Rich

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/05/sports/olympics/ioc-russia-winter-olympics.html

Forbes has released its annual valuation of NHL teams. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2017/12/05/the-nhls-most-valuable-teams-4/#3ca2687417c7 https://www.forbes.com/nhl-valuations/list/#tab:overall Jets come in at #26 with an estimated value of $375M. Estimated revenue of $119M and $10M in operating income. Funny how Vegas paid $500M for their franchise, yet half the teams in the league are valued at less than that.

Looking like Connor is back for this game

Pruned a bunch of posts here, please refrain from insults and attacks. Been happening too often around here lately.

Chipman did talk about the naming a bit at the heritage classic. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/chipman-knew-no-other-name-but-jets-would-do-403096756.html He does say there were people in the organization who felt strongly about the Moose brand. They considered the Falcons and Warriors as they have a hockey history in Winnipeg. He confirms they came up with the Bear image, but says it was more of just an exercise of picking a name off the board then seriously being considered. The Jets was always a strong contender, but it was when they got the permission from the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Department of National Defence to model the logo off of the ones on the RCAF planes that cemented the decision. Also says the fact that the fans really wanted the Jets name, played a large role as well.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/01/politics/jared-kushner-michael-flynn-russia/index.html

https://www.cfl.ca/games/2438/bc-lions-vs-winnipeg-blue-bombers/#videos 20 seconds into the first video of this page if you want to see the hit.

So Hervey is GM. Wally is staying on as Head Coach and Vice President of the organization. Head Coach reports to GM, GM reports to Vice President. Unique dynamic.

Unreal the amount of potential turn over there is in today's CFL

Might be time to start a thread dedicated to celebrities and sexual misconduct https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/11/29/nbc-fires-matt-lauer-for-inappropriate-behaviour-at-workplace.html

https://www.cfl.ca/2017/11/29/redblacks-cut-ties-four-coaching-staff/

Metro Winnipeg to shut down. https://www.chrisd.ca/2017/11/27/torstar-postmedia-newspapers-metro-winnipeg-closing/#.WhwwIbA-dTY

Comrie gets the call-up from the Moose.

Congratulations to @bearpants for winning this years MBB Pick 'Ems pool with 59 wins!

Right. But a lot of work places that aren’t retail get the Thursday and Friday off. Thats why Black Friday works, people can go shop because they don’t have to work.

Its American Thanksgiving. The whole country is off. Tradition to have sporting events during the day.

I unfortunately fell down a flat earth worm hole a while back so have some info on their thought. Planes don't go high enough to see is the argument. Radar is rigged to make planes fly in circles to make the earth appear as a ball. Also the fact that planes fly with their noses up is proof that the earth is flat. If the earth were a ball like the "lies" that are spread, planes would fly with their noses pointed down, otherwise, they would fly right off the earth. Yes, that is some of the "logic" they spew. Basically after getting in deep enough of the youtube video, and you follow the dots, it comes down to a creationist argument. If the earth is flat, it doesn't rotate around the sun (the sun and the planets rotate around the top of the flat earth), and the earth can once again become the centre of the universe,.

What I found funny when reading the whole article is he had a go fund me page for his rocket that only raised a few hundred bucks. Then after suddenly declaring the flat earth theory reasonable, did a go fund me page for his rocket to prove it, and has now raised thousands. Smart bugger.

http://nationalpost.com/news/world/a-man-is-about-to-launch-himself-in-his-homemade-rocket-to-prove-the-earth-is-flat