I don’t know how far some of the released players will get before the injured lists are composed..

SBTP - stay by the phone.

Edited June 9, 20196 yr by Mr Dee

6 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

It was no freak accident.

Remple’s head bounced because he wasn’t ready to absorb that hit. 

That alone should have been THE indicator that it was roughing. It was an aggressive hit and injured a player. 

Duh! 

What else do you need?

 

It was an aggressive, but unfortunately legal hit. I don't believe it was meant to cause injury.

Edited September 5, 20196 yr by Yourface

Well, we can quit squawking.  League has taken action.

https://www.cfl.ca/2019/09/05/five-players-fined-week-12-addition-fines-announced-week-11/

Jefferson fined for a high hit on Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo

 

Totally bullshit, no action on Rempel but you fine Jefferson. We should take out their LS and tell the CFL to **** off if they take action against us.

If Remple lands on his ass or his back, he's back on the field the next time he's needed. Bad luck that he hit his head on the field.

1 minute ago, TBURGESS said:

If Remple lands on his ass or his back, he's back on the field the next time he's needed. Bad luck that he hit his head on the field.

Bad luck that he got plowed. 

6 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

Totally bullshit, no action on Rempel but you fine Jefferson. We should take out their LS and tell the CFL to **** off if they take action against us.

You can't fine someone for making a legal play.

15 minutes ago, Yourface said:

You can't fine someone for making a legal play.

It is also possible to use a legal play to do something dirty.

38 minutes ago, JCon said:

Bad luck that he got plowed. 

Nah... that was on purpose.

The hit on Rempel was legal.  The rule says you cannot hit him until his lifts his head.  He lifted his head and got hit - in that order.  What do you expect the league to do? 

There is no rule that you cannot hit someone hard.  Rempel will look at the film and say that he should have stayed lower as he brought his head up.   It's no different than skating through the neutral zone with your head down.

I preach about protecting players all the time.  But I don't want anyone refereeing based on how injured a player was after the play.

Just now, MC said:

The hit on Rempel was legal.  The rule says you cannot hit him until his lifts his head.  He lifted his head and got hit - in that order.  What do you expect the league to do? 

There is no rule that you cannot hit someone hard.  Rempel will look at the film and say that he should have stayed lower as he brought his head up.   It's no different than skating through the neutral zone with your head down.

I preach about protecting players all the time.  But I don't want anyone refereeing based on how injured a player was after the play.

Give me a break. It's absolutely nothing like skating with your head down in the neutral zone. The only somewhat accurate comparison would be a RB with the ball running with the head down. If you want to make a hockey comparison, it would be a goalie outside his crease getting plowed over with his head down looking for the puck. 

It wasn't within the spirit of the rule at all and that's why we've rarely (if ever) have seen this happen until now. All this did was force the league to make the rule black and white so this never happens again. 

It was a cheapshot 10000%. Dickenson even said so. 

Edited September 5, 20196 yr by Dr Zaius

47 minutes ago, Yourface said:

It was an aggressive, but unfortunately legal hit. I don't believe it was meant to cause injury.

Rider fan?

4 hours ago, Yourface said:

Y'all are too sensitive.

The league said that there is nothing in the rule book prohibiting this type of hit, and that they will look at ways to prevent this from happening in the future, which is exactly THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

To be fair, it was kind of a freak accident, with Rempel's head hitting the turf the way it did. Had he simply fallen on his back, this wouldn't even be a point of discussion. I don't believe the hit was malicious in nature.

Emphasis mine, from Unnecessary Roughness in CFL rulebook, seems like they've chosen to allow the hit because they could easily deem it illegal.

g. Delivering a blow to an opponent in the neck or head including the long snapper on kicks from scrimmage and convert attempts,

h. Delivering a forcible blow to the long snapper while their head is down and they are in a vulnerable position and unable to protect them self,

u. Unnecessary physical contact, including but not limited to, running into, diving into, cut blocking or throwing the body on a player who is:

1. out of the play, or
2. should not have reasonably anticipated such contact by an opponent, before or after the ball is dead, or

v. Any other act of roughness or unfair play, provided it is not considered excessive enough to warrant disqualification.

dirty hit by sask on bomber..... ok... but we'll change it. cause it's not really ok.

improbable penalty  called on Jefferson  for a phantom late hit on a sask player..... fine.

the disproportionate penalty calls in that last game was actually comical. and bombers the least penalized team to boot.

 

 second rate.

 

 

Edited September 5, 20196 yr by Mark F

I hope all of this bullshit has them right fired up for Saturday....just ******* PUMP 'em....

35 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I hope all of this bullshit has them right fired up for Saturday....just ******* PUMP 'em....

Can't come fast enough.

 

2 minutes ago, Geebrr said:

Can't come fast enough.

 

Could be the most memorable game of the year.

1 hour ago, Dr Zaius said:

It was a cheapshot 10000%. Dickenson even said so. 

In fairness Dickenson is just trying to avoid a personal beat-down from O'Shea right now...so...

1 hour ago, Dr Zaius said:

Rider fan?

Is he wearing green and has a penchant for seductive sheep? Then yes.

1 minute ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

Is he wearing green and has a penchant for seductive sheep? Then yes.

is there any other kind of sheep?

Just now, kelownabomberfan said:

is there any other kind of sheep?

Yes, many- unless you're a sheep ******.

Can’t wait until Sat.....then there will be something new to whine about......the ruling was what it was like it or not...time to move on.

3 hours ago, Mark F said:

dirty hit by sask on bomber..... ok... but we'll change it. cause it's not really ok.

improbable penalty  called on Jefferson  for a phantom late hit on a sask player..... fine.

 

 

 

He is lucky all he got was a fine...

Edited September 6, 20196 yr by Ripper

Yikes cmon. Brutal deliberate cheapshot on a QB. Jefferson is who he is.

 

He's like the Hammer Shapiro. He may be an SOB, but he's our SOB. I won't be buying his jersey, but I won't cry about the havoc he causes... to the benefit of my team. May he cripple 100 QBs this season (not really but kinda)

Our coach is bigger than your coach, Ripper.

14 minutes ago, Ripper said:

He is lucky all he got was a fine...

Watch it at full speed and you will see that Fajita is lucky Willie J pulled up at the last moment or he'd be going through concussion protocol and would be out for a few weeks.