Four things the league should change coming into 2019:

1) The Thursday night games are a dud in the stadiums. They may have provided a small bump in TV ratings, but Thursday nights don’t work anywhere when it comes to ticket sales and even worse, it makes things difficult for football ops with so many quick four or five day turnarounds between games.

2) Begin the season with divisional rivals. Seeing Saskatchewan in Hamilton or Montreal in Edmonton does nothing to get fans excited to come to the stadium. Always begin and end the season with rival games. Give the fans the best games to begin the season.

3) End the 8pm starts in the West. It’s difficult to bring families to the game when the final gun goes at 11pm at the earliest and it’s two-hours later in the eastern time zone so no one is watching.

4) Finally, play Sunday games until the NFL starts on Labour Day. Sundays are for pro football, let’s keep it that way.

http://rodpedersen.com/out-of-the-tunnel-wild-times-in-the-cfl/

👁‍🗨I agree that these points are relevant and do affect attendance to a large degree. I don’t know who all came up with these thoughts, but Odd Rod has put them out there to think about. 

The League should think about it..

Rogers hates the CFL, one of the many reasons I switched my cell phone account.

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

I don't know if Sportsnet has ever even bid on CFL football....certainly not the last couple times it was up for grabs.

They did have a few games a year 10-15 years ago.

5 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said:

Rogers hates the CFL, one of the many reasons I switched my cell phone account.

Right on, KBF!!!  🙂

Edited July 17, 20196 yr by SpeedFlex27

1 minute ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

Right on, KBF!!!  🙂

also why we own a Nissan product.  I am hoping Wendy's returns to the CFL fold as I am craving a Baconator.

3 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:

also why we own a Nissan product.  I am hoping Wendy's returns to the CFL fold as I am craving a Baconator.

HTH can Huawei still be selling phones in this country? 

5 hours ago, kelownabomberfan said:

Rogers hates the CFL, one of the many reasons I switched my cell phone account.

I cut the cord many years ago. Went strictly Internet. Called Rogers one day and said, "My contract is up, cancel my home phone, cell phones (2), cable and Internet." They went ballistic when I wouldn't tell them who I went with so they could match. The rep actually proclaimed in the most arrogant tone imaginable, "You'll be back!" Ha! Never went back and don't miss them at all.

10 hours ago, J5V said:

I cut the cord many years ago. Went strictly Internet. Called Rogers one day and said, "My contract is up, cancel my home phone, cell phones (2), cable and Internet." They went ballistic when I wouldn't tell them who I went with so they could match. The rep actually proclaimed in the most arrogant tone imaginable, "You'll be back!" Ha! Never went back and don't miss them at all.

When I was with Rogers in Toronto (cable & cell) I was constantly amazed at their poor customer service and their arrogant and unpleasant attitude. Until I called to quit: that was the most pleasant attitude ever conveyed by a Rogers rep in my 16~ years with them.

We left Rogers when we moved from Calgary to Vancouver and they wanted to charge us a $10 change of address fee.

I left Rogers two years ago and they still send me a statement every month showing that I have a $20 credit.  I asked them to just send me a cheque and they said that the credit is only transferable to another Rogers account.  So instead I just let them waste money on postage every month sending me the statement.

We should do what the NHL does and black out games unless you pay. 

Rogers used a collection agency to contact me about a  two year old $50.00 bill.....which was in the name of my deceased niece.   My reaction was somewhat less than measured.....

 

 

5 hours ago, TBURGESS said:

We left Rogers when we moved from Calgary to Vancouver and they wanted to charge us a $10 change of address fee.

Old John A. finally broke the camel’s back. 

53 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

Old John A. finally broke the camel’s back. 

Oh look, we have a misplaced history nerd. 😁

Edited July 17, 20196 yr by Throw Long Bannatyne

23 hours ago, Uncle Bill said:

My great fear is SportsNet will win the contract and they’ll expose cfl fans to the worst collection of play-by-play and colour announcers while placing them second fiddle to nba and leaf events. 

 

"We apologize for the delay in the Winnipeg - Saskatchewan playoff game. Well return after our hour long analysis of the horrendous Austin Matthews hangnail injury."

