Jesse

Definitely can't afford to guarantee player salaries. And there's a never ending stream of new ones. Obviously, their union has made some strides in these areas though and will hopefully continue to get more. I honestly don't know why management contracts are guaranteed. How did that become a thing? Are coaches really so irreplaceable? Because some teams rotate through them as quickly as they do players. It's a hard thing to take away once it's been so firmly established, but you'd think there'd be some kind of buy-out option at least.

1. Everything that ails the Elks isn't under Cui's purview. 2. The board has a history of making these types of decisions (to the detriment of their club). 3. The mismanagement predates Cui. Again, I don't buy a word of anything that comes out of the club. The only good PR and sense of good faith came from Cui.

I don't but a word of it. Edmonton board is an old boys club who needs everyone on staff to march in step and tell them how awesome they are at all times. The fact that Cui was trying to make changes implied that they were doing things wrong and they can't have that. Just like when Eddie Steele was fired from his radio job for being critical of the club.

I imagine that's the exact opposite of what happened.

No. I refuse to blame the league for Edmonton's incompetence. It's Edmonton's board who handed the keys to Jones. Gave him way too many roles, for way too many years, for way too much money BEFORE even hiring a team president. Now people are trying to blame the league? Nope. Don't buy it. How many staff's should a team be allowed to pay at once? Digging themselves in a hole so they can collect on the new league revenue sharing so we get to pay for their mistakes? F that.

Something needs to be done. It’s bad and it’s constant.

Even if this game doesn't happen, I was expecting to lose him in the off-season. He's not going to keep sitting for two more years.

As well as over 500 receiving.

It was late. It was a head shot. It was piling on. It was a defenseless player. what other criteria is there!?!?

Demski

That was my first thought too, but if you'll recall, they tried to bring in many other before Jeffries, but no one would accept the position. No one wants to sign on for a team that's going to fire everyone at the end of the year.

He certainly could. I just don't know how hurt he is or if he needs to wait for an injury settlement with the NFL to go through first.

1. The one possibility would be to sign late in the year for a situation like that. Or perhaps jumping on with a play-off bound team with an injured starter.

Dave Naylor is speculating that the injury will prevent his CFL return right now but next year is looking likely.

For 2 years, It thought he should retire. The last three times he got a job, I was astounded. And each time he got another injury and was out long-term, there was that sadistic satisfaction of saying, I knew it, now he's done. Then another team would sign him. Blew me away. For him to come back from all of that, and have the success he's had? Just incredible. Now, all that said, I don't remember any negativity from the initial thread. It was a mix of, thankfully we found someone and some shrugs because of the perennial injuries. Most of the debate happened after 2019 - when the question became - do we bring him back?

No one is arguing they should. But you are trying to say that doing the opposite - taking away games - will somehow lead to increased attendance and revenue. It's a completely unreasonable take.

None of these have the slimmest chance of happening. Less game = less people = less money. Literally every sport is adding games, increasing amount of teams that make play-offs, to create more games to create more money.

1. I don't see why this would happen. Why would more people go to games? 2. You can do this anyway? 3. This may add a couple of thousand people over 5 total games - with no increase to TV numbers. You're going to sacrifice 100's of thousands of people over multiple weeks of missed games and lose TV dollars.

And that's a place where they absolutely could/should. Play-offs are two months long and into the summer. I can't hold interest for that long. Craziness. But they won't, because games = money.

I'd like to hear how you can "maximize revenue" that makes up for 3 games of attendance, concessions, and TV revenue. The NFL is adding games for this reason. And again, I don't know why anyone would want less games. I certainly don't.

You would sacrifice so much revenue in a move that would be almost universally hated.

Just going to throw the TDs on here too: Most Passing Touchdowns – Season 46 – Khari Jones – 2002 37 – Zach Collaros – 2022 36 – Matt Dunigan – 1993 35 – Tom Clements – 1987 34 – Jack Jacobs – 1952

The answer to this problem - like so many others - is more money. Also the stuff Noeller said - it's so hard to recruit and train refs. People are brutal to them from the grassroots on up.

Marry BC - our kids would dominate the league until the end of time. F**k Toronto - both meanings of the F bomb are appropriate. Kill Sask - dirty ingrates.

Demario Houston is turning over a crap ton of balls...