Rich

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I've upgraded the board to the next major version. This is a significant upgrade from Version 4 to Version 5. I've been putting this off for almost a year as I didn't want to do it mid-season. Now with activities for next season starting, I wanted to get the upgrade in before next season activities start so any bugs can get worked out. Why the upgrade.... This gets us on the most current version, which is important for security updates and new functionality. They have been doing security patches for the old version, but that won't last forever, and this also lets me upgrade some of the software that the board runs on to a current version. Like everything else, the people who make the board software are really trying to push everyone to their cloud, as that gives them higher recurring revenue. But their hosting costs do not make sense for the size of the forum (it would 2x to 4x the cost I pay now depending on what plan we went to). Good news for now is they've committed to version 5 of the software to be self hosted. That should hopefully buy 5 - 10 years before they go to version 6. Please be patient There is going to be some tweaks and changes you'll notice over time, feel free to post in here anything that seems off or not right, there are still some tweaks that need to make to settings and the theme. Some changes you may notice They completely changed how tagging works. Now admins / mods can maintain a list of tags, members can't create new ones. This was done to better categorize and search content. All existing tags have been converted, but let me know if you want new tags created. Support for Web Apps on your phone Complete theme overhaul. A new theming system means I've had to rebuild the theme. It is close to what we used to have, but there will be some discrepancies. There are still some more tweaks and updates I want to make to it. There is a completely revamped post editor. It does seem to be easier to use and more powerful. A lot of other behind the scenes updates and changes to things we don't use that often.

https://www.bluebombers.com/2026/01/19/winnipeg-football-club-announces-installation-of-new-high-resolution-video-boards-at-princess-auto-stadium/

https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=72298

Pruned some posts. Lets get the discussion back to football. Thanks.

https://www.thesportster.com/entertainment/top-15-horrible-athletes-who-made-great-coaches/

Friesen was inducted into the media section of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. He apparently asked no other than Mike (handled internally) Kelly to induct him. There is a video of Mike Kelly's induction speech. Probably not worth the minutes of commercials The Sun will make you watch to see it, but it is the off season. https://winnipegsun.com/sports/video-mike-kelly-introduces-paul-friesen-into-hall-of-fame-2025 In one of Kelly's job interviews after the Bombers, they looked him up online and apparently asked him who Friesen was, as a bunch of his articles came up. Kelly said his response was "someone who did their job better than I did."

Picks this week need to be in by Sunday @ 5PM Standings below. And with only one game left and a two point lead, @bigg jay wins this year! This is @bigg jay's second win!

Picks this week need to be in by Sat @ 2PM Standings below:

The Bombers just set a record for consecutive home sellouts and a 10 win season. As much as I agree that something has to change, this team is definitely trending in the wrong direction, don’t see it happening until they feel it at the gate.

Pick this week need to be in by Saturday @ 1PM Standing below:

Is this exciting? Or does this make anyone else feel old? 👴

Stanley is 27 years old this year. It was around this age that Zdeno Chara started to consistently put up 40 - 50 point seasons.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/boujee-restaurant-fire-winnipeg-9.6949829

Picks this week need to be in by Friday @ 6PM Standings below:

Picks this week must be in by Friday @ 7PM. Current standings below:

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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!

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.