Okay, so the off season officially begins now that the Grey Cup is over. Lots of topics for discussion in the months to come with the Bombers & the League. A new CBA needs to be negotiated sooner rather than later.  Will there be an eventual agreement or a lockout? How much will the salary cap go up? Randy Ambrosie is on record that wants the cap to significantly go up so that is a positive.  Will Bo Levi Mitchell sign with an NFL or perhaps another CFL team? What about Mike Reilly & Trevor Harris who are also free agents? There's a new start up league called the  AAFL & there are legit concerns that it'll draw star CFL players away or hamper free agent signings with CFL teams. Coaching changes in BC & Toronto. The continuing evolving story of the expansion Halifax Schooners & possible exhibition games in Mexico. 

Edited November 27, 20187 yr by SpeedFlex27

@jamienye .@CFLPA has expressed to the league indicating they want to begin negotiations in early March on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement. #CFL

Thanks odd. Considering the insiders on this site that keep saying it's the commishs world wide adventure that has stopped the negotiations from taking place...hhhmm..

I will be curious to see what Matt's mobility is......because when he came back from that injury.....he looked like a fence post.

Now Scandinavian players attending CFL Combine...  this whole international plan just seems to be leaving less space for Canadians imo

Ambrosie is a train wreck

Top Canadian prospects will still be competing....these international adds just means more players at the combine, and I bet of all the affiliations...you maybe might see 1...maybe 2 make it to a TC on a couple teams....but if it increases exposure..revenue possibilities etc....whats it hurt...rather have the Commish be progressive and think outside the box then have another Orridge or someone who has no clue

8 minutes ago, Booch said:

Top Canadian prospects will still be competing....these international adds just means more players at the combine, and I bet of all the affiliations...you maybe might see 1...maybe 2 make it to a TC on a couple teams....but if it increases exposure..revenue possibilities etc....whats it hurt...rather have the Commish be progressive and think outside the box then have another Orridge or someone who has no clue

I think progressive would be working on a stadium deal in Atlantic Canada, strengthening USports brand recognition/CFL connection and get some kind of player/market deal with the Big Ten...

Its nice to develop Europe but the NFL is actively pushing the Canadian market...  this feels more like 'retreating'...

Stadium deal tho is really not his doing...and he can't dictate what Halifax City council wants...Big Ten in the U.S??.

The man is doing things to give the CFL more exposure and opening up possibities for future development of players, and more importantly, revenue streams. 

Better than sitting and waiting for the football world to pass us by while we wait for things to happen.

We need more forward thinking like this. Absolutely no harm in talking and exploring this avenue.

3 hours ago, Booch said:

it's funny because go to the Rider site and say something similar and you are attacked relentlessly...called juvenile names...usually banned....quite the difference 

 

Are you aware of a phenomenon called "displacement"? That's where you take something you hate about self and find it in others. Judging from some of the postings at RF, several have the collective intelligence of dryer lint.

https://www.tsn.ca/ambrosie-secures-four-more-international-deals-1.1253829

Other elements of the agreement include:

— Developing additional coaching exchanges.

— Finding ways for doctors and physical therapists on both sides to share knowledge and practices.

— Seeking joint business opportunities in broadcast, digital and gaming circles, That includes the potential development of a Nordic edition of the 'CFL Football Frenzy,' app.

"There is so much we can do together and learn from one another," said Lars Carlsen, Athletic Director of the Danish football federation.

Carlsen, the head coach of Denmark's national team, attended the B.C. Lions' training camp last year.

"There are opportunities to grow the game across the board," added Jorgen Benestad-Johansen, Sports Manager of the Norwegian football federation who also served as a guest coach with the Western Mustangs.

The four federations boast 149 clubs and 10,900 total players.

 

33 minutes ago, Floyd said:

I think progressive would be working on a stadium deal in Atlantic Canada, strengthening USports brand recognition/CFL connection and get some kind of player/market deal with the Big Ten...

Its nice to develop Europe but the NFL is actively pushing the Canadian market...  this feels more like 'retreating'...

Stadium deals has nothing to do with the commish. And I don't know, maybe it's just me. But typically when I think of "progressive" my mind goes to things that are rather new or haven't been tried before. Not doing very similar things the league and other commissioners have tried multiple times with varying degrees of success.

Whether the Stadium deal has or has not. Anything to do with the Comish isn’t really the point. The CFL got too far ahead on this expansion without any real foundation as to if or how this stadium was going to get built. A 6,000 person interest level on tickets is hardly a basis to believe this is viable. 

Still waiting for the Outer Slobovian agreement to be announced.

Ambrosie spotted heading just West of Arborg. Going to form an alliance with the Morweena Mennonite Football League. Might offer up the next jersey contract to the ladies to sweeten the pot. Fabric Barn get ready.....

Edited February 7, 20196 yr by gcn11

2 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

The man is doing things to give the CFL more exposure and opening up possibities for future development of players, and more importantly, revenue streams. 

Better than sitting and waiting for the football world to pass us by while we wait for things to happen.

We need more forward thinking like this. Absolutely no harm in talking and exploring this avenue.

I'd sure like to know what these revenue streams are...  We keep hearing the catch phrase "revenue streams" but right now it's just kind of nebulous. We have no clue what it means. 

1 hour ago, DR. CFL said:

Whether the Stadium deal has or has not. Anything to do with the Comish isn’t really the point. The CFL got too far ahead on this expansion without any real foundation as to if or how this stadium was going to get built. A 6,000 person interest level on tickets is hardly a basis to believe this is viable. 

Six thousand is a joke. If that was anywhere but Toronto alarm bells would be going off.

Just now, SpeedFlex27 said:

Six thousand is a joke. If that was anywhere but Toronto alarm bells would be going off.

If TO got that amount, the CFL might consider a 2nd franchise in the big smoke.

Just now, Bigblue204 said:

If TO got that amount, the CFL might consider a 2nd franchise in the big smoke.

I was thinking the same thing.

Just now, gcn11 said:

Ambrosie spotted heading just West of Arborg. Going to form an alliance with the Morweena Mennonite Football League. Might offer up the next jersey contract to the ladies to sweeten the pot. Fabric Barn get ready.....

I was just in Arborg and I believe it's actually "Family Fabrics". Get it right!

48 minutes ago, gcn11 said:

Ambrosie spotted heading just West of Arborg. Going to form an alliance with the Morweena Mennonite Football League. Might offer up the next jersey contract to the ladies to sweeten the pot. Fabric Barn get ready.....

Inwood Swamp Devils vs the Narcisse Snakes

12 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Inwood Swamp Devils vs the Narcisse Snakes

NAR-sis or nar-SEESE?

3 hours ago, Tracker said:

Still waiting for the Outer Slobovian agreement to be announced.

Mars Football League has a good ring to it

 

Reminds me a bit of how Americans look down their noses at the CFL... before getting to know anything about it. Their loss, and they don't even know it.

27 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

 

Remind me what is currently preventing any CFL team from signing a kicker from anywhere in the world....?

3 minutes ago, Floyd said:

Remind me what is currently preventing any CFL team from signing a kicker from anywhere in the world....?

Nothing, CFL teams do it already. Josh Bartell leaps to mind. Getting these players more exposure will probably lead to even more signings from around the world. I really don't see the drawbacks to any of this. It's not like CFL players are getting siphoned away to Europe... sounds more likely the opposite will happen, if anything happens at all.