WPG. Own thread coming soon.

CAL . How much do you tinker if at all? But somethin aint right here

EDM. Lots of room for improvement.  Reilly another year older

SSK. Canadas team has lots of FAs, Carter leaving. Huge question marks at QB

BC. Lots of smoke but less flame than grease fire in MTL. Whole new coaching staff at least

TOR. Turning point to build on or just a nice story like OTT last year?

HAM. Soap opera . Key FAs looming. Collaros. Manziel thing.

OTT.  Trending down

MTL. Grease fire until further notice.

2 hours ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

The Riders still have Cameron Judge their first round draft pick from 2017 on their roster, I think he  will eventually take over at MLB if they need a Natl. in that position.

Judge had a lot of potential and I wouldn't be surprised if he stepped up, but replacing Elemimian would be a shock.

1 minute ago, tracker said:

Judge had a lot of potential and I wouldn't be surprised if he stepped up, but replacing Elemimian would be a shock.

Huh?

43 minutes ago, JCon said:

Wow.

 

So, what happens if Cummings is cleared of all charges? Will he be reinstated? Does that make him an FA again, free to sign anywhere? 

If the Lions can prove Cummings misrepresented himself during negotiations they may be able to get the signing bonus back.

18 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

Huh?

He's smokin the ganja

1 hour ago, The Unknown Poster said:

Sounds like they must be very serious charges...

Any time a publication ban has been issued they usually are.

53 minutes ago, Floyd said:

If the CFL voided that contract, they should give BC an exemption for the cap hit - that's pretty lame...

Really hope this isn't just a weed charge.

If it were, Carter's contract would have been voided too. 

Absurd the Lions are on the hook for the cap hit on that bonus.  Understand that they’d have to try to recover the actual money through the courts, but the cap piece makes no sense in this scenario.

3 hours ago, JCon said:

If it were, Carter's contract would have been voided too. 

Except that the all-wise all-seeing Chris Jones would have foreseen that as well as all things terrestrial.

4 hours ago, JCon said:

Just show them the video of Hurl "attempting" to tackle Gable in the 3rd quarter of the West Semi-Final. 

He almost hurt himself.

yeah, that's the play that I think of when I think of Hurl's tenure here.  An MLB one-on-one with an RB in some traffic in the red zone in an elimination game -- he's gotta be able to make that tackle or at the very least slow the RB and give the rest of the D the chance to rally.

Like Dave Ritchie said, you gotta beat the guy lining up opposite you if you want to win the game.

I look forward to seeing Harris abuse Hurl three times this year.

This is disturbing:

http://montrealgazette.com/sports/football/cfl/bc-lions/lions-release-euclid-cummings-after-learning-of-criminal-charges/wcm/d0de71ef-1bdf-4ec3-97a8-18ae0754665f

The charges were filed April 21, 2017. I think he was gone from here by then.

5 minutes ago, Fred C Dobbs said:

This is disturbing:

http://montrealgazette.com/sports/football/cfl/bc-lions/lions-release-euclid-cummings-after-learning-of-criminal-charges/wcm/d0de71ef-1bdf-4ec3-97a8-18ae0754665f

The charges were filed April 21, 2017. I think he was gone from here by then.

From the article:

Provincial court documents show the 6-foot-3, 300-pound Atlanta native was charged last April with four criminal offences involving two alleged victims stemming from incidents in Vancouver on Oct. 16, 2016. His team at the time, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, played their regular-season finale at B.C. Place on Oct. 14, 2016.

Cummings is charged with sexual assault, assault and uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm to one person, and the sexual assault of another.

On 3/6/2018 at 4:57 PM, 17to85 said:

Wilder is talented no question there, I just think Bluto is really expecting more than the guy will be capable of. It's one thing to come in midseason and tear **** up, but like I said in my last post, do it from the start of the season over the entire course and it won't last. guy will get too beat up doing it. No one can sustain that pace over a whole year. 

Sounds like somebody is accepting my avatar bet...

So Bombers informed the league of the incident...  then he signs with Eskimos and plays for a full season but now his contract is voided by the CFL after the CFL approved the contract filed by BC after free agency.

CFL knew about this in November 2016 and charges filed in April 2017...  hmm.

1 minute ago, Floyd said:

So Bombers informed the league of the incident...  then he signs with Eskimos and plays for a full season but now his contract is voided by the CFL after the CFL approved the contract filed by BC after free agency.

CFL knew about this in November 2016 and charges filed in April 2017...  hmm.

Where did it say that? Do you have a link to a different article because it doesn't say that in the article Fred provided? 

1 hour ago, WBBFanWest said:

From the article:

Provincial court documents show the 6-foot-3, 300-pound Atlanta native was charged last April with four criminal offences involving two alleged victims stemming from incidents in Vancouver on Oct. 16, 2016. His team at the time, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, played their regular-season finale at B.C. Place on Oct. 14, 2016.

Cummings is charged with sexual assault, assault and uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm to one person, and the sexual assault of another.

Sounds like he stayed on in Vancouver after the last game and really tied one on.

 

 

11 minutes ago, Floyd said:

So Bombers informed the league of the incident...  then he signs with Eskimos and plays for a full season but now his contract is voided by the CFL after the CFL approved the contract filed by BC after free agency.

CFL knew about this in November 2016 and charges filed in April 2017...  hmm.

I'm guessing if he didn't tell the Lions, he probably didn't bother to tell the Bombers or the Esks. either.

In other court news anyone know the results of Carter's delayed appearance before a Wpg. judge late last month?  Didn't hear nuthin.

Edited March 8, 20187 yr by Throw Long Bannatyne

2 minutes ago, Jacquie said:

Where did it say that? Do you have a link to a different article because it doesn't say that in the article Fred provided? 

The Bombers have just issued a statement:

 

So the league knew ... but he kept playing? And only now does he get his contract voided?

and the next question ... why the hell wouldn’t the league tell potential suitors about this?

something doesn’t make sense here.

17 minutes ago, Mike said:

So the league knew ... but he kept playing? And only now does he get his contract voided?

and the next question ... why the hell wouldn’t the league tell potential suitors about this?

something doesn’t make sense here.

And on top of it essentially fine the ignorant (if we take them at their word) Lions $70,000 in cap space.

10 minutes ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

And on top of it essentially fine the ignorant (if we take them at their word) Lions $70,000 in cap space.

League has to approve all contracts...  this is ridiculous.

CFL looking really bad in all of this ...

5 hours ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

The Riders still have Cameron Judge their first round draft pick from 2017 on their roster, I think he  will eventually take over at MLB if they need a Natl. in that position.

Judge had an epic melt-down on twitter in the fall. There's no guarantee that he's back playing football this year.

http://3downnation.com/2018/03/07/bombers-aware-euclid-cummings-investigation-2016-informed-cfl/

Quote

...the timeline raises questions as to why the CFL allowed Cummings to play in 2017 if they knew he was under investigation and particularly after charges were laid.

Former CFL commissioner Jeffery Orridge announced he was stepping down on April 12, just over two weeks before charges against Cummings were laid. Randy Ambrosie, who has taken a tougher stance on issues of domestic violence in his first year on the job, was named as his replacement on July 5, shortly after the season began.

Boy, I'll say... WTF?

On ‎3‎/‎6‎/‎2018 at 5:22 AM, Jacquie said:

So you think every player should be able to sign a first contract that is for one year. 

(This is meant to be taken as hyperbole)

I think if coaches can leave then so should players. Simple as that.