SpeedFlex27

I think your doom & gloom, we're all gonna die if we don't go back to work, we must sacrifice the old & the sick for the young & the strong, the economy being destroyed is worse than the virus itself thingy needs to be tempered. I was curious as to how the Great Depression affected the mortality rate & found articles all saying the death rate went down & not up. Life expectancy increased as well. Here's one: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/great-depression-had-little-effect-on-death-rates-46713514/ Another: https://www.history.com/news/great-depression-economy-life-expectancy Finally: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2765209/ There's more of the same articles but I won't post them. It seems historians & scholars are in agreement that while life was difficult for just about everyone in the 1930's, millions did not die from starvation, disease, from freezing to death or from the economy falling into a depression. Indeed, life expectancy increased in the 1930's. So then, based on the information in the 3 articles above & others that can be googled, it seems the world would survive somehow & life would carry on. Therefore, I would only sacrifice my life to save my family if in danger. Not to save the local A & W down the street or Apple, Microsoft, General Motors, Sony or Amazon. In this economy at present, companies will fold & others will take their place. I expect that a lot of companies that we know now will not be around in the future when this pandemic is over. Ones that we have known all our lives. Opportunities will be created by entrepreneurs when these & other businesses fail. The world survived the Great Depression & The Second World War back to back. Europe, China, Japan & SE Asia were in ruins after 1945. The economy roared back in the early 1950's. My concern isn't Floyd's business. That's his problem although I do hope his business makes it even though he wants human sacrifices at The Altar Of The Almighty Dollar. I have my own problems to worry about & those of my family, relatives & friends making it safely thru this pandemic. But if any of you want to sacrifice the lives of seniors who are sick then please think again. People who sacrificed to make a better life for you by building this country. If saving the economy means killing the weak, the sick & the infirmed then count me out. If you want to be be dead heroes & sacrifice your life willingly or the lives of your loved ones to save the economy then have at it. I won't be doing it.

I don't know was it? And if so, would they have given their lives to save Pepsi or Coca Cola? Or were they doing that to prevent their families from suffering nuclear poisoning? I think men of all ages would have done that.

More like Man jumps in river to save young boy. Gets sept away by current. That's a one off reactionary situation.

Stupid rule.

Ha ha Printers. That rough play call on BC? That was typical of Wally's teams on the Left Coast. Undisciplined play. When he coached in Calgary that didn't seem to happen as often. When he went to BC he seemed to bring in guys that were talented but selfish Me First players. Like the DL thrown out this game & Printers. I'd put Sanchez in that category as well.

You're SOL Frosty.

Yeah, everyone over the age of 60 is going to sacrifice their lives for a 30 year old because that is the right thing to do.

What's your point? That old people with Dementia deserve to sacrifice their lives for you because you own a business? My Dad died of Dementia.

That is funny. Gotta blackout a game already played.

https://winnipegsun.com/sports/football/football-games-will-signal-we-got-through-pandemic?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Nah, give it a few years & some rich yahoo will try again. It just never ends.

Hmm. That 80 year old has seen their life's work been destroyed as well through no fault of their own. They didn't ask to have Dementia, Cancer or Alzheimer's. Or anyone of a thousand sicknesses, diseases or afflictions we could get. What you just posted above is the most pathetic, selfish & heartless thing I have ever read here. You. Should. Just. Stop. Now.

Why are we even discussing this country?

Rather be us than the CFL Super Team in Hamilton.

The Stage, the ticker tape & the Grey Cup... WHAT A SIGHT! YEAH BABY!!

The Suitor interview. Asking Urban to do analysis. Just brutal.

Sweden is not successful. They are a country of 5 million with 10,000 cases & the mortality rate is nearly 9%. How is that successful? Their healthcare system will collapse like Italy. the government is playing with innocent lives. And Nicaragua? That is a country ripe with drug gangs & a generation ago was ruled by the Marxist & ruthless Sandinistas.

Sweden has roughy 1/4 of the population of Canada & 10,000 plus cases. Easy to see that the country's healthcare system is being stretched to capacity. If things get out of hands as physicians there are suggesting it will then that system will collapse. The government is rolling the dice... Holy crap.

Norway? They have 6,452 cases of Covid & 119 deaths with a population of 5.2 million. That's a death rate of 1.8%. Consider Canada. we have 23,318 cases & 652 deaths with a population of 37.59 million.. That's a mortality rate of 2.8%. Sweden is allowing everyone to get infected thinking a Herd Mentality will build up immunity in the population. A group of doctors have written the government begging them to reconsider saying a catastrophe is about to happen. Sweden has 10,151 cases with 887 deaths for a mortality rate of 8.73% with a population of 10.23 million. However, how much testing have they done if they're letting the virus run thru the population? The numbers could be much higher. Their healthcare system must be reaching a breaking point.

Changed it for you. Brink succccccccccccked so many balls in the dirt, skipping around.

WWE should be shut down as the wrestlers live in the community & are just spreading it.

Would ypu want to be isolated for months on end away from your family on a CFL salary? I wouldn't. Then there's hotel staff & everybody else who comes in contact with the team. They'd have to be willing to be isolated for months as well. The NFL pays millions. The CFL minimum salary is 50,000 plus Canadian. What American player would be willing to do that? Coaches?

Wasn't a Good Friday for Vince. The WWE must be hemorrhaging money right now. No wonder he shut down the XFL.

I'll take your word as I forget how bad the Ti Cats were but I know that 2013 Bomber team was just a total laughing stock. Every team we played circled their calendar that year on their schedule because it was generally a guaranteed two points for them. Low point for me was driving to Winnipeg from Calgary in September of that year & sitting thru that BC Lions game where qb Jason Boltus played after Max Hall was sacked 5 times & couldn't move the offense. Boltus went 8 of 25 for 91 yards. No TDs, 3 Ints including a Pick 6 on his first pass attempt & a QB Rating of 4.3. Buck Pierce & Joey Elliott played & were wildly cheered by the fans that night. Only problem was they played for the Lions. We lost that night 53-17. That may have been the lowest point ever for me as a Bomber fan.

By today, I don't mean just today but in this uncertain economic climate. Money won't be given out to the CFL to bail them out if unemployment levels are anywhere from 10-20% as some economists have predicted & the financial suffering continues after the pandemic is over. There's no way to justify doing it. Stadiums can be built as they are usually 3-4 year projects so they may be considered as infrastructure to get unemployed trades people back to work. But funding the CFL? I just don't see it happening.