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  1. Round1: Game 4 @Colorado

    in Winnipeg Jets Discussion

    Posted · Edited by SpeedFlex27

    3 minutes ago, IC Khari said:

    Fixed it for you ;)

    Why is he an excuse? The guy is a good assistant coach. I think he deserves a chance, I think Bowness is done. His wife isn't well. Clearly, he's run out of steam as a coach. I'm thre same age as he is. Who needs that **** at our age?

     

  3. 2023/2024 Blue Bombers Off-Season Thread (BRADY’S BACK! DALTON’S BACK!)

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    On 2024-04-26 at 2:30 PM, wbbfan said:

    If he dies, he dies. 

    I think they clearly tried to bring in some nose tackles since stove left. Just doesn't seem like they have found what they wanted in one. They were really hard stuck on walker last year too. 

     I can imagine being a nose in the cfl isn't easy. Unlike the NFL you will have to run and move a lot more and can be stuck on the field for a lot longer. Might be that they haven't felt comfortable with the ability of the bigs abilities to stay on the field and remain effective. 

    There've been some pretty good free agents available the past 2 years but Walters won't pay. Thinks there are priorities elsewhere. I never understood that line of thinking. I'd give up one all star receiver for one all star nose tackle. 

  4. Round1: Game 4 @Colorado

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    I could watch this game but have chosen not to. Glad I'm not judging by the angry posts here. We lost this series all the way back when fans in Winnipeg were chanting, "Pull the goalie" in game 1.  Just arrogance thinking we had the series in the bag & the first game wasn't even finished yet. I think it fired up the Avs. 

  5. CFL PA What to negotiate for next?

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    1 hour ago, johnzo said:

    Size of the audience?  The CFL is a tiny league playing in a small country -- the international audience for it can't be that big. 

    I think in 10 to 15 years the CFL will be no more. There appears to be no growth possibilities. Especially with the Commissioner we have now. When it's 2024 & he biggest growth was the merger of the WIFU & IRFU to form the 9 team CFL in 1958 then things don't look great. Every other pro league have grown exponentially since. We may be the last generation of fans who care. 

  11. CFL PA What to negotiate for next?

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    Posted · Edited by SpeedFlex27

    Help me out here, the Seattle Kraken are going to streaming their games next season. First NHL team to do that. Why can't the CFL try to get on a sports streaming network like DAZN or Amazon?? I assume if they did, people all over the world could watch CFL games if they subscribe. Why can't they stream internationally while having games on TSN in Canada?  Just asking as I don't know how this works. If it's TSN who are the rightsholder, then **** them. maybe the CFL has to negotiate two tv deals. One for TSN & the other for international streaming. To me, that's where any future revenue growth would be.

  12. The TV Thread

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    32 minutes ago, iHeart said:

    well almost every show had to have a shortened season this year because of the strike, and I wouldn't be surprised if it influenced some shows decisions to end (though granted Sheldon was at the end of it's three season renewal...wish Ghosts would get that deal)

    The writer's & actors strikes really screwed some great shows. Like Blue Bloods, Yellowstone & now OC. Granted with Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone, Kevin Costner acted liked a diva. Now, the actor who played Rip (Cole Hauser) in the series dropped his lawsuit he had filed against Sheridan this past week. Not over money or acting contracts. But coffee. Hauser & Sheridan own competing coffee companies & it had to do with who would supply the actors & production company with coffee. How crazy is that? 

  13. The TV Thread

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    1 hour ago, iHeart said:

     

    it will likely air on peacock if it does get renewed which by the way is not available in Canada so it could air on CTV Drama or W

    Well, ain't tht a kick in the head! That absolutely freaking sucks. OC's the best series of the Law & Order genres. And down to 10 episodes from 22. 

  15. CFL PA What to negotiate for next?

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    48 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

    Let’s be real too, they don’t have owners a stadium or a market for expansion. If any thing if the league tries to shoe horn  a team on the coast it’ll cost the league and every team. 

    What was it, 3 teams over the cap this last year? Average of 100k with a dollar for dollar penalty? 200k right there. Teams just stopped handing the top fa wr 300k but started giving bananas money to ni ol. They could spend it ni doubt.

