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bigg jay

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  1. If it was on Spike, then it was Bellator (they're owned by Spike's parent company Viacom).  They are the biggest MMA company after the UFC but aren't really competition for them.  They have some decent fighters but haven't been able to really create any big stars.  Their most well-known fighters are washed-up UFC guys (Tito Ortiz & Rampage Jackson).

     

    If Viacom ever wanted to pull a page out of Ted Turner's playbook & poach some top UFC guys, they might be able to really give the UFC a run for their money.

  2. There are so many problems with the UFC right now that it would take for ever to go through them.

     

    I agree that they are getting to the point of over-saturation.  As an example, between May 10th and June 28th, there are 8 events, with them having 2 events on the same day twice.  How they expect people to watch/follow that is beyond me.  With roughly 500 fighters under contract, you can barely keep up with who's who.  When they did 5-6 events a year they had time to properly build up the event and the fighters.  It was "must watch tv" for a lot of fans & you could plan around ppv's.  Now, there's no way you could do that, unless your life involves only your couch & tv.

  3. There have been a number of legitimate broadcasters/media people involved in the business.  

     

    Some examples off the top of my head would be:

     

    Ed Whalen -  He was just the voice of Stampede Wrestling to me when I was growing up, I had no idea until much later on that he also worked for the Flames for years.  

     

    Joe Aiello - his radio career took off here in Winnipeg after doing TV for Tony Condello.

     

    Jeff Marek, formerly of Hockey Night in Canada, started out by creating an Live Audio Wrestling (an internet radio program).

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    Jay Detain.....the guy we just traded.

    Oh ok. I guess that's supposed to be funny.

     

     

    You must be fun at parties.

     

    Jay Detain is funny because that's what the close captioning on IGF interprets his name as. Same with Rory Dough Alert. And Demons Washing Ham.

     

     

    I can't wait to see what the captioning comes up with for Lirim Hajrallahu next season!

  5. The problem with O'shea is that he's such an Argo/Ti-Cat and in my bitterness I say leave all that trash in Southern Ontario. 

     

    Lawless is now saying we'll be asking for permission to talk to Jeremy O'Day.  Even though they're looking at them for different jobs (O'day for GM), I'd rather have Argo/Ti-Cat trash than Rider trash!

  6. I have no idea.  But what made a glorified salesman at a radio station qualified to run a professional football club, especially with a brand new facility to manage also?

     

    Some people have the skillset above and beyond their current job. I have no problem with rewarding skill and intelligence but many of us predicted he would crap out. 

     

    Do you know anything about his background other than he worked in radio?  I know you used to bounce at the Lid for years but I'm not going to say that doesn't qualify you for anything else since I have no clue what other work history or education you have going for you.

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