Colin Unger

The combination of an incentive for american vets starting and rookies becoming more expensive should really lead to more continuity. Guys like Fenner must be pleased.

An incentive for starting a certain number of veteran Americans. Man this can't be something that's considered good news for BC.

3downnations’ reporting on the cba has been one sided and manipulative from day one.

This is what I’m hoping for. If globals can count as a Canadian and the cfl fronts a lot of the costs of running combined exts for global players you will end up seeing global players in the cfl and they will only be here if they are increasing the overall talent of a squad.

It’s been their history when they have two first round picks to draft one and then draft more of a future type guy because they don’t budget for two first round picks. There was also a report this year that they were shopping one of the picks for this reason.

Yeah but considering they didn’t have a budget for two first round picks it’s really the ideal scenario. I wonder if they would have traded the pick had betts and kongbo been off the board already.

Yeah plus the team saves money this way.

I assumed the Bombers would sign Kongbo and put him on the 6 game injured list but now I'm starting to think they will wait until he's able to practice to sign him.

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How is it possible they got a deal done even though Ambrosie was in Mexico on a non-negotiating day?

They should have signed Lankford as a kicker!

I remember him play significantly in both pre-season games last year. I think it was Bennett that was a late add.

Simonise/Peterson could get a look ahead of a rookie American receiver. I also don't believe Chris Ackie has a job yet.

It’s a good move. Bartel was a horrible punter and Ryan if he’s similar to the past will help. Could add an extra 40 yards or so per game. 100k is well worth it if he’s still good.

The amount the riders gonna be punting they should get their money's worth out of Ryan!

Let’s hope the qbs show up. The strike isn’t supposed to begin until Saturday. It would be good for the team if they showed up. Otherwise buck might need to throw a few passes to show the rookies what’s up .

Saving the best for last.

Any idea how much health insurance would cost each cfl team for the American players?

What you're talking about here is how the cap is distributed on two specific teams. We are not talking about teams going over the cap to sign these qbs. Not sure how this is relevant to do debate of what the salary cap should be set at. There isn't a huge amount of unspent money available right now. I would like to see the option of having guaranteed contracts for players who have a number of years of experience in the league and are playing for the team that brought them into the league. Something that would encourage players to stay with the team that brought them into the league and also force GM's to honor more contracts. It would really cut down on the lack of continuity and teams blowing up their rosters each offseason.

Yeah the reason for that is that even with the revenue from the TV deal with what players are currently being paid most teams are still barely breaking even or losing money. I guess what players want is that teams tighten up in other areas in order to pay the players more money. Not sure what those areas would be though.

Wouldn't be surprised if Eli ends up on the injured list too.

I preferred the previous Washington receiver we had who had basically the same attributes.

I'm still high on Charles Nelson as a slotback. He could really offer some headaches for teams who have to deal with Matthews at wideout and Adams as slot.

The real battle might be who ends up on the dev roster, practice roster, and hidden on the injured list.

From that perspective it is somewhat irresponsible. I would like to see some form of guarenteed contracts implemented to keep this from happening. In the competitive world of pro sports teams and players will make decisions that they feel will benefit themselves so long as these decisions are within the confines of the rules.