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  4. The Winnipeg Thread

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

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    Smoke and flames spewed from a downtown restaurant in Winnipeg early Thursday morning.

    Emergency crews were called to Boujee Restaurant & Bar around 5:45 a.m. and found an active fire inside the building at the corner of Main Street and York Avenue.

    The fire was declared under control within an hour and no injuries were reported, a news release from the city said. 

     

  9. Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

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    40 minutes ago, Booch said:

    This has nothing to do with the NFL....or any possible fluid relationship....NFL doesnt need it...never will.

    I think this fear of only the beginning is also just fer mongering...League will never go to 4 downs...what point would that make. I believe every tall forehead knows that one little decision would be the death blow and basically ruin the whole thing

    Changes can also be reversed too, if the fall out and the loss of fans which is the key driver...either by viewers or seats in butts affects the bottom line. 

    Look how many times they changed the ratio requirement...the league still continued, and really if they truly wanted to create more scoring and exciting play, and maybe attract some pockets of fans they are missing right now, then as much as many if you have bemoaned it before....reduce the ratio...and have better players actually play, or of you have a 3 yr or more vet Canadian to your team you can account for 2 ST demon's as part of your "starting" 7 allowing teams 2 more valuable import spots on offence or defence

    And really....do people really come out in droves to watch below average at best Canadian guys running around chasing kicks and punts? If you do...Support your local CIS and Junior/high school football teams

    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!
     

  14. Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

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    Just now, Super Duper Negatron said:

    Do we really think the number one reason young fans aren't watching in the worst markets is the rules, though? I think it's more "I don't look football, and I don't like football that isn't the NFL". Rule changes won't fix either of those.

    I agree with you.  I think young people aren’t watching because it isn’t “the league”

    This doesn’t change that.  

  15. Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

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    1 minute ago, Noeller said:

    It's interesting because this guy was with TSN prior to this gig... And we know how loudly the TSN talking heads (Naylor in particular) were banging the drum for NFL rules.... So I'm wondering if Ambrosie was staving that off and then a TSN guy got into power and is going to lean full force into the CFL being an NFL feeder league..... 

    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. 
     

     

  19. Covid-19

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    9 minutes ago, Noeller said:

    Ya I'm hoping they might be available in two weeks when I'm home for the TiCats game. Assholes out here charging us for boosters, but once again Wabber comes through and says Albertans are welcome to come there and get boosted. 

    Make sure you buy lots of beer so we get the tax revenue to pay for your shot. 🙂

  20. The Trade Thread

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    1 hour ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

    Could be fake. And if he wants out, I don’t see him looking at a Winnipeg (contender with similar weather) as an option. I will say that with the cap rising to $113.5 million within the next 3 years or so, $16 million is absolutely on the table for Kaprizov. He is quite arguably more important to Minnesota than any other single player is to their respective team in the entire NHL. Right now the maximum cap hit for a player is $17.6 million (20% of the team cap) and is likely to go up to $19.1 million by the end of this year, and $22.6 million by 2027-28. Kaprizov may want out, he may want a shorter term so he can re-negotiate once the cap ceiling going up, or he may be waiting for McDavid to set the market when he signs. Seems greedy on the face of it, but he holds the cards here and has a justifiable reason (from a player’s standpoint, not from a fan’s standpoint) to seek max dollars and rationalize turning down the $16 million per right now. Will be interesting to follow and see how this plays out. 
     

    Now if he goes to Florida for $12-13 million a year for 7-8 years on a sign and trade, THEN we can all be rightly pissed off as fans. 

    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.

  21. Blue Bombers - 2025 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

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    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.

  24. The AI Thread

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    44 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

    Its an interesting dilemma. On the one hand, most existing art is already inspired heavily by the work of previous artists, so the fact that AI can do it isn't exactly a problem on its own. The difference is that previously even work inspired by others took individual skill and talent to adapt. Now literally anyone can do it. I don't know how I feel about that.

    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.

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