With Rod Black doing the play calling, TSN isn't all that far off that description. And the CFL is treated like a poor relative to the NHL. We can kvetch all we like, but that is never going to change. I cite 1290 radio as proof.

14 minutes ago, Tracker said:

 I cite 1290 radio as proof.

1290 will never convince me that people actually want to hear them yak about the Jets all summer - just a serious lack of creativity on their part.  

36 minutes ago, Mark H. said:

1290 will never convince me that people actually want to hear them yak about the Jets all summer - just a serious lack of creativity on their part. 

I was just thinking this on my ride in this morning. I am so sick of hearing about the RFAs not signing until Sept. When one signs tell us if not, **** off. Tell us some news about the CFL and actual sports that are being played right now. 

2 hours ago, do or die said:

Rogers used a collection agency to contact me about a  two year old $50.00 bill.....which was in the name of my deceased niece.   My reaction was somewhat less than measured.....

Sheesh. I can't imagine anyone blaming you if you lost it on them. I guess they figure if they farm it out to a collection agency, well, it's not us, it's them. We would never ... Yeah right.

19 hours ago, J5V said:

I cut the cord many years ago. Went strictly Internet. Called Rogers one day and said, "My contract is up, cancel my home phone, cell phones (2), cable and Internet." They went ballistic when I wouldn't tell them who I went with so they could match. The rep actually proclaimed in the most arrogant tone imaginable, "You'll be back!" Ha! Never went back and don't miss them at all.

What do you do for live sports? 

 

1 hour ago, Rod Black said:

What do you do for live sports? 

I am also a cord-cutter, personally I listen to the radio for games, if it's a game I really want to watch, I'll go to the local pub, though that doesn't happen often.

22 minutes ago, Eternal optimist said:

 

I am also a cord-cutter, personally I listen to the radio for games, if it's a game I really want to watch, I'll go to the local pub, though that doesn't happen often.

Theatre of the mind. Kudos.

16 minutes ago, Eternal optimist said:

 

I am also a cord-cutter, personally I listen to the radio for games, if it's a game I really want to watch, I'll go to the local pub, though that doesn't happen often.

I’ve heard that cord cutters have an impact on pub traffic. Have never had anyone first hand say so. It’s a solution, obviously, but not necessarily practical for me. Ok, I’ve not gone on a deep dive into solving the live sports issue yet. 

24 minutes ago, Eternal optimist said:

 

I am also a cord-cutter, personally I listen to the radio for games, if it's a game I really want to watch, I'll go to the local pub, though that doesn't happen often.

Uh-oh..... somebody ain't going to like this........ 😜.......lol

3 hours ago, Firekid said:

I was just thinking this on my ride in this morning. I am so sick of hearing about the RFAs not signing until Sept. When one signs tell us if not, **** off. Tell us some news about the CFL and actual sports that are being played right now. 

In fairness lately they've talked a lot more about the CFL then usual.  

I do find it odd though that they have zero time for the Goldeyes and Valour FC but can dedicated 15 minutes on horse racing which nobody cares about. 

53 minutes ago, Rod Black said:

I’ve heard that cord cutters have an impact on pub traffic. Have never had anyone first hand say so. It’s a solution, obviously, but not necessarily practical for me. Ok, I’ve not gone on a deep dive into solving the live sports issue yet. 

I've mentioned this on the forum before, TSN offers 24-hour day passes to stream CFL games for a very reasonable $4.99 per day... much better than ridiculous cable prices, considering I can get my main news source (CBC) also online for free.

3 hours ago, Rod Black said:

What do you do for live sports? 

Streaming. CFL, NFL, NHL, NBA, WJHC, etc. You can get a stream for all of it as long as you have a decent Internet connection.

You can also do your home phones with the Internet. I bought a little VOIP box ($24) and a phone number for $5. I use a service called voip.ms and only pay for LD and only as I use it. Otherwise it's basically free.

I also built an omni-directional TV antenna and mounted it in my attic, and tied it in to the cable outlet jacks in the house. Being in the GTA I get dozens of HD channels over the airways for free. If you're in the Peg I am sure you'll get plenty too.

I went from over $400 a month with Rogers to about $190 a month for a high speed Internet connection that gives me my Internet, home phone, and two cell phones with Koodo that have 6G limits. I'm quite happy with the arrangement.