Colin Unger

hajrullahu wouldn't sign a contract where he was just pushing a kid. If Maher has no other options maybe he would.

i hope so. my concern is that society will be more paranoid than before and a segment of society doesn't ever go out as much as they used to.

I wouldn't have a problem with it so long as every penny was used to invest in alternative energy.

Its a little different then that situation. They were having 40 to 50k fans per game.

I think when we bring XFL 2.0 up we have to consider the pandemic in the equation. I believe that XFL 2.0 would have lasted multiple seasons had it not been for the pandemic. Vince McMahon was using his personal money and was prepared to spend for multiple seasons to try and turn it into something that was profitable. But with the Pandemic they ended up having to cut the season short with no guarantee of when they would be able to resume playing football again. At the same time Vince's core business was also in trouble due to the pandemic and Vince McMahon wisely decided to pull the plug. It was a very different situation then the AAF which didn't really have solid financial backing and different from XFL 1.0 where Vince McMahon had to answer to the WWE board of governors. I do think this is a different situation but having said that the key is for the CFL to walk before they run. It shouldn't start as a merger. It should start as two separate leagues with two seperate championships who play some games against each other during the regular season and the Grey Cup winner plays for the international Cup against the XFL winner after that. Share some tv revenues and share business ideas ect. The CFL needs to maintain the ability to walk away.

They don't call the shots if they don't own the league and its teams. I don't view this as the XFL group purchasing the CFL to do with what they want. I view it similar to the time the CFL was given/lent money from the NFL. There will also be a partnership where the CFL teams maintain control over their organization and the ability to exit the partnership if requests are made that are not to their liking.

The XFL 2.0 was founded on the idea of serious football with tweaks to make the game more exciting. They want a differentiated experience from the NFL. Oliver Luck even talked about moving to a wider field in the future. The XFL would want this. Neither league would be coming into this from a position of strength. How many stable franchises does the XFL have. Maybe 1? There is a reason why these non-NFL american football leagues don't work. Its because there isn't much interest in something that is just a minor league version of the NFL. You need to design the game to take advantage of the availability of smaller skilled players who aren't a fit for the NFL. Agree 100%... The CFL IMO could take a different path. Those other paths would likely require relinquishing more control than the want to. They are pursuing this path because they are being treated with respect and are maintaining an agreeable amount of control and the share the same vision as the XFL. Working together with the XFL to grow a unique game internationally works better then having two separate entities competing against eachother to do the same thing.

The only part of that that I disagree with is i think they would do something with the size of the field. They might settle on 57-60 yards wide and when you drop from 12 players per team to 11 there would be similar space out there as you see now in a cfl game. There is no way that it's basically NFL football with forward motion behind the line of scrimmage. Im calling that now. At the very least it has to be sold to fans of both styles of football as a fair compromise.

Im aware there's an NFL team there now. Its just that it wouldn't be the only XFL market where there is also an NFL team. There might still be some nostalgia there with some fans. I thought maybe so at first. But with the XFL postponing their season due to the CFL talks and guys like Bob Young talking about making rule changes I think we are looking at XFL teams playing CFL teams at the very least.

Its not about what the XFL was bought for. The group behind the XFL purchase is worth billions. They probably are giving the CFL more money to play a season this year then they bought the XFL for.

You have to wonder if they would consider bringing back the Baltimore Stallions. With the CFL being involved I think you'd have a better chance in that market then most other markets.

Believe me... There is no point in wasted any resources running against Kelvin Goertzen. There was a period of time when there was a vote split on the right where this riding had a liberal federal MP. But since the right united this area is locked down for conservatives federally and provincially. The next federal election is going to be interesting. I think Trudeau will be less popular due to the vaccine issues. However, with a secular leader for the conservatives I wonder if the People's Party won't take more votes away from the conservatives. For those who are anti lockdown I feel like the People's Party is the only effective protest vote. Should be interesting.

Fine. I disavow my hot take.

The way i view it he wasn't loyal enough to stay with CFL and now we have been stuck with a subpar broadcast quality. I look forward to watching NBC broadcasts of some cfl games in 2022.

https://3downnation.com/2021/03/09/chris-cuthbert-tried-to-leave-tsn-for-sportsnet-multiple-times-before-doing-so-in-2020/

Pallister is going to step down before the next election. He isn't happy he's had to remain in Manitoba and actually work for a living during the pandemic and will want to make up for lost time in Costa Rica.

He's been trying to get away from CFL broadcasts for years. It just took time for him to get out of his contract with TSN.

All of a sudden Chris Cuthbert has some loyalty to the CFL.

I blame Trudeau for not stepping to the plate and saving Canadian Culture after regulating them into bankruptcy. This is typical american content. Zero research and just spewing some opinions. Apparently The Rock played for Saskatoon and is buying the CFL lol

All i know is if this goes through I can't wait to see the bombers play June Jones' team.. Imagine 4 downs and our running game. We will teabag him up and down the field!

Im assuming that there will be some sort of a ratio that accommodates for this. Preferably the league would switch to having a ratio of international players for the american teams and a combination of national and international ratio for canadian teams. The other option is to require american teams to have 7 starters from local colleges which would drastically reduce their competitive advantage. You can't have a situation where Canadian teams have a requirement that lowers their competitiveness while American teams can just fill their rosters with the best available players from anywhere. The part i don't understand is why people keep saying you couldn't have some sort of ratio for XFL teams. The NFL is allowed to reward teams with extra practice roster spots for international players. So what you could do is give XFL teams a roster of like 21 players and an additional 20 roster spots can be awarded if they are international players. What am i missing?

Why doesn't it work to have a ratio in the united states? The NFL is already giving extra roster spots to teams who sign an international player.

I imagine that the TSN revenue would go up. Assuming an 18 game schedule and 50% of the games are canadian team playing american team there would be 50% more games that qualify as cancom. And of coarse the viewership in canada of American vs American xfl games would go up as well.

They aren't going to get rid of the Canadian players. Perhaps American teams will be required to have a ratio of local talent. Like a team in St. Louis is given a geographical area where they have to have 7 starters from 3 or 4 nearby college programs. They will also have a global ratio im sure. Part of their vision has to be to get tv revenue from around the world. https://3downnation.com/2021/03/12/its-going-to-be-four-down-football-june-jones-believes-the-rock-can-pull-off-a-cfl-xfl-merger/ This is just another example of June Jones spewing his personal opinions. He's not some insider. He's an unemployed coach who is likely to coach in the XFL again in the future. But he's saying he thinks it will be 4 downs because that's what he thinks makes sense. I wouldn't read much into it.