Rich

Tough week 1 for pick 'ems as we see where this years teams slot it with each other. Picks this week need to be in by Thursday @ 6PM Current standings below:

I can see peoples picks, as long as you are picking in the poll, no need to add them here (unless you really want to!). After this week's games are over, updates / standings will be posted.

Preseason is over. That means it is time to kickoff the yearly Pick 'Ems contest. How do they work? Each week you pick the winners for all CFL games. You get one point for every correct pick. Whoever has the most points at the end of the year wins a $50 gift certificate at the Bomber store. Picks will be done through the polling system. Polls close at game start of the first game of the week. I will accept picks for games that have not started yet through PMs if you are late getting them in. Week 1 kicks off Thursday with last years Grey Cup rematch . Picks need to be in by 8PM Thursday, June 8th.

Its about getting more people in seats to come see the music act, and hoping a percentage of them will enjoy the football and game enough to come back for more. You complain about the CFL and TSN not doing enough to attract new fans and grow the game. Here is BC trying something to grow their fan base and bring in people who wouldn't normally come to a football game, but that apparently is also problematic. 🤷

Don't know why anyone would want to buy a traditional news propery in this day and age. The economics don't make sense and dwindling future subscriptions as the majority of the youth of today certainly don't follow or read traditional news media.

This was the low point for Smith for me. Drafting Sergie Bautin in the first round when no one even knew who he was. Then the draft believes they drafted Sergei Brylin, which was wrong, because they were scrambling. Bautin's NHL stats? In 2 years played 130 games. 5 Goals, 25 assists (30 points). Brylin, had that been who we had drafted, at least had a 13 year career with the devils. Drafted in the 2nd round by the devils.

Tickets from select-a-seat, used to look like this, and would cost you under $20

Don't you need to get your ID scanned to even enter an LC these days?

Was able to stop in for about 45 min to rookie camp today, was curious just to see Stegall out there - A lot of stretching - Receivers / QBs running drills with the QB taking the football, receivers running routes, QBs making reads, no balls being actually thrown - Milt getting a lot of cheers just for running a route - More stretching - Receivers doing ladder drills with other positions doing their own drills (was focused on receivers) - Then I had to leave Based on only seeing Milt running routes without lining up against defence and without any balls being thrown to him, he is ready to make the team and finally get that Grey Cup ring.

Here is Ed Tait's article on the draft. Walters to meet with the media this morning to discuss the draft.

Not ideal for sure, but I suspect the majority of Jets fans will have no problems staying up for a late playoff game.

Wade would be an interesting choice, but I don't want to lose him from the Bombers.

The plaintiff could lose the civil or criminal case and the CFL could still decide that what happened has violated their code of conduct policies.

I think the club agrees with the assessment on Valour based on these last few paragraphs in Tait's article

I don't think wrongful dismissal is ever a criminal matter, is it?

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7163873

One thing that stood out watching this is the broadcaster talks a lot more about formations and how the teams are lining up. We rarely even get broadcasters talking about a player substitution for an injury or a player taking a few plays off. Either the broadcasters used to be much more knowledgeable about the game, or they've felt they had to really dumb it down over time.

And Valour FC plays into October as well.

Article doesn't lead me to believe they are in debt with $7M in reserves. What they are saying is: They don't know how to restore the season ticket base They don't know how to restore the standing in the community Improve infrastructure Rather then sell, get rid of the board and bring in people who can fix points 1 and 2. Don't need to sell the club to do that. For point 3, I find it unlikely a private owner is going to invest a bunch of their own money in infrastructure.

Who would even get the money when a non profit is sold privately? The article talks about how the club is in rough times financially, some due to the pandemic, some due to the record. Club success is cyclical and that should not be reason to sell the club. The other they give is they need a new stadium. If we've learned anything over the last 20 years, private owners aren't typically willing to put down a lot of their own capital to build stadiums / arenas. Like it or not, this inevitably comes from the tax payer. So why sell the club to a private owner to reap that potential benefit? Don't like this one bit.

Same type of person who uses a VPN that makes it look like they are posting from India to hide who they really are. So, likely someone who has been previously banned.

Here is a depressing thought for everyone watching these games from the 80s. Watching a 1984 game today in 2023 is like watching a 1945 game in 1984 . Yes, I feel old.