Rich

Last week of the regular season and there are now only 9 games left in this years Pick 'Ems season. Blueandgold has pulled ahead with a 2 win lead (53 correct picks) over saskbluefan (51 correct picks). bigg jay and TBURGESS are tied for 3rd with 48 correct picks. Leaderboard can be seen here: http://morningbigblue.com/community/index.php?app=pickems&do=leaderboard&pid=6&wid=89 This weeks picks have to be in by Friday at 6:30 PM. Picks can be made here: http://morningbigblue.com/community/index.php?app=pickems&do=games&pid=6&wid=90

If anything Buff letup after knocking the puck away and didn’t throw the full force of his body into the check. I swear every 2 – 3 games, Buff gets a penalty for a check that sends the other player flying simply because of the size difference. Buff is now a multiple offender. 4 games minimum for this. Time to trade him if the league is going to keep penalizing him for his size.

lots of good players, but how many great players? How many guys are legitimately players we can consider among the best at their positions in the league? Some linebackers maybe, Westerman, some DBs perhaps but other than that is there anyone? I always ask myself if I were to buy a new jersey, who would I put on the back. And there really isn't anyone on this team I would choose (for whatever reason, never been a fan of putting QBs on my jerseys). Which is why I now wear my retro Walby jersey to the games.

Ladd dropped the gloves and started fighting Gallagher and Gallagher wanted nothing of it. Don't think Ladd would have got the penalty there if he didn't drop the gloves.

Buff gets called on penalties all the time for simply being bigger than the other guy.

Yes

Why single out Petan for rest? He doesn't get that many minutes in a game. More likely they thought it was going to be a more physical game.

We shouldn't really be pasting full articles from any site, especially articles behind a pay wall.

I have considered a couple of times now to cut the Free Press articles out now that they are behind a pay wall. But they don't really hurt anyone there and people who do have access may appreciate them. The only other news feed is the Winnipeg Sun. Personally, I wouldn't like mixing in those news articles with the regular discussion. There is no time investment so no time wasted. The site has an automated feature that posts those articles. It really costs nothing to do it. The only reason to take it away is if it really really annoys a large percentage of posters who see it and can't read it. I can investigate this a little further. Basically the site can post any articles from any news site that has an RSS feed (which most do). The only caveat being they would have to have a separate RSS feed for just the CFL articles unless people were okay getting ALL their articles for every sport. I'll put a poll on this thread and see what people think. Feel free to post your thoughts and preferences as well.

http://ktla.com/2015/10/29/tucson-police-facebook-gun-viral/

I've changed my mind. I'm not going to lock the thread. I will let both of you keep going in circles and show everyone on this site how immature BOTH of you are being just to get the last word in. You are both being utterly ridiculous.

Don't make me lock this topic because you guys are going to have a pissing match about right and wrong.

Salary is more important than cap hit for a budget team. Cap hit really only matters when you are close to the cap which the Jets most certainly are not.

The season is early and (knock on wood) the Jets haven't had any injuries yet. Petan will get his chance to move up to another line. Just have to be patient.

Actual salary (not cap hit) goes like this: Myers 2015 - $5M 2016 - $4M 2017 - $3.5M 2018 - $3M Gardiner: 2015 - $4M 2016 - $4M 2017 - $4M 2018 - $3.7M Given the skillset and potential of each who would you actually prefer to have.... Toby's cap hit and salary are the same. $5.75M each year remaining on his contract (until 2018 / 2019)

Myers contract was front loaded so his actual salary is less than his cap hit. Buffalo already paid off the expensive years. That is very important for a non cap team like the Jets because they don't spend to the cap. So it gives them more wiggle room with their internal cap because their internal cap is based on actual dollars paid out, not AAV.

What would you have to do for the eight point, and why wouldn't you always try it if there isn't a downside? (ie. now the downside is getting no points instead of 1 point) Or maybe this was your intention with the rule?

Personality or skills pertaining to your job isn't really what I was alluding to. We all judge people on how they look every day, and that isn't confined to the colour of their skin or their gender. The first time we meet someone, we all make initial judgements and assumptions on them by the way they look. It is the way most of us are wired. And even if we solve the gender and skin equality problem, I'm pretty sure that with human nature being what it is, as a society we will start discriminating on something else (like the God they worship or their sexual preference or the color of their hair or their height, etc, etc). Maybe if we ever meet other intelligent life in the universe, maybe then we can unify as a species and be intolerant as a group towards them. I'm not saying we shouldn't strive to stop it or do better, all I'm saying is everyone needs to recognize and admit that we all do it, be cognizant of it, and try to not do it when it happens. As for this guy and his lawsuit, I agree it is bogus. I do think there is an inherit flaw in how public service does its hiring and promotions, but that is an entirely different discussion.

If both these statements are true, then maybe the self identification on job applications and organizations looking at their gender and racial percentages is to offset the bias that is inherently out there. At the end of the day, I would really prefer to have the best qualified person get the job. But in reality, even if it is all people of a specific demographic, the most qualified person doesn't always get the job. Everything from how someone looks to speaks to presents themselves all play a part in the selection process. Someone may be excluded because they "look" or remind someone of another person they dislike. That is no fault of their own. We are all biased in a myriad of ways we don't even recognize. Also, all these things are trends and statistics of the greater population. To the average person, the only thing that really matters is how it affects them. If they are denied getting a job or promotion because of the way they look or because they belong to a specific demographic, it really sucks for them in that specific instance. The unfortunate part is people are usually only aware of when this sort of thing affects them negatively. They rarely think, hey I got this job or promotion because of the way I look or because of the way someone else looks. People tend to think they got a job because they were the best qualified person, so that balance and perspective of weighing the positive and negative is rarely considered.

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/cfl-55-yard-line/does-cfl-sports-best-playoff-bonuses-032807733.html

I wouldn't be surprised if it has. Not bad pocket change for Xmas, is it? It is a huge bonus for players making the minimum 40ish k

Back in 2010 the Grey Cup winning players earned an extra $22,800 throughout the 3 week playoffs. The losers in the Grey Cup took home $14,800. Teams going out in each of the prior rounds would go down from there. Don't know if it has gone up since with the new TV deal.

I was fortunate enough to get a tour of the stadium prior to it opening and before it was completely finished. The project manager gave us the tour and he basically said he was up most nights re-working and tinkering with the plans so that they could finish it within budget. The contingency they had was ridiculously low.

Because this whole thing started with Asper getting the plans drawn up and wanting to buy the team to get things done. The purchase never happened, new deals were made, and Aspers original plans used.