JCon 11,685 Posted March 15 Report Share Posted March 15 4 minutes ago, GCn20 said: I am bewildered as to how and why the Libs would not give money to the CFL. 1. They are asking for a loan not a handout, and not a particularly big one by federal money standards 2. The CFL is huge in western Canada, and is well liked in Ontario and Quebec so Liberal support of it could not possibly hurt them in an area they have to be desperate to try get some support in to form a majority. No chance the Cons even criticize such a move by the Liberals because their Western base would not like that. 3, The Liberals love to throw cash around, I am sure they have a 40 million dollar itch somewhere in their magic unlimited spending well that they so often rely on. 4. The Liberals want an election. No chance a Canadian institution dies just prior to them pulling the trigger on one. I fully expect that the Feds will be helping the CFL this season. It just does not make sense for them politically not to do it. We don't know that they won't give them money. They said last time to come back with a plan. I expect the Feds to find some money for them but they need to have a plan. That should be much easier this year. Noeller and blue_gold_84 2 Link to post Share on other sites
TBURGESS 3,082 Posted March 15 Report Share Posted March 15 Loans become handouts when those who receive them can't or won't pay them back. Assuming that the CFL is in financial trouble, which is a good assumption IMO, they won't pay the loan back and it will eventually be 'forgiven' because the Feds don't want to be a reason that the CFL goes under. Most folks vote the party, not based on any specific policy. Even if a CFL loan is popular, it in itself, won't be enough to flip peoples votes to Liberal, which means it's not that big a deal to the Liberals. Most Federal elections are already decided by the time they make it to the Manitoba/Saskatchewan boarder anyway. The CFL was told to include the CFLPA and come back with a plan. I thought they already did that a few months back. I remain unconvinced that the Liberals will bail out the CFL. Tracker 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedFlex27 8,114 Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 5 hours ago, TBURGESS said: Loans become handouts when those who receive them can't or won't pay them back. Assuming that the CFL is in financial trouble, which is a good assumption IMO, they won't pay the loan back and it will eventually be 'forgiven' because the Feds don't want to be a reason that the CFL goes under. Most folks vote the party, not based on any specific policy. Even if a CFL loan is popular, it in itself, won't be enough to flip peoples votes to Liberal, which means it's not that big a deal to the Liberals. Most Federal elections are already decided by the time they make it to the Manitoba/Saskatchewan boarder anyway. The CFL was told to include the CFLPA and come back with a plan. I thought they already did that a few months back. I remain unconvinced that the Liberals will bail out the CFL. I doubt if they will as well. I think capitalization will be from the Redbird Group. Link to post Share on other sites
Noeller 16,597 Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 (edited) so something called the United Football Players Association took to Twitter to say that they've been told the CFL is planning on scrapping the 2021 and 2022 seasons, and would come back as part of some joint entity with XFL after that. Immediately, CFL "insiders" (Lalji, Naylor, etc...) refuted it and said it went completely against everything they've heard. The CFL then released a statement: Edited March 16 by Noeller JCon and wbbfan 2 Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedFlex27 8,114 Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 Sounds like a bunch of 5 year olds... "No, you're not! Yes, I am. No you're not! Yes, I am!! No you're not!!!! YES I AM!!!!!!!" wbbfan 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Noeller 16,597 Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 There's just so much I enjoy about this tweet.... rebusrankin, Mark F, JCon and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Dr Zaius 908 Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 Franchise QB lol rebusrankin, wbbfan and Noeller 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
rebusrankin 6,369 Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 A guy who threw for 18 TDs in one season is a franchise QB? Noeller, Mark F and wbbfan 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
17to85 15,745 Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 Praise Jesus! Mark F and Noeller 2 Link to post Share on other sites
wbbfan 3,782 Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 30 minutes ago, rebusrankin said: A guy who threw for 18 TDs in one season is a franchise QB? If he has a better career than casey printers ill honestly be shocked. rebusrankin and Noeller 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Bigblue204 3,919 Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 50 minutes ago, Noeller said: There's just so much I enjoy about this tweet.... To be honest, it's been a while since we've won a game at IGFWest. So them hosting another playoff game is ok with me. Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedFlex27 8,114 Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 Justin "Click Bait" Dunk. wbbfan and JCon 2 Link to post Share on other sites
wbbfan 3,782 Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 41 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said: Justin "Click Bait" Dunk. Idk how any one can look at the riders and see any thing coming other than a step back. But it seems the same people who think the riders will win the west and have the best offense in the league think the argos will be good too. Link to post Share on other sites
Brandon 5,632 Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 Once again ... betting odds does not mean % of chance of a team winning. It's more about how much money is being place on (in this case a team) over others. JCon and Bigblue204 2 Link to post Share on other sites
wbbfan 3,782 Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 1 minute ago, Brandon said: Once again ... betting odds does not mean % of chance of a team winning. It's more about how much money is being place on (in this case a team) over others. Thats true, but the off season hype train for the riders from 3d and cfl.ca etc has been sickening. Stuff like this https://www.cfl.ca/2021/03/15/mmqb-way-early-positional-bests/ Noeller 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Noeller 16,597 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 amen: rebusrankin, JCon and Tracker 3 Link to post Share on other sites
wbbfan 3,782 Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 4 hours ago, Noeller said: amen: Thats true. However, a lot of the talk has been based on speculation. Im very leery of claims from the CFL media especially of a merger. Noeller and Bigblue204 2 Link to post Share on other sites
the watcher 386 Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 The whole thing makes me nervous as hell. I love the CFL game . I have no friggen idea if there is a solution other than tieing ourselves to an unsuccesful American leauge but you would think there would be. To me it smacks of curing a painful broken leg by shooting yourself in the head. I hope I'm wrong. WildPath 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