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23 minutes ago, bigg jay said:
Must be because that profit for the Riders was very much inflated by the Grey Cup.
Yeah, so seems likely then.
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56 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:
Is it me or is the Valour experiment something that should be ended? Just seems like a monetary money pit.
Being 5.7 million in the black during a non GC hosting year is fantastic.
$1.25M goes a long way for the Bombers. They are also extra wear and tear on the field.
The league in general just doesn’t seem worth the hassle. Soccer fans (and some will claim there are a lot) don’t exist or don’t show up.
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7 minutes ago, Mike said:
Joel Dublanko apparently getting added to the draft, he’ll go top 3 and probably not 3rd
How is he still draft eligible?
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16 hours ago, BigBlue said:
Of all the quarterbacks outlined in the list above, the one I had particular fondness for was our current offensive coordinator, Buck Pierce. Yes he was on the downside of his career but I still thought he played okay if he wasn't too banged up. He could huck the ball and make plays with his legs. He was filled with heart and intensity. I just enjoyed watching him play. But yeah, he is turning out to be a way better coordinator than he was a QB, even at its prime. Always was and still is a favourite of mine.
I also liked the head and shoulders above the rest best QB on that list the most.
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There was a huge Kamau Peterson fan at OB.com.
I used to think he was Mike here, but I am pretty sure his name was Jeff.
He was a good guy.
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7 hours ago, johnzo said:
I listened to that game on the radio and I can still hear the Bob Irving call.
"He dropped it. He. Just. Dropped. It."
edit: found the play on youtube:
Ended Tee Martin’s career
1 hour ago, 17to85 said:Everyone lost their minds when they brought in Peterson, what a great pickup! I was the only one pointing out his hands sucked...
TBF he went on to have some very good seasons.
So…
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2 hours ago, Rex_Banner said:
They just do everything wrong.
Joke on and off the field in every way.
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19 hours ago, Mike said:
I don’t need to ask him, I know why
As an aside, I’m happy I have my autographed Streveler jersey to bust out now that Bailey is gone.
But I usually roll with the Khari Jones jersey I found on Marketplace for $30 last year
You “@‘d” him with something annoying enough to get blocked.
And I mean…why?
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14 minutes ago, Fatty Liver said:
Do you not recognize a football locker room as an extremely rarefied environment that is seldom duplicated within the rest of society? I would also advise my daughter not to become a prison guard for her own mental and physical well being. You can wish for a rainbow and unicorn world all you like but that's not yet the current reality, and looking around at the world today, I'm not sure it's even on the distant horizon.
Put it in the job description then. You will be sexually harassed as part of the job.
Can you think of why they wouldn’t do that?
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Just now, WinnipegGordo said:
So this 12k promo money is from a seperate fund that teams pay players for appearances etc. Teams need to spend atleast 110k but there is maximum for this fund.
Yet another CFL policy that fans are left in the dark on. What would prevent the Bombers from paying Brandy 100k for player appearances and allocate part of his salary to someone else?
Trust me , we use it.
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4 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
That is just a sad, sad, sad video. My son lives in Seattle & the same thing is going on there downtown as well. He may be willing to go to the Seattle Fish Market during the day but says to get out before dark.
Yeah I have seen some crazy stuff happening in Seattle.
But again, the ocean and the mountains makes you put up with more.
I have a buddy who lives near LA and he says that skid row is even worse than you think and the violence is off the charts. That is right down town.
Nobody goes to downtown LA unless they have to, or it’s for some specific event.
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1 hour ago, Mike said:
Manitoba? Sure. The best part about Winnipeg in the summer is how close it is to other places.
I genuinely can’t think of anything I can do in Winnipeg in the summer that isn’t a Bomber game. Go to the Forks for the annual Canada Day machete attack? Ride my bike around, weaving through all the homeless encampments?
I love summers in Winnipeg but it’s not because of Winnipeg. It’s because in two hours or so, I can be at my cabin that isn’t in Winnipeg.
You’re over the top with this.
