DR. CFL
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33 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
That's okay though...
It’s about the CFL needing to generate revenue through ticket sales...for all games.
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16 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
Starting in January permanently??? Going to August??? What a dumb idea.
Before you get too worried about it check out Hockey Feed on Facebook and you can see all the dribble that they spit out....
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1 hour ago, M.Silverback said:
Interesting idea. Makes some sense. Limits player housing expenses as the article indicates. Not ideal, but, nothing will be ideal this season. Who would be your choice for an Eastern team to buddy with in Winnipeg? I'll go with Ottawa, just to have our old pal Lapo hanging around town.
Dorm rooms will be empty....so will stands if they allow limited seating. I’m not sure the expectation that people in Winnipeg will pay to watch Hamilton play Toronto is realistic.
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4 hours ago, Colin Unger said:
This is a NHL rumor but could have pretty big implications on the CFL. No idea if there is any legitamacy to this reports but it talks about how the NHL is considering permanantly starting the season later to avoid having to compete against the NBA. https://www.hockeyfeed.com/nhl-news/rumor-nhl-looking-at-making-permanent-changes-to-the-regular-season?ref=sidebar
This is something that could really benefit the CFL down the stretch and into the playoffs and the Grey Cup her in Canada.
Hockey Feed.com...is the absolute worst for throwing junk out there. I can’t imagine the NHL is worried about the NBA.
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13 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
DR. CFL. are you saying Cuthbert gave up job security to leave TSN? That his Sportsnet contract isn't a multi year six figure salary paid annually?
No I’m saying he left TSN because of possible lack of job security. Hypothetically if his TSN deal was paid on a per game basis who knows what number of games he would have had , with the possibility of none.
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22 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
He wants to do NHL broadcasts. How hard is that to understand?
Simple , thanks...I guess job security at age 62 would be important to anyone , wouldn’t it?
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1 minute ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
He said the self quarantine showed some of his games on CBC. He is 62 & Sportsnet has the NHL contract another 7 years meaning he'd be 70 if he wanted to call another hockey game so he decided to leave TSN. Nothing to do with the state of football.
And TSN has the CFL contract for 5 years? Cuthbert is a pro....rule one when you leave a job say......
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8 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:
I just admire the way he can tell what players are thinking.
That’s insight beyond what any analyst is expected to have.
Suitor has all the answers....you don’t even have to ask him...he’ll tell you.
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45 minutes ago, TrueBlue4ever said:
Guess Cuthbert is hitching his wagon to hockey full-time. Maybe he knows something about what will happen to the CFL in the future if they don’t play this year.
This might be an indication of Cuthbert being worried about a CFL season and moving an advance.
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This is like the reporting on the Covid vaccine progress.....all very positive and encouraging but so much that still needs to be worked out. It feels like we are simply treading water waiting for the life raft.
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40 minutes ago, Noeller said:
At least find a way to keep those very different groups away form each other...
At one point there were alcohol free family sections....I’m not sure if they still exist?
As to Pinball’s revelation...that is old news there has been constant talk of the lost generation and the gap between the older fans and the young people who have found other things to spend their discretionary dollars. There is far more options in this day and age. You better have an appealing entertaining product to complete for their business.
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1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
I find it hard to understand a lot of Canadians. Like the ones that hate Trump, call him an asshat & constantly mock the guy. They hate American foreign policy, resistance to climate change, militarism, gun laws, racism, etc. Yet some of these same Canadians are the first to say they want an NFL team in Toronto, the CFL sucks, it's bush league, want it to die , say they'll never watch 3 down football because it's a joke & the players are garbage. We all know people like that. Makes absolutely no sense to me. Something as distinctly Canadian as the CFL & they hate it.
What you might like, dislike or follow in your interest in sports isn’t necessarily related to your political attitudes or how you feel about another country .
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5 hours ago, Mr Dee said:
Maybe get your own house in order first. Do you think either country is going to let teams go back and forth across the border at will. The NHL might be faced with the same potential problem. That is why the a Blue Jays are likely going to play all their games in the US.
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3 hours ago, HardCoreBlue said:
Not to mention the fact that local sports will probably follow the lead of pro sports. My son is currently heading into his second year of high school football. How is that going to look?