     Some teams didn’t spend the cap and some lost money either way. 250k isn’t making a big change. They could just use that money to bump up pr money and or spots. No team would be against that  

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    When Big Blue started talking about giving players expansion money, I just shook my head. There is NO expansion money!! Maybe putting a team in Halifax might give the CFL a slightly bigger tv deal but I wouldn't be surprised if a 10th team made no difference. There's a chance that the next deal with TSN may not be worth as much. 

  20. CFL PA What to negotiate for next?

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    Posted · Edited by SpeedFlex27

    On 2024-04-24 at 12:22 PM, BigBlue said:

    "The Canadian Football League Players’ Association (CFLPA) has been accepted as an affiliate member by the Canadian Labour Congress, following a ratifying vote by the organization on Thursday. “The CFLPA has a proud and successful 59-year history of advocating for fair and safe working conditions…""

    What do you feel the CFL PA should next go after to improve the game for both the players and the fans?

    Personally, when there is an expansion of money available for the players, I would like to see it go for more Canadian positions on each and every CFL roster. I don't believe just adding a little more money for the top end of the roster will improve our game that much. I would rather see the money go to the low end of the roster. And I don't think sending money to the top-end will bring in more players from the xfl and the other peripheral leagues .

    One idea is to add three Canadian minimum salary positions (for $240,000 or so per year per team). Having more trained Canadians may actually lower the cost of Canadians on the roster. Yes – no? More is less?

    There is also another way to do this although we would have to be a little more innovative in our thinking. This would take eligible first and second year Canadian players and have them dress and play only home games. That would cut out the cost of travel. It would give them nine actual games in which they could dress. Often Canadian players are behind because they just haven't had a high enough level of training. This will give them that opportunity. And it would strengthen not only the team but all the league's player pool.

    So for example, each team could dress six extra Canadians (or four) for each home game. It would only cost the league minimum salary for each of those nine home games. And if they did get on the regular-season roster it would still be for the same league minimum per game. Yes it would give the home team a little advantage; that would be good for attendance, to have the home team win a little more often. And of course the visiting team would gain the advantage at their next game.

    Does this sound like a crazy thing to negotiate for, for six extra positions with limited playing time? Three extra salaries would cost what, $240,000 (6 X $80,00 X half a season) or so per year? Would adding an extra 56-60 players to the talent pool make the league stronger?

    What should the CFL PA due to change their thinking to benefit all of the players and their association, not just their stars?

    What idea have you been thinking about to improve our game?

     

    Sometimes you just overthink. Like here with this. For example, why would teams dress extra Canadians just for home games? They'd never play so why even pay them??? We dress 45 players now so dressing more makes no sense.

    Expansion money? For what new team, exactly? Where would you expand? Halifax? C'mon, if that city wanted a team there'd have beeen a team there with a proper stadium yeras ago. Quebec City or London, Ontario? Remains to be seen. poersonally, I doubt it.

    And how much will an expansion team fetch? Five to ten million? What's that divided over 9 teams? That's $555,000 to $1.1 million per team. Hey, nice little one time windfall but it'll just be swallowed up in losses by 8 of the 9 teams now. If we're expanding to create extra money then that's laughable as it'll make little difference financially in the long run. You seem to have this penchant for trying to start these super serious discussions. Like we'll suddenly solve the league's problems at once. The CFL is what it is. Just enjoy it. 

  22. 2023/2024 CFL (Non Bombers) Off Season News

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    On 2024-04-23 at 1:23 PM, Bigblue204 said:

    It's been said already, but it really is a shame that Brady got robbed of the MOP award. The League could have had a guy who at least appears to be a proud Canadian, playing for his home team and literally rescues puppies, as the face of the league....instead they have a Chad...

    Who can't even vote.

    21 hours ago, Tracker said:

    Fir sure? There are people pining to know. Perhaps you could spruce up your comment a bit, wooden you?

    Clever.....

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  24. Next merch purchase

    in Blue Bomber Discussion

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    On 2024-02-03 at 6:35 PM, Tracker said:

    Clements was a great QB with  decent arm and average running ability, but more that made up for that with smarts and probably a lot of film room time.

    The guy was a lawyer in Chicago for a few years before jumping into coaching at the NFL level. Very, very sharp guy. The guy knows football. He would have made an excellent CFL HC. It's too bad he never came back. Had he come back, I think he would have had a similar career to John Hufnagel with the Stamps.

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