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Why would anyone in the US go watch these games?

They'll get er back... Habs are trash. **** these guys.

Good to see some hustle to start. Montreal is **** and this shows the Jets saying "we're embarrassed to lose to these assholes"... Pump these fuckers.

thanks a lot assholes....you sent me down a YouTube rabbit hole of WWE Attitude Era matches....

But someone on here said that XFL doesn't have money because "Vince has way more money than The Rock"......LOL! Of all the ******* things...

If the variants aren't controlled by the vaccines (so far, so good, but.....) we're absolutely ******...

hmmmm....Pionk was good, but new. I really thought Morrissey was our best D last year, and this year had a bit of a stumble...

I don't remember Morrissey being bad last year....I thought he was far and away our best D last season...?

so something called the United Football Players Association took to Twitter to say that they've been told the CFL is planning on scrapping the 2021 and 2022 seasons, and would come back as part of some joint entity with XFL after that. Immediately, CFL "insiders" (Lalji, Naylor, etc...) refuted it and said it went completely against everything they've heard. The CFL then released a statement:

**** everything about that organization and the separate set of rules they get to abide by, because apparently they're so important to the long term health of the league. Fart noises. I hope they're forced to cut half the guys they signed this off season...

Smelly turd of a game for the Jets. Best to flush it and on to the next one...

intrigued to see what exactly this looks like. I'm born and raised in Pinawa, and one interesting thing about the town is, they signed a deal with the government back in the early 60s that Pinawa would always be it's own school division and can never be amalgamated. So while everything around it is part of Agassiz SD, Pinawa, with it's 2 schools, remains part of the Whiteshell SD, all by its lonesome. The government has been trying for years to amalgamate it with Agassiz, but the contract was signed and can't be broken....or so I'm told. I'm sure it drives conservative "small government" governments crazy...

**** everything about Canadian Men's Curling right now. Manitoba...the greatest curling province of all time....is a complete shambles. Until that gets fixed to the point where it's like the Scotties, and we're sending 5 teams that are contenders, I'm going to be angry. And the best curler we've produced in at least a decade, is skipping the Gappers (of all ******* provinces) until at least after the Trials. I'm still hopeful that he comes home if they don't win the Trials, and skips a new team with a bison on his back, as it should be.

This has crossed my mind a couple times. The outrage across the country acting as some sort of "see how much people care about us???" motivation. Definitely crossed my mind.

Carbon Tax is not the boogey man people think it is. Honestly it's going to be commonplace for years in every country.

This Jets team can absolutely win the North of they stay healthy. I have absolutely no clue how they match up with the rest of the league, but absolutely they can win the north.

You gotta stick around at least long enough to talk me off the ledge during any potential XFL merger.....

I will never forget the hand made "billboard" (a bed sheet across two sticks) that was spray painted "A VOTE FOR THE LIBERALS IS A VOTE FOR THE DEVIL" that was set up at a major intersection in Winkler when I first moved there in 2006 (it was shortly after Harper's first win)... That told me everything I needed to know about Manitoba South of the Trans Can. It was a weeeeeeird year and a half down there....

You're close, but it was Cuthbert on CBC during a playoff game in Calgary in.... I believe 1986..... Otherwise your version is exactly what happened.

This is a truth fact, sir. But he's a rabid CFL fan. IIRC, he grew up a big Ottawa RRs fan...

Would LOVE to see your proof on that. Chris Cuthbert is one of the biggest CFL fans going and always has been.

Some interesting thoughts from Chris Cuthbert.... https://3downnation.com/2021/03/12/long-time-cfl-play-by-play-man-chris-cuthbert-worries-xfl-talks-are-a-deal-with-the-devil/ For 16 years, Chris Cuthbert was the voice that soothed CFL fans. The league’s announcement on Wednesday that it is seeking opportunities for collaboration and innovation with the XFL has that voice wracked with worry. “I’m still concerned that this is potentially a deal with the devil,” Cuthbert told Scott Rintoul on Sportsnet 650 in Vancouver. “My concern level is extremely high, but I guess if you’re asking me 48 hours later, I am open to hearing what the benefits might be.” The veteran play-by-play man who left TSN in 2020 in order to continue calling NHL games remains a passionate fan of the three-down game and while he’s trying to remain open-minded, Cuthbert sees some of the speculation surrounding a merger of the two leagues as almost sacrilegious. “There’s some elements that are non-negotiable and that’s obvious from a Canadian football standpoint. The most important word in the Canadian Football League is Canadian. To me, it’s essential. It’s three downs,” he emphasized. “I guess a hybrid size field that’s bigger than an NFL field and slightly different than a CFL field is somewhat palatable, but for the most part, I think the uniqueness of the game is what’s kept it alive. For many of us, it’s why we love it so much.” Also potentially on the chopping block is the Canadian ratio, a particular hot button for Cuthbert’s long-time broadcast partner Glen Suitor. Cuthbert has seen some suggestion that it would be maintained in some form for a merged league but doesn’t believe it’s possible. “I could see a ratio of X number of Canadians on the Canadian teams and international players on an XFL team, but from what I understand the labour laws in the States will not allow any ratio of any kind,” Cuthbert said. The ratio wasn’t applied to US teams during the league’s ill-fated American expansion in the 1990s and while some have noted that the financial boost from new franchises helped stabilized the CFL, Cuthbert insists that road is one best left firmly in the past. “We could spend an hour with all the horror stories of that experiment,” he said. The CFL has been awarding the Grey Cup for over 100 years. Meanwhile, the original XFL lasted one full season in 2001 and the revival in 2020 played just five weeks before folding due to the pandemic. Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and his associate purchased the bankrupt league for just $15 million and while Cuthbert isn’t opposed to the concept of a post-season bowl game or all-star showcase between the two leagues, he questions whether the league has truly explored all options before rolling over to American star power. “The government has had a justice committee reviewing a bill that would allow sports betting and the CFL elected not to accept the invitation to be there in committee. Now I’m told that they are filing off their views on it, I thought that was a missed opportunity,” Cuthbert said. “We’ve been sitting around for a year and have we done anything to talk about revenue sharing? I still think there are things to be done or that could have been done exclusive to joining a league that’s already folded twice.” While some have championed a move to four-down American rules as a fix-all cure for the CFL’s attendance woes in major markets, Cuthbert dismisses that view entirely. “The National Football League is the powerhouse of all sports properties. There’s no point in trying to be an NFL lite,” he explained. “Be unique, be different, be the game that Canadians have loved.” While that is a view shared by many fans, the league’s wealthy owners may prefer another strategy to recoup their pandemic losses. As a fan of the game, Cuthbert is very worried. “It’s already clear the CFL that we knew is probably in real jeopardy and I’m just hoping we can preserve some of the basic tenets that made the CFL special.”

I'm one of those people, but I truly feel I'm in a very small minority. The vast majority are going to be out in droves...