Jesse

I think he's in an active battle with Dixon to be a rotational DL.

Honestly, this wouldn’t shock me. These are the moves we’ve seen in the first few months. What happens when things stagnate? They’ll have to create more outrage.

As has been pointed out to all of us, it’s a great move for them. The talking heads and players who stand to benefit just always forget this isn’t magical money falling from the skies, it’s just now more expensive to view the product. I feel like I’m being asked to be happy about the government raising my taxes.

DAZN is where Canadian NFL fans watch games. The NFL has never pulled their games. I used to use it and it always worked great, but I cancelled it as it got too expensive and started limiting the number of screens, etc.

Preseason games on youtube under the new deal.

The US distribution deal is seperate and also up for renewel. So we'll hear about that at a different time.

I paid $35 on DAZN for this?

Money in 2027 would affect the 2028 cap. If all financials are reported in a timely manner.

Wasn't this proven when we removed TV black outs from local games?

Yes. The trend very much has the vibe of trying to showcase the league for other people at the expense of existing fans.

These things have been years delayed. That's why that late push to the salary cap came after FA last year. The PA had just got the league financials from the year that gambling started bringing in revenue.

In a vacuum, I don't think I would mind this. I'd be able to appreciate the increased revenue and I might talk myself into the DAZN subscription (I used to have it to watch NFL but cancelled it to save money). I feel the same way about the play-off changes. I see a direct way that those changes benefit the league through increases revenue. But taken all together - and sandwiched around the changes to the field which have no ties to revenue at all - it's hard to swallow. It just feels like I'm being pushed out step by step. Me and my buddies are all guys in our 30's with young families who all have season tickets. But with each announcement, we all feel less and less excited about the future. I don't know how much more we're open to.

Unfortunately, it takes Saturday night football off the table for regular CFL viewers unless they have that subscription.

Did he make that clear by leaving to play with Edmonton or leaving to play with Hamilton?

The number doesn't shock me. He's made that his whole career, like you say. I think Walters, and I agree with him, got sick of paying that premium for a guy who was only available for half of every season and still left at every opportunity. I am always in favour of athletes with short careers taking the money where they can, but Lawler is a guy we stuck by when he got in trouble and didn't attempt to nickel and dime him over his injury history and he still bailed multiple times. Good riddance.

I was surprised we brought him back to camp this year as well. I did not expect him to make the team. And his snaps in camp probably told him the same.

2 drops and a bunch of bad decisions. I’m very high on him but let’s give him some time.

Again, I really wanted VAJ when he was younger. Thought he could be really great if he had some consistency instead of moving around all the time. Not that that version of the Bombers would have been able to provide him consistency, but still.

Chris-Ike looked better and MOS made a comment this year about how we had been playing him out of position but he looked better in his natural role. It's at least possible we'll see a switch there.

I think we got a brief glimpse into what Zach is still capable of when he has targets and time. Add in our extremely efficient run game and there's not reason to think he isn't going to have a resurgence ala Harris/Mitchell. Keep him clean in the pocket and he's going to be available in ways he hasn't been the last two years as well. Not to mention his relationship with Condell is a great environment to be developing Ermerdsma in. There's a lot of teaching happening right now. I think this is an underrated aspect which may not be as effective if Adams Jr was suddenly dropped into the mix instead. Again, blue glasses. But there is value in retiring Zach in blue and gold.

I am a fan, so I obviously have my blue tinted glasses on. Trading Zach would need to accomplish more than a Madden trade where you’re giving up a guy with an 85 rating for a guy with a 88 rating. I do not think the team supported Zach properly the last couple of seasons and I do expect a certain amount of positive regression with the moves we made this year. As to the cap space, in the time of marketing money, I don’t think we’re handicapped in any way by Zach’s contract if we chose not to be. All that said, Brown and Alexander still exist in the world of potential. They have yet to prove themselves over a full season. VAJ is a guy I would have loved to trade for early in his career, but not one I’m giving up Zach for now. Arbuckle isn’t even in the same tier and probably isn’t a guy who can pick up where he left off with a new team.

Just Rourke.

omg, I had just read her reply to one of my comments, but she is going ham on everyone. Fans, media, the organization. She called Paul Friesen "vile and souless" lol.

She gave it to me pretty good. Calling the organization disrespectful and that there was no competition and it’s all BS. He can’t. He’s our property

Now that Rourke’s broken the glass veiling, we’ve seen Ford and Ermergerdsma. Things are moving.