label to be used upon them. No one gets to blanketly decide a term is not offensive to another group. Extend that logic to black people, and you know what word, does it still apply? I mean, Quebec would argue with the last point lol. You have (or should) a reasonable freedom to be offensive in your own domain. In the public domain, however, that freedom is limited at the point it encroaches on others. As an Atheist my self, we have the right not to have religion forced upon us. As such, the Inuit/Inuk people have the exclusive right to dictate what name they go by. And even to change it or change their minds. None Inuit people do not. While the decision to change the name away to the Elk was made by a different demographic, the only demographic who would be appropriate to OK changing it back is the Inuit people. Land O Lakes and Pearl Milling Company didn't go under from brand changes either. The reality is, the quality is drastically more important than branding minutiae. The company I worked for changed its name about 15 years ago, after almost 200 years of operation under the previous branding. And we will likely be rebranding in a couple of years again. The first didn't have any meaningful change on business, and neither will the second.

How hard is it to build a rum hut in every stadium in this league? Seriously.

Probably lungs, stomach and other such stuff as well.

CBC has been leaning more and more into amateur sports for nearly 30 years... This is a natural progression.

I’d have to agree. Alexander strikes me as a bit of a knob, but I’ll still pull for him over a garbage human like Chad Kelly.

I've been to Dunkin Doughnuts and honestly it felt like the American Tim Hortons. Doughnuts were all right, coffee is mediocre. Everywhere in Boston though.

So guess where I finally went today (god I wish I could share images to my phone here) the fries are definitely up there with Roxi's in Selkirk. They also let you keep the glass bottle if you bring it on your next visit you'll get a 5% discount. The meal comes with either a Signature shake or a mojito, however one would have to pick between meal or dessert at this place because I was full by the time I finished the meal (hell I couldn't finish the fries) so next time no meal just freak shake or dessert item

The way I see it. Change the name back to Eskimos & you attract another 25000 fans to the games at CWS. people can pull out their old Eskimo gear & wear it with pride again. Remember, the demographic of CFL fans are older so they have experienced tradition. Take that away & it makes peoplke angry. The Eskimo fanbase wasn't consulted. it was a unilateral decision by the BOD's. They rightly felt excluded & not heard. They're letting the tone deaf Elks organization know how they feel with their wallets & the team refuses to listen. Someone on the Internet is saying the Elks should move to Quebec City. Maybe they should. Calgary's issue is stadium & ownership. McMahon is a dump. Fans no longer want to go watch the Stamps. Throw in an owner who doesn't care about the fans or the team & you have tons of apathy. They need a new owner. Someone who is engaged with the fans. As well as a new building. Ottawa is the team. A decade of shitty management & coaching. Nothing ever changes. Fans thought Ryan Dinwiddie would come in & instantly turn things around. pretty hard when Dinwioddie plays Jake Maier over Dru brown. Which tells you just how bad Browna ctually is. No leadership sills at all. Average arm. Injury prone. I see atrade coming for Nick Arbuckle & soon. Give Ottawa a winning team & the fans will come back. Hamilton is an enigma. Haven't won a Grey Cup in 28 years. They have the best qb in the CFL right now. He's on fire. They have the best receiving corps & a young exciting running back. Defense looks like it's championship calibre. And they can't get more than 15000-20000 to the games. Go figure.

Chris Morris complained how much a disaster it was changing the name. Went on to say how hard it is to sell tickets. He said they won't change the name back which the fanbase seems to want. No real proof indigenous people in the Arctic or Alberta were against the name Eskimos in great numbers in the first place. Get woke. Go broke.