Jesse

We don’t have a Canadian national hockey team, so I don’t see the point you’re making. Our league has been heavily subsidized by the government and tax payers and needs to benefit Canadians. That means roster spots, guaranteed spots (and competitive contracts that comes with starting), keeping the wages earned (which come from Canadian ticket buyers) in the Canadian economy as much as possible. It is not *only* about fielding the best team possible. It’s also about benefiting Canada and Canadians.

Yes, but it’s a national league. Whether you agree or not, one of the purposes of the league is help grow grass roots football, employ Canadians, keep wages in Canada, etc. It is not simply about importing the best Americans possible. Otherwise we’d all just watch the NFL.

Holy ****, that would have been something to see.

Does this count as a competitive advantage in any way?

Small school..low production… I don’t know if a scout ever got in 50 square miles of him.

I very much doubt it will be on Disney+, just saying I'd watch if it was. I will definitely not pay to watch any of these fake start up leagues, but might check it out if it was convenient. Also, keep in mind that Disney is not just cartoons, it's star wars, marvel, Fox (simpsons, family guy, etc). I watch Disney+, my kids watch Netflix. I understand that coaches aid in development, the league you described sounded more guys who had flunked out (no more development to be had). Anyways, it would never happen for every reason imaginable.

I don't have cable, but if XFL games showed up on Disney+, I'd watch them. Get enough eyeballs and it could turn into a money deal. But I have no faith in any american spring league. A Canadian spring league is simply laughable, I'm sorry. We have enough trouble finding eyeballs for the CFL, who would watch the misfits unable to hook onto the CFL? It would never get on TV. And it would never involve scouts or coaches because these are already the guys who proved they couldn't make it (also, this is one of the goals of the global initiative, so they'd get zero help from anyone).

I guess he honestly didn't have any other options. But works for me!

Yeah, but someone will get hurt or underperform (Cornelius, for example) and he'll get a shot. If Edmonton is shopping him, teams will just wait and see if he gets released. But if a need comes up for someone, his value increases.

He'll either get his opportunity in Edmonton or he'll get traded elsewhere (again). There are never enough QBs to have one sitting on the bench.

I had no idea they put him down. Now I'm upset.

Are those real people?

We say Fort Hew around these parts

It is two seperate negotiation points, three even. 1. Hard increases to cap 2. Extra pot of money reserved for community appearances (previously done for free) 3. Revenue sharing (when revenues exceed a certain point - the cap is increased by that amount over and above the guarenteed amount). Whether you agree it's the player's business or not, the definition of revenue, the agreed upon exceedance point, and how it will be applied to the cap - need to be very clearly defined in the CBA.

CFL is offering the players a 1.8% raise/year. If they can promise me seat/concession/merch prices wont increase by more than that number each season, I'll be more than happy to support them.

Individual teams aren't negotiating here. The only relevant information is the league as a whole. And yes, the covid years sucked for all, but we're looking at the next 7 years, not the past two. Revenue sharing is on the negotiating table and is literally, 100% the players business. Again, I don't think they need to address it from the perspective of individual teams, but the the leagues net revenue, expenses, and profit, absolutely.

I think it's more that they're not 'opening the books' and showing what the revenue is. I'm sure agreements can be made about what is in and out of bounds, but you need to have an idea of the total pot to come to that understanding. The CFL as a whole makes money. Covid years aside - and the deal on the table doesn't include any increases for this current year as a result of that - what losses are you referring to?

Damaging for the league, too. They should be getting into the news, people seeing training camp reports, advertising tickets, etc...etc...

I'm not sure I get your reasoning... why would they ever show up for preseason if they could just hold out then? Why does the letter matter?

They're just being professionals. Has no impact on negotiations.

I feel way more offended at Wade Miller. Definitely lost some respect.

He's just a figurehead. He's not negotiating this contract. If you need to send your hate to one person, sure it's his job to take it - but none of this is coming from him.

Not an Ambrosie fan but this has nothing to do with him.

Why are owners refusing an auditor? If there isn’t transparency during negotiations, I wouldn’t sign a deal either.