Rich
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So you are saying that this is a brilliant marketing move akin to new Coke (for those old enough to remember)? - Put out a new worse product - Get everyone upset and emotionally involved realize they care. - Bring back CFL classic in a few years and watch ratings soar!
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If you aren’t in the prairies or you are under 55, you prefer the NFL. https://sports.betmgm.ca/en/blog/cfl/is-nfl-more-popular-than-cfl-in-canada-bm17/I don't mind these changes. Keeping 3 downs, the motion, the width of the field, no fair catch, the extra player are all key. Willing to give these a chance and see what it does to the game.Article from earlier this year where commish says only Winnipeg and Saskatchewan made money last year. That isn’t sustainable as a business model so something has to change. https://globalnews.ca/news/11263497/cfl-commissioner-league-financial-struggles/amp/ This article seems to be around diversifying off TSN. But I wouldn’t call that big changes to the game.I agree with you. I think young people aren’t watching because it isn’t “the league” This doesn’t change that.To be fair no one is actually saying NFL. But it is more around these changes are significant. League needs to change for revenue, too many teams losing money. Don’t know what else this could be, especially with the influence MLSE has now.Reading through the CFL “insiders” on Twitter, sentiment seems to be to start preparing for NFL style rule changes.Make sure you buy lots of beer so we get the tax revenue to pay for your shot. 🙂Curious why this should piss fans off? The whole point of free agency was to give more players autonomy in where they live and play. I say this as a huge Jets fan knowing this is a big disadvantage for the team, but if he wants to sign somewhere for less money, its his choice. If I were to make an argument on why he might sign in Florida for significantly less Warm climate Competitive team Can sign for less but still make the same on net salary because of lower taxes, which also lets the team remain more competitive Should the tax advantage Florida has piss me off as a fan? Maybe. But life ain't fair in any capacity. Not worth getting pissed off about in my mind.We are a .500 team right now with 2/3 of the season gone. Best guess on the remaining schedule: At Hamilton loss (especially of Collaros is still out) At Ottawa win Hamilton at home loss At Edmonton win Saskatchewan at home loss (This is the 2nd last week of the season, could be a win if SK has a playoff spot wrapped up already) Montreal at home win Don't really see us finishing above .500 either. Could be worse of Collaros is out long term.Picks this week need to be in by Friday @ 6:30 PM Standings below:Its a tough thing to navigate. Is AI taking the same creative freedom that another artist does or is it copied and should the original artist be compensated. The other interesting aspect is the more content that is generated by AI, the more AI learns from AI generated content (there are various articles out there on the potential dangers on this... here and here are a couple, but there is a lot of theories on this) Can AI learn to have "creative leaps" or will this always have to come from humans. And if humans start relying on AI, do we lose the ability to really think and make those leaps. Studies are starting to come out on how people who use AI to write vs people who write themselves use very different portions of the brain. You really aren't learning critical thinking when using AI.It will replace a lot. Things like movie scores, commercials and places where the song isn’t front and center. For some pop music, this has almost already been happening with the formulaic writers. Just won’t need those humans. I think what this does do is put a premium on authentic musicians and live performances. I haven’t yet seen AI put emotion and lived experience into songs. And the more it generates and can flood the market, I think the more people will crave human created content.Picks this week need to be in by Thursday @ 6:30PM Standings below:https://3downnation.com/2025/08/12/winnipeg-blue-bombers-release-veteran-long-snapper-mike-benson/ 3 Down Nation implies that since Ian Leroux took over long snapping after Benson was injured, Benson has been a healthy scratch since coming back. 38 years old, get injured, lose your job to the 26 year old.Picks this week need to be in by Thursday @ 7:30PM Standings below:
