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Gotta love Muamba being vilified for not just accepting the comparative peanuts he'd be making in the CFL vs. the NFL. Oh, and this idea of players having to be fiercely loyal to these businesses and play for a discount "for the good of the team"! Laughable. Milt Stegall, who has been praised for "bleeding blue & gold" in this thread, was prepared to hold out if the Bombers didn't pay him top dollar. And he was damn well right to do it because he was the best receiver in the league. The flip side is that the football clubs see a guy show signs of slowing down? Not being as productive as he'd previously been? See ya later. Checks won't be coming in anymore. Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out... This is the CFL, not some league with mega salaries your average person could live off one year's worth. Unless you're a top teir quarterback, you're at best making a very good wage by Joe Blow standards. And you won't be playing football well into your 50's and beyond like your standard 6 figures a year job.. Hell after 30 you're on borrowed time in football. I for one hope it works out for Henoc. Make as much as you can, bud. Because you can bleed such and such colours as much as you want, but as soon as you make one bad play they'll be dumping manure on your front lawn. Okay, that'll only happen if he signs with the Riders, but you get the idea.

Okay, easy, easy.. Like most in the sense that I'm in the "like, don't love" camp on the road jersey. If you're super gung-ho about the blue shoulders, and I guess many are, then right on.

"Over big time" is being very generous. He wasn't coming out to crickets or anything but I feel a lot of his heat was "stop shoving him down our throats" heat. I hate to keep on it, because I like the guy in a lot of ways, but that's how it came across to me. Though I must brought up the ire drawn from WWE fans for the Del Rio-Sheamus feud no one asked for that went on and on and on and on and on and.....

Like most, not a fan on the blue shoulders on the road, but I don't have a huge problem with it or anything. I did think it looked a lot worse initially when all you could see was the upper body and a bit of the gold pants so the shoulders seemed out of place, but then after seeing the head to toe shot the blue socks actually tie it all together decently so it's a bit more acceptable.

Nah, he had the proverbial rocket strapped to his ass and had good stuff to work with with the fancy cars, multiple title reigns and all that and the fans completely rejected it. Obviously I agree with you the stuff since he returned with Colter, the League of Jobbers and before that the nonsensical "I luv Murica now!" face turn were just flat out god awful booking.

Y'all are joking right? They did push him. Hard. And when it failed in a big way they kept at it for another year or two... Still didn't take. This isn't me trashing the guy because I don't like him in the way hipster smarks won't either. In fact I'd say he's, no exaggeration, the best pure in ring guy in the company today. Back then he pulled off the classic "rich guy that thinks he's better than everyone" heel role extremely well. Good talker, has "Da Look" and for good measure seems like a really good dude outside the ring. He's the total package really, and yet when he's on TV the audience, myself included, has zero F's to give. He's the antithesis of the "It" factor...

I totally remember that show.

Essensa in net?

You mean our savior that had us in the running for dead last? Yeah, Him and Jacob "Dumpster Fire" Trouba are surely leading us to a Cup dynasty! Full disclosure, I understand that Helle and Trouba are young and need to be given leeway, but holy hell the draft picks are beyond criticism and guys like Stuart and Pavelec get blamed everything. Stuart for the 857 god awful plays Trouba has made this season and I'm pretty sure it's legally forbidden to mention that Pavelec had 3 back-to-back-to-back shutouts on a killer road trip at the end of last season to get Winnipeg its only playoff berth since the '96 season.

No one can say for sure if the general public wants the royal jerseys or if they have for years and years for that matter. I'm not one to flaunt my status, but I know several Bomber executives and and have actually obtained a sneak peak at the new Adidas Bomber unis and will let you guys in on the top secret design! Marketing suspects it will me a massive hit. But maybe even moreso will be the road jerseys which will be gold with gold numbers and gold pants.

Neil McKinley made one bad play that resulted in a long touchdown run and was declared the worst professional athlete of all time. How dare you undermine the social media age's sports fan's right, nay duty, to wildly overreact to literally everything.

Edmonton Greenyellows. Nailed it.

This guy gets it.

It's so simple. We get an Air Bud/MVP (Most Valuable Primate) situation on the roster. A lovable member of the animal kingdom that in spite of conventional logic excels at pro athletics to the point of single-handedly winning their team games! This can also be achieved through a young child, anywhere from 10-14, being thrust into a player/coach/ownership role with the team. Don't be deterred early, the team will be laughably bad to start. Snooty old blowhards will undoubtedly scoff and write the team off from day one. Rest assured, the locker room will rally around this unlikely hero with a never-say-die spirit resulting in a cinderella playoff berth. By the championship game, even the most crotchety of naysayers will be fully on board after witnessing the undeniable results! Boom, next November we're watching blue & gold confetti rain down as I, the mastermind, make out with my dream girl and as a result of our Cup win our youth center on the brink of foreclosure or something has the funds to continue on! You're welcome.

Why? I wouldn't bet on the Bombers raising the Grey Cup this year, but then how many people would have bet on that powerhouse 8-10 Stampeder team to win it in 2001? Not many, but that is a championship team and that other squad that dominated the league throughout the season is just a big group of losers in history's eyes...

IF nichols left for greener pastures and IF davis or boyd show fhat they some serious seasoning to do.. Then sure.. Otherwise no. Wait are you implying you'd rather have Nichols than Glenn as the backup qb? Cause Glenn is head and shoulders a better quarterback than Matt Nichols has ever been or will ever be. Really? I sure don't have Nichols pegged as the next Flutie, but Glenn is far from that himself. Not to mention we're talking about 2015 and beyond Kevin Glenn...

Love the comments that Sask.could have got more for him. We got Matt Nichols for a conditional 7th... Don't give me that Glenn is apparently signed through next season either. Whoopdee do. I'll take Nichols with the potential of him leaving after this season over Glenn guaranteed for the next 5 years, thanks.

Ever wonder why that is? There was NO apology from Glenn Johnson. Just an acknowledgement that a mistake was made. D'oh! With our 10th official apology from the league for a crucial blown call we get a free coffee at Tim's!

That. Is. AWESOME.

This is only a fall back if they somehow lose out on Bill Belichick.

Exactly. It's not even a debate. Everyone here, as well as the kids they coach, if they have the ability to play football at a professional level is trying the NFL in a heartbeat if given the opportunity. I could make top dollar playing in the CFL for the Bombers, my favourite football team and the team I've loved ever since I can remember... Or go to the Jaguars and make 10x what I would as one of the best in the CFL even as a fringe NFLer. I'd be in Jacksonville tomorrow. I remember people going "screw Marve!" because he apparently made it known he'd plan to try the NFL when his contract was up. Well no **** he would! I'll bet Chris Brazzell would have been on the first plane down too if he'd ever gotten a call. We'd be dancing if Marve was good enough to bolt for the NFL next year. As it stands, unless he is lights out at next year's training camp it'd be a long shot at best for another CFL team to give him a tryout. Maybe try the arena league but there's a good possibility he's looking at life after football.

Excellent news. Since the team is so tight with money we can put them in the johns and save on toilet paper. Everybody wins!

I remember hearing that we were obligated to wear the signature jerseys again this season. Two questions, one, are we in fact obligated, and two, if so does anyone know which game we'll be wearing those monstrosities?

WBB: We listen to our fans!!! Fans: We want the royal blue uniforms! WBB: * 5 years later * WBB: We're going royal blue! BOD: Nailed it.

That was the game in Toronto where Medlock hit the upright at the end? I was there too. Good times. The very same.