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1 hour ago, Mike said:
Are we really arguing that Winnipeg isn’t a dump? I’ve travelled all over North America … I think in terms of individual cities, I’ve been to Phoenix, San Diego, Anaheim, Richmond, Philadelphia, Trenton, Baltimore, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Buffalo, New York City, Orlando, Tampa, Regina, Minneapolis, Grand Forks and Fargo in the past 5-ish years … the only places that are as much of a dump as Winnipeg are Baltimore and Edmonton. Sure, obviously some places were a quick visit. Some places you can chalk the experience up to oblivious innocence where I probably didn’t know any better. But for the most part, there’s a ton more to do/see without half the hassle in these places.
Even Buffalo, which I was expecting to be a total dump … their downtown is quiet with not a lot to do (like ours) but I didn’t get hassled by a homeless person once. There’s stuff to do. Probably the most comparable downtown to Winnipeg, honestly … just cleaner and less disruptive.
I get the experiences won’t match because obviously the sample size is a lot larger in the city I reside in, but this place is a dump. Manitoba? Beautiful. Winnipeg? It’s a dump. It’s my dump, but it’s a dump.
I’m in Buffalo enough to confirm it is a dump.
Downtown Winnipeg has problems but it is no dumpier than Edmonton or Hamilton, Regina, etc…
Philadelphia has parts of it that are so beyond dump you would be surprised human beings live there
32 minutes ago, MOBomberFan said:There are lots of things about Winnipeg taken for granted by the people that live here.
Big one for me... our tree canopy is uncommon for a city our size, and is usually overlooked and underappreciated... not just for the natural beauty it lends our city but actual economical and environmental benefits (passive cooling, prevention of heat island effects, habitat for wildlife and pollinators). You can barely walk outside for 2 minutes on a hot day in Arizona, scurrying from A/C to A/C, what a great place to live 🙄. In my travels I'm often left wondering 'where did all your trees go?'. Looks like some cities were bombed by Agent Orange, barely a stick of vegetation anywhere to be found. Hot as hell and unbearable. I couldn't live in a place where the only trees are at a park you have to drive to to visit.
Anecdotal... crime is real here, I've been a victim of property theft multiple times (in a nice part of sunny St James no less)... BUT, I worked at Portage and Main for years, my late shifts ended at 10pm, caught my bus back to St James 100% of the time without issue. Likewise catching the 16 or 18 by The Bay, you keep your head on a swivel and don't flash your valuables but again 100% zero issues, ever. Yes I'm male but I'm not big or intimidating, if anyone got the idea to mug me I wasn't about to scare them off or take them physically, yet I never had a problem with anyone, ever, and there was plenty of opportunity. All that said, the criticism that downtown is a ghost town after work lets out is valid... unless you go straight to a restaurant or bar after work there is nothing else to do.
Concerts, festivals, comedy shows... Winnipeg is no longer a flyover city when it comes to entertainment... in fact, we've only been getting better and better for decades. WAG and RWB are world class (and yet, I bet less than 1/3 of Winnipeggers have visited either, let alone both). Nowadays, I have to pick and choose which awesome concerts and live shows I'm going to attend because I couldn't possibly attend them all, and I always have tickets to look forward to.
So much to see and do here, if you just go out and do it.
Winnipeg is a great place to live and not a great place to visit really.
Vancouver is awesome. I also saw people doing needle drugs in an alley with no care in the world and drug addicts wandering around all over.
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5 minutes ago, GCn20 said:
Downtown (insert name of any big city) has major problems that need to be fixed. Just the reality around North America really.
Right. So don’t pretend they don’t exist.
Some are worse than others. I’m in TO a lot and their downtown is really not the same vibe as ours or Edmonton’s.
Just facts. 😂
1 minute ago, Brandon said:You have not said anything controversial, it's just some folks are sensitive and don't want to hear that they live in a city that isn't desirable.
Winnipeg has the worst of both worlds.... downtown is completely dead way more then other cities are. For the outdoors folks our scenery and geography is extremely bland and dull. Basically the only plus Winnipeg has is a large variety of restaurants and an above average zoo.
This is bullshit. Winnipeg is a great place to live.
2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News
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Some of you mistake the legal process with professional conduct policy.
The CFL doesn’t have to wait for anything if they determine their conduct policy has been violated.