Brandon

The Goldeyes and Moose 1.0 both played with the same rule sets of the big leagues and had little to no success with younger fans. Goldeyes is full of seniors out for a nice night out and the Moose had lots of younger families also out for a cheap night out. You never saw 15 - 40 year old people wearing jerseys or merch or talk about them. I saw way more people my age associating with major league teams (Leafs, Blue Jays, Habs, NYY etc...). It would be completely ignorant to think that the reason younger demographics gravitate towards the NFL over the CFL is because of the difference in rule set. It has a wee bit more to do with massive mainstream popularity, being the league with the best football players period, being fashionable/trendy etc.... The only reason the CFL has survived is because of it's unique rules and field and players. If you want a preview of how shitty the game would look then watch some AAFL or XFL games, I did and it was sloppy as hell and very amateurish. The larger field, 3 downs, motion, etc... helps big time on giving the Offence a better chance of making exciting plays. Certain guys who don't fit the 4 down game can excel big time in the CFL because they can gain an edge. If they make the changes then the CFL will need to do some drastic changes such as slashing tickets to $10 - 15 dollars each and really make an emphasis on it being a night out of fun with the football game itself being a secondary priority. Unlike a few other people on here... I don't like the "We might as well settle with what we can get". I'd rather have what I love then settle and be miserable with something I don't love.

Do I need to post a link for how many BILLIONS of dollars the WWE is getting on their latest deal with NBC? I'm pretty sure himself & the company are very savy when it comes to tv deals. Possibly the best.

I'm sure the CFL could get some money (not a lot) from a streaming service down south. But I'd imagine it would not be anything significant or saving the league type of money.

Once again ... betting odds does not mean % of chance of a team winning. It's more about how much money is being place on (in this case a team) over others.

So Laine has had points in only 1 game in his last 10..... I don't think Columbus is a good fit for him lol.

Maybe we need more size on the D? That's what she said?

Considering he gave big American companies 50 - 100 million dollars freely and dropped a billion dollars to Syria... I don't think it would of killed him to give 50 million + to the CFL. Working at various federal Gov't jobs in my career... 50 million is a drop in the bucket. I've worked on unnecessary projects that have been given 10 - 15 million dollars that ended up going down the toilet because of the lamest of things (usually egos / hurt feelings). The Feds EASILY can give the money.

I don't get it, it's one of the best movies of the 80's. Classic movie.

What has he done or what headlines or initiatives outside of trying to expand to Moncton has he done in regards with Canadian investors. I guess the bumbling of the Alouettes and screwing that up as well would be a 2nd failed thing he's attempted. And how has he done compared to guys before, the only headlines he's made is trying to extend to Mexico, Europe and now the States with zero success. He's been by far the biggest failure in the last 30 years of all the different CFL commissioners. It's unfortunate that during the largest crisis that the CFL was stuck with the worst leader they have had. As I said before... it's sad that a rinky dink league with teams like the Goldeyes can get their **** in order while Ambrosie is praying and hoping that they can sell the league to Americans for a quick buck. His arrogance and lazyness completely torpedoed any chance of help from the feds and now he's in desperation mode.

Kevin Smith has the sharpest decline in quality of movies from start of career till end. No point in making this a discussion because it's fact

I dunno maybe find investors from Canada might be a good start, maybe Ambrosie had been to busy visiting places in Europe during his reign pre COVID to focus his time on keeping it Canadian. My guess is that next he'll try to convince players in getting paid in Doge Coin or NFT art because he's lazy and read an article about get rich quick with the latest flash in the pan schemes. If Ambrosie is going to give up then why not approach Vince McMahon who has way more cash then The Rock, he wanted to buy the league before and has owned 2 XFL promotions over the Rock only owning 1.

St Louis because they were also pissed off at the owner leaving town, that is why they had good attendances for their XFL team.

Lol it just keeps getting better, those thunderous bops at the end were hilarious.

Le Saj is a real good place to check out.

I would recommend checking NCAA attendances and even some high schools are getting 15 - 20 k....

Are you suggesting that here in Winnipeg that we have people who are nostalgic of the Winnipeg Thunder basketball team? I'm pretty sure 99% of the people in Baltimore do not even know or remember the Stallions from 30 years ago. Once again... forget not that the 'Murricans have a tonne of NCAA and even high school love for local football teams. Their is not a need or a thurst for more minor league football down south.

Lol... have you been living under a rock? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Ravens You'd have a better example with St Louis since they had decent attendances mostly out of spite and anger at the Rams leaving town on real bad terms.

I just think guys like Willie Jefferson would be way more likely to sign closer to home then Winnipeg. Being a family man myself I'd rather my family be only a few hour drive or cheap plane flight away then going to visit a different country.

I'd imagine Henoc and Kevin Glenn will go in with a grandma's blanket like jersey which has little patches from each team on it. Cuthbert... is someone suggesting going from minor league to major league means they hated the minor league? Do the folks on here not realize how much more money play by play games make in the NHL? Not to mention if they were to go from Sportsnet to the States to one of the bigger brodcast stations? Some of those guys make life changing money down south.

The American teams will be coming and going every season which would result in dispersal drafts constantly. Also as said before do you think if we get a guy who starts to prosper that he wouldn't take equal or more money to live down South near his friends and family?

I don't know about that, the fact that the rosters would continually rotate so you wouldn't be able to build bonds or interest in favourite players would be a big impact. The change of the rules would only hurt interest as well. I kind of like the fact that we have guys who stick around and who we can root for.

I was told that he should of been traded for Price because Helle has already peaked and we can get maximum value if we unload him now

Going off my point in the other thread... I wonder how many free agents would of signed in Winnipeg in the last few years if they had the option of staying closer to home and living year round in a nicer climate in areas with a much more lively night life.

So if they change the field and the rules and remove the Canadians from the game... then why would I watch the Blue Bombers when I could watch the NFL? The only reason I watch the CFL is because of it's uniqueness and Canadian players. I can't believe so called fans on here are trying to sell it to themselves that things need to change and can't always be the same. Change the marketing, change the game day experience, change the presentation on tv. Don't change the rules, field size, and whatever gives the CFL it's unique flavour. The moment they change things to cater to the American audience/teams is the moment they lose the vast majority of the remaining CFL football fans and with American teams coming and going and rosters constantly being dispersed and changed it will crap on any continuity. It will be like the Moose/Goldeyes where every season it's a different cast of characters on the team. Also good luck luring any free agents to Winnipeg when they have options of living closer to home or in much more desirable locations with lower taxes and much more things to do. When the Jets left no die hard sports fans gave two shits about the Moose. The Moose was like the Goldeyes which was only around because it was a nice cheap night out to take the family for something fun. I never once saw any adults wearing jerseys or anyone talking about how they were playing at work. The CFL will be watered down like the AHL or the baseball league, nobody will give a crap and unlike the Moose who could remain profitable with 3000 - 4000 attendance per game, the Blue Bombers won't be able to survive with attendances like that.

I'm not sure how that relates but my friends and some of co-workers who live in Ottawa now mainly go because it's a really fun night out. They are far from die hard football fans. I had asked them about back in the day with the Renegades and I didn't realize how poor the stadium was and how terrible the owners were and what a complete crap-show it was when they had mardi gras themed events where Women were being harassed and put into really unsafe situations. It's night and day different now from what they say.