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Bailey looking like he did until midseason last year, drop and basically a drop on a TD when he chose to play for a flag giving up on the ball. Interesting he's in this game, wonder if he's at risk.

Missed the WIL there.

Like how Brown staying aware downfield when he scrambles. Finds the sticks when he does take off.

Perfect ball, led receiver who slowed down to track it.

Looks like Richie Hall already rubbed off on the rookies. Turnovers a plenty.

The elder Hallett needs to make a tackle on D.

Don't give Ambrosie any ideas. Shake weight football could be a major hit.

Refs have yellow flags now...underrated rule change. Heard Americans prefer yellow to orange.

Fine throw on second down. Bailey fighting for a flag there.

Brown led Schoen nicely there 2nd and long, let him get another 5 yac. Think we have our backup.

Nice route and throw there to get between 2nd and 3rd levels. This OL group looking pretty awful on the running downs.

The CJOB-TSN delay is extra bad tonight.

Think Mancuso probably tagged for PR while Prukop playing for his roster spot and will be cut if he doesn’t earn it. Brown probably on roster or PR either way.

Once they go to one hashmark right down the middle you and Mourtada will be ready for primetime.

Brown looked alright but I'd rather have Pipkin go in if we needed someone to actually play for a stretch. DL Pae cut by Stamps would be one I wouldn't be surprised we could see in our camp. Seem to be trying to find another rotational DL.

It will be interesting to see how the league administers the 49%ers. You could designate Bryant as one and dress another American OL. as a "starter." Bryant could "sub" for the entire game but then if one of the Canadian linemen go down in game both Bryant and the "starter" can play. I don't see there being a pool of guys that would qualify who are worth paying just to be a DI who can sub for anyone basically. Most guys in those roster spots don't have the tenure required.

Yeah...the designated 49%ers are basically gonna be Romby Bryant 2014 type guys. Guys that have the tenure but aren't good enough to start. It's going to create a class of crappy Americans holding on because they can take Canadian snaps while blocking American rookies and Canadians from getting on the roster/field. Not sure how this helps the product.

He’s not locked up. He’s in the United States. Who is judging guilt? There’s no issue with terminology it’s an accusation. But not going to help in a competitive battle for a roster spot. The Bombers owe him nothing.

It's not data collection by someone on a monitor that's the issue. It's how does the rule function. Is there any responsibility for on-field officials? Is it based on a week-to-week usage or over 18 games?

Lower incentive when less Canadians required to play and will just be an opportunity for teams out of playoffs to tank by fielding a random CIS roster.

Absolutely. But the changes they are proposing hurt American rookies and their opportunity to make it on the roster in the regular season. They favour teams keeping veteran Americans who then can be utilized in protected roster spots. The leagues stated goal is to improve consistency on rosters they lost by going down to one year contracts and grow revenue by developing the relationship between teams and their fanbases.

Interested to hear the leagues business pitch and revenue growth seen from having 1-3 extra American players on the field at a time. This whole thing is ridiculous. There’s basically nothing wrong with the ratio the way it has been aside from potentially discouraging teams from developing Canadian QB’s. Not sure why this is the fight the BOG wants to take all the way to risk a season.

There was no 7 + 1 offer from the league. It's not 7 AND, it's 7 with one spot being for an American with tenure. The first substantive offer that got the strike vote was 4 + 2, dropping the ratio to 6 players and scrapping QB designation. The offer that went to vote was 6 + 1 naturalized maintaining the 7 "Canadians" for the ratio but leaving the naturalized loophole for one spot and including starting QB's in the ratio, and then allowing a certain number of designated "naturalized" players to take some snaps in place of Canadians (the 49% rule which needs or needed a hell of a lot of refining). There are protected practice roster spots for Canadians generally, junior players and current year draft picks.

That’s kind of the problem with the fluff coverage. Who isn’t having a good camp?

The CFL does way too much navel gazing on the product and misses the big picture. Remember when they set the blocking rules on kick returns so that basically only a perfect block chest to chest was legal? They overcomplicate things to the point of stupidity. That’s my major issue with this roster rule change. How the hell do you administer these rules? Take away one DI (won’t matter anyway if all the punters are Aussies), add two Canadian roster spots and axe the ratio completely. Now the refs can call a football game instead of having subs reporting constantly, and you’ll have the same number of Canadians playing. Is anyone worried that 20 imports will play the entire game on a 46ish man roster?