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That price seems more in line for a 32 goal, 76 point average player, especially with his defensive skill. Ballpark is usually $100,000 per point in today’s NHL as a starting point to gauge a contract.

Seems like an overpay for a 24 goal, 56 point average player.

On the upside, if Rider fans don’t have proof of vaccination, they can’t get into IG Field for the Banjo Bowl.

No, that thread (or the random video thread) is the place for anything heartwarming. I think the “non-political” add on was that anything political could be seen as negative just for the nature of the subject or the fact that depending on your political leaning it may be negative to you. Glad to see more cheerful posts, don’t let the technical glitch of re-creating an existing thread deter you. Restoring faith in humanity is always of interest. Simply a housekeeping reminder.

So if you pick a Bomber they will lose and you’ll be blamed? If you pick a Stamp they will win and you will be blamed? If you pick a Rider you will lose since they aren’t playing? And if you don’t make any pick you’ll still get a strike as if you picked wrong? Reverse-reverse psychology?

Bumping up this thread since it has lagged and some (correctly) feel we need more good news around here.

Would it be too negative to point out that we already have a thread for this? Maybe it’s a sign that it has gone to page 2 on the topic page.

I think both sides and multiple opinions have been presented and we aren’t going to find consensus on the topic. Game is over, we lost, penalty was called, player is injured, no fine was tacked on, and one thread has already been locked due to the escalation of words. Shall we move on before we hijack another thread?

I was referring to a more general pattern than specifically the last game, but I will walk back that comment on him while he is off the roster.

If that is the case, then it’s time to step for up the sake of the home team and pick a Stampeder. C’mon man, where’s your sense of loyalty????😁

Bailey has had his struggles, and I can think of at least one if not two catchable passes he whiffed on in the last outing. But he is tied for the club lead in TD catches. And he was hardly alone in the subpar game against Toronto category. Lawler dropped one, and he has been our best receiver so far. Adams lost control of a crucial one near the goal line, and seemed more interested in jawing the Argos than just concentrating on playing. Demski seems to need to get involved early or else he becomes an afterthought. Wolitarsky has been virtually invisible so far this year. And Collaros was definitely off, and his best football this year is when he has been running for his life, not the preferred way to play QB (at least I think that is true, having never played or coached at a high level, maybe that is how the best offences are drawn up).

You misunderstood my point. The point is, Alberta sucks!

Ummm……….

So Edmonton still screws me and my pick even when they don’t play. 0-6 between them and Calgary this year. Alberta sucks!

Because according to some the rest of our corps is so elite that he needs to be as perfect as them.

I found the assessment of the current Bomber receiving corps a little over the top.

When the ball goes over Daniels’ head he is at the Toronto 51 and Alexander is at the Toronto 54. When first contact is made by Alexander at Toronto’s 52, the ball hits the ground at the Winnipeg 52, so…….6 yards?

I thought you said Darvin Lawler Demski and Woli were as good a foursome as there is out there. Why then being in Duke?

Don’t forget the part about the refs always screwing us over.

Ok, if you want thoughtful debate, we are till awaiting your list of extreme left stances. So far, you have ID’d 2 groups (BLM and ANTIFA) but not elaborated how their stances are extreme (there have been extreme actions by a very few members, but I would question if that then makes the entire movement extreme, or their stance extreme). Other than that or suppessing free speech on University campuses (which others debate as hate speech) all you have come back with is “surely you jest if you are so biased as to not see the extreme leftism which is strongly present at this time. And your failure to admit this makes you part of the problem”. That’s not debate, so you are engaging in the same behaviour you just decried. So once again, provide a list of extreme left wing positions so we can have that thoughtful debate you want.

That database is good to May of 2020, so it does not include the killing of right-wing activist Aaron “Jay” Danielson by self -proclaimed ANTIFA member Michael Reinhoel. And it also does not include the Kyle Rittenhouse killing of two BLM protesters. Both of those incidents were in August 2020. So 331-1 actually.

To be fair, ANTIFA has had tons of military members. They fought the Nazis in WW2.

Here’s Loffler’s hit for comparison. Go to the 1:46:25 mark. I’ll let others decide, but to my mind saying that hit was late compared to Alexander’s and not even close to this situation is just not accurate. Same defenceless receiver (who in Loffler’s case got his hands on a playable ball) same head contact, penalty gets called. And Glen Suitor plainly says “in today’s game that’s going to be called”. As for the insults and “if you never played the game you are dumb”, not going to even bother dignifying that with a response.

Thanks for the input. I think the rule change came with the expansion of the review procedure in 2019 (I listed the clause in an earlier post). Not sure it was directly focussed on head shots and changing that standard of review, but I think the idea was that if an injury occurred where the injury spotter could step in and remove a player from the game (concussion protocol being the most common reason) then they were allowed to review the play to determine if the injury occurred as a result of an illegal play. wbbfan is right in that it becomes a reactionary call in light of the injury since it allows for fresh review, but I don’t think it goes so far as to “create” a non-existent penalty to compensate for injury as a make-up call. It absolutely creates an opportunity for review where one did not exist, so it may be a matter of splitting hairs between “a chance to get it right upon re-examination” and “penalizing a player for an injury that came about on a legal play”. I can certainly see the perception of the latter, however. As for Suitor, he did make a comment in the later Rider game after a roughing the QB call that the new rules in place to protect players made these calls more common, and that “some think the pendulum has swung too far in favour of protecting at all costs” without explicitly putting himself in one camp or the other. As for where we may be headed, it would not surprise me to see some sort of flag football applications to QBs for sacks at some point in my lifetime. Given the size of defensive players, QBs standing still on many plays just waiting to get hit, and the Increased knowledge of CTE and how prevalent it is and how it could affect liability to the league, further protections, not less, are the most logical course in the future. The NFL has made rules to pretty much make kickoff returns a non-entity and eliminate those big hits on cover teams. The “bust the wedge” hit is now gone as you cannot line up more than 2 blockers together on a return. And as admirable as it was to see a player launch himself into a wall and sacrifice his body, the sad reality of players committing suicide in their 40’s and 50’s after being driven insane from repeated brain trauma was a big wake-up call and made many look at those plays in a new light. That’s the climate we live in now.