Eternal optimist

Man, I miss the days when our biggest problem in the world was Matt Nichols not throwing for 300 yards.

Who did not see this coming? The people that are going to have such an appetite for risk to travel recklessly are the same people not to where a mask anywhere, ergo they have a higher infection rates due to their behavior. Talk about short-term thinking for long-term pain.

Obligatory angry comment about hockey injury!

We are undefeated when Keith Urban calls games, just sayin'.

Without thousands of fans paying premium prices and the concession sales, the entire business model simply falls apart. There's a reason they don't let in outside food at the games. It's their bread & butter.

Obviously we just need Margaret Trudeau to take snaps as a Running Back and we'll be golden.

One might call it a Guinness World Threcord. I'll show myself out...

I think the league is taking a bit of a wait-and-see approach, seeing how the MLB, NBA and NHL bubble plans work out, then taking the best from their tactics before actually setting anything in stone. That or they're incompetent... maybe a bit of column A.... bit of column B...

What I find particularly intriguing about a shortened season is the increased chance of a team going undefeated and Grey Cup champs. As mentioned, there would be a giant * beside it, but it'd still be kind of cool.

Sorry to hear that... I find older content like this really interesting though, it's neat to know a bit about the giants that future players stood on... If you're interested in other trailblazers that experienced an uphill battle, here's a neat video about Tom Dempsey, the toe-less kicker that held the longest field goal record for close to 40 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jxD6lq1NTw

Yeah that just seems like the exact wrong way to approach the situation. It feels like they're just pretending COVID-19 doesn't exist, I understand it is a delicate balance, but that is definitely one end of the spectrum that will sadly result in more infections and ultimately, more deaths.

Could you inquire about getting a shield installed on the bus? I know in Winnipeg they have them (mind it is to prevent passengers from assaulting the drivers) - but wouldn't it at least help against the virus...?

I mean, I guess you can wear a mask but that is nothing short of lunacy at this point, especially with case numbers rising. I know we don't always see eye to eye on this board but man - stay safe.

As an avid cable-cutter myself, I would just like to add my two cents that TVO is a not for profit run out of Ontario that often has pretty decent thought-provoking documentaries. It's free to use, and has a lot of it is Canadian content. They even have some National Geographic documentaries! https://www.tvo.org/documentaries/browse/strands/National Geographic

Timeline of his career, to-date 1. Stamps drafted him in 2014, didn't get into CFL really until 2015 when he was on Stamps PR. 2. Stamps traded him to Saskabush and a third round pick for Jerome Messam (wow, nice trade SSK) in 2015. Stamps also got a 5th-rounder in exchange. 3. ** Career highlight** Kicked game-winning field goal post at New Mosaic Stadium July 1, 2017. 4. Missed 2018 season, released by SSK 5. Cut in Argos 2019 training camp, but re-signed after Derek Brown performed poorly 6. Argos traded him to Als in exchange for Boris Bede. Still under contract for 2020, I think? Who cares. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Crapigna

As is often the case, I think it really just comes down to money, unfortunately. Having a season could provide quite a bit of positive exposure for the CFL, if done right. If the NFL isn't considering operating, it could really help get some more market share down south. I agree though that they've really dropped the ball on this right from the proposal to the Feds, and arguably even before that. As for a season, I'm also somewhat indifferent, I'd love to see them play but the health risks are too much and even then, even if they were to hypothetically allow fans to watch, it'd be 10,000 at most - all with masks sprinkled throughout the stands in a venue with 30,000 capacity. To me that's just not what I'd consider a fun "outing". Also, sure, there would be fans for Bomber games, but what about the rest of the teams? If Winnipeg is a hub, who is seriously going to watch a BC/Toronto game live in Winnipeg?

Sure, labor disputes enable the QBs and other players to have some bargaining power, but most of the QBs in the CFL reside in the USA. Since they don't reside in Canada they aren't eligible for CERB... there is a lot of people hurting in the US for jobs, especially football players where life's become a standstill. There would absolutely be a drop off in offensive output, my point was that in this case the QBs have more to lose (their livelihood) as opposed to the owners. Owners have more viable substitutes such as using their backup QB, airlifting in a new one, or even trading for one from another CFL team. I'll concede that offensive output would likely decline, but I just think the QBs don't have as much bargaining power as is currently perceived.

Except GAAR is under ITA, which is federally regulated whereas the Minister for Manitoba (I'm assuming that's whom your referring to) is at the provincial level... seeing as how the feds have already said they wouldn't be funding, why wouldn't they go after those for-profit entities trying to bend tax rules? Especially to hide taxable income?

General anti-avoidance rule of the Income Tax Act says hi.

This eerily feels like the start of the 2012 Bomber season and the "give us another month to complete the stadium" fiasco.

Sure, but I would think that of the two group, the owners are in better a bargaining position. If a QB wants to walk off the job, owners could still find someone else willing to step up and play QB for the reduced rates. Does get to a tipping point though, where the talent at QB (or any other position for that matter) is so bad that the owners have to pony up. As for the CBA - I agree, if I was on the CFLPA, I'd be negotiating a shorter-term deal, simply given the really weird situation COVID has caused.

Couldn't you just adjust it based on the number of games played? Take whatever the regular season amount was and divide it by three (assuming 6 of 18 games played in shortened season)... It'd be harder for QBs to overcome one bad game but, I mean that's really the best they could do.

This statement is an egregious insult to Brandon.

I'm surprised the even understand the concept of currency over there. Do they have running water yet?