I would have to think that school boards, local health officials and government would have the final say on school activities. They aren’t going to take risks.
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3 hours ago, Mr Dee said:
Sounds about right.
If the expectation is to start in Sept. I think given all the logistics required to put things in motion August seems a little late for a decision.
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32 minutes ago, JCon said:
I don't know the answer to that. That's the big question - shut it down? Or stay the course?
League has to decide that with the players, coaches and staff. And, the policy needs to be in place prior to everyone getting together.
That is a tough one....if you are forced to shut it down early into it that would be a significant additional financial hit.
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8 hours ago, JCon said:
You need to keep enough players around, quarantined, to cover for injuries and cuts. Can't have someone injured and have to wait two weeks before a replacement can even practice.
What happens if players, coaches or staff test positive?
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2 hours ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:
The CFL can't pretend it's business as usual, this season (if it happens) will be in response to a crisis, teams won't have the funds do to conduct business asthey have in the past, therefore they need to find significant economies.
Here's a few ideas to cut costs. Cut down preliminary expenses, CFL pre-season doesn't make any money so it's an obvious target, teams can' ill afford to bring in 85 players to tryout for 46 positions, that is obvious waste when you consider the cost of flying them in, feeding and housing them. Plus keeping players in quarantine will be more costly than usual and will put that many more players needlessly at risk only to eventually be cut.
Cut training camp down to 2 weeks prior to the first game, scrap the 2 exhibition games and decide who's going to be on the team before T.C. even begins. Might suck if your team is caught up in the middle of a rebuild or just hired a new H.C....but hey we've got the Cup! 46 players + 10 reserve should be enough to start up, injury replacements can be brought in as needed during the season, not sure the point of keeping a PR squad in a shortened season, maybe cut that as well.....cuts need to be made.
All valid suggestions.....the word is that given no FA camps and no mini camps initial TC rosters may exceed 100. Dickinson in Sask says he’s looking for 3-4 replacements. 4 exhibition games 2 of them at home was a tough sell to season ticket holders. Vets loved it when it got cut down to 2 games. Hard to show your potential as a rookie given limited playtime. It needs to be run as a business....if blowing it up and starting over means it survives so be it.
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8 hours ago, JCon said:
The CFL has a salary cap. You could remove ten players per team and the cost wouldn't go down, the share would just go up.
And, then dump some poorly paid, over worked coaches? So that you don't develop anyone?
What’s your solution?
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5 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
You have all these cheap solutions to make it sound so easy. The way you'd have it they'd go back to three coaches & a 32 man roster.
Well let’s just let the government fund the league. When you let your operating costs get way out of hand and far exceed your revenues...how does any business succeed? It doesn’t....and the people running the business are to blame. If you want a league and 32 man roster and 3 coaches is the only way you can afford it so be it. I worked in the league when it was 39 man roster and 6 coaches....and amazingly it worked and it was just as exciting. What is your solution?
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32 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
Yeah, 46 players & 3 coaches. Yep, that'll work.
Nobody said 46 players and 3 coaches did they?
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1 hour ago, Mr Dee said:
Maybe HC and GMs don’t need to make 400K....maybe you really don’t need 11 Assistant Coaches. Do you need 70 players around all year? It’s all well and good that you have IR lists that don’t count against the Cap....but it’s budget money and gets used to keep players around. There were no mini camps and free agent camps so TC rosters are going to be greatly expanded and you have Dickinson in Sask saying he is looking to fill you are four roster spots...you need 90-100 camp bodies for that? The problem in pro sport is somebody does something so everybody else does it.
It’s like the morning skate in hockey. It was started because equipment managers weren’t always great at sharpening skates...the morning skate was to insure your skates were good for the game....then it became an extra practice time because everybody was doing it. Ironically some teams are scaling back on it as load management is now the buzz word.
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49 minutes ago, JCon said:
Not sure what one has to do with the other but okay.
The TSN deal is predicated on market size and market exposure. That is the whole basis for how advertising revenue is charged to companies. Agree or not the perception of not having a team in large market impacts what you can charge for advertising and how much advertising revenue you make.
2019-20 CFL Offseason
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Tough to punish MLSE when they are the only thing keeping that boat afloat.