Fatty Liver

"The flowers of spring grow upon the decaying corpse of seasons past." H.R. Pufnstuf

Please cut and paste, many of us are not FP subscribers thus can not read the article.

Unless there is a long list of qualified applicants vying for these part-time jobs I think cutting a large chunk of their work-force sends the wrong message to future applicants. Demoting and retraining is a better approach but ultimately I would like to see a pay increase so that the position of official is worthy of a full-time career choice.

I will be waiting with bated breath for the first poster to come forward and praise a ref. on this forum.

JFG did not see the field much in the second half of the season as Moore did not miss as many games as people think. I like hardscrabble Canadian receivers and wish teams could look beyond "measurables" and more at "effectability". Imagine what kind of career Rick House would have if he showed up at TC today. Sad.

I didn't see enough of Richards to have an opinion but I saw enough of Bastien to prefer the work of JFG.

Along with signing Denmark the Riders released 5 today. RIDERS RELEASE 5 The Riders also announced they released the following players: National receiver Alex Carroll National running back Brandon Deschamps National fullback Carl Fitzgerald International defensive lineman Sage Harold International running back Stephen Houston

In the land of Hypotheticalitica.

Glad to see Clarence get another opportunity but don't care for the landing spot. Who would have thunk, Dressler for Denmark would never fly in Riderville.

This is another video of Corney leaping backwards out of the pool, the other 3 guys in the video are no slouches either.

He may not make an NFL team but that doesn't mean he won't spend a year or two hopping around between teams trying to catch on.

Before this thread devolves any further into matching shoes and purses I suggest the Mods. put a swift end to it to save our frickin' dignity. If a Rider poster ever gets hold of it we'll never live it down...

Stoudermire has all the tools a returner needs in either league, he just has to get his brain working at a higher level to match the physical gifts.

I was being facetious, I have a phobia about singing crickets.

The Norwood deal is just for this year so not a great deal imo.

Yer damn good, I can almost believe that scenario.

Sorry, I'm looking for one pickle green so that I can sacrifice it on Labour Day.

One thing to note is that Norwood was going to give F.A. a go at the end of this season as he was only earning $90,000. If Jones can tie him up for a couple of years at a reasonable rate than it may be worth the gamble on his recovery. If Norwood plays this year and goes to F.A. anyway, it doesn't look so good imo.

Norwood was a great player but this signing is a bit odd in the face of recent miss-steps by Jones, no telling when or how well he recovers from his injury and the Riders are paying him non-cap money until he returns. I wonder if Jones gave him a signing bonus.

What colour?

If you read the full article that hasn't happened in Edm. yet, here is the excerpt. Eskimos attendance dropped by 5.9% with a very concerning average of only 31,517 fans per game for a franchise that averaged well over 40,000 the last time the Eskimos won the Grey Cup in 2005. That said, the attendance total still led the league and sponsorship and merchandise sales, along with a ticket price increase, covered the drop in the turnstile count. The challenge now is to use the euphoria about finally winning the Grey Cup again to translate into ticket sales to get 40,000 fans back in the stand again. And until Rhodes’ team on the third floor of Commonwealth Stadium does that, they ought not be taking too many bows. “Right now, we’re trending with our season seats exactly where we were last year,” said Rhodes. “We’re at 89% on renewals.” While GM Ed Hervey gets to justifiably point out his pride in becoming the first Eskimos general manager in the salary cap era to win the Grey Cup, he and his user-unfriendly team in football ops haven’t helped ticket sales. Indeed, it appears that actually winning the Grey Cup hasn’t sold a single ticket for this coming season. Rhodes suggests there’s a big announcement planned for next week to reveal a major investment in improving the experience around the game involving halftime shows with a major focus on 20- to 30-year-old fans. “There will also be more capital expenditures in the stadium which will speak for themselves,” he said. Obviously with the loss of an entire coaching staff and a significant number of players, it’ll be an interesting season on the field, but just as interesting a year is ahead off the field. Grey Cup or bust again. And 40,000 or bust, too.

http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Football/CFL/Edmonton/2016/05/03/22629656.html Interesting article regarding the Esk. AGM, especially the following excerpt on Grey Cup expenses. It appears it is much better for the books to host the Cup rather than win it. With the Grey Cup in the Eskimos dressing room for the AGM and a collection of about a dozen former chairmen of the board of directors in attendance, the team opened its books once again. The first thing many of those former board chairmen searched for in the financial statement, for the season that ended with the Eskimos winning the 14th Grey Cup in their history, was one line. “How much did it cost to win the Grey Cup?” said one. Winning the Grey Cup is not good for the bottom line. Most often it turns a season of profit into a season of loss. This year it cost the Eskimos $2,676,929 in playoff expenses to win the Grey Cup. That involves the cost of Grey Cup rings that are almost half a million alone, the cost of flights, hotel rooms, etc. for extra players, injured players and wives and family of those in the game and bonus clauses in player contracts. The year before, under playoff expenses, to lose the Western Final in Calgary, the total was $1,041,069. Despite what it cost to win the Grey Cup, the Eskimos still made money. The revenue for the season was $24,818,793 and the expenses totaled $22,835,579. Profit: $1,567,534. The year before, the Eskimos declared a profit of $3,308,071, almost two million dollars more. You get the idea. It’s just the way it works in the CFL when you win the Grey Cup.

Couldn't understand a word of the lyrics but the video says it all, excellent.

Hope he's a good listener.

Ass-hat indeed, no need to further help him spread his message, let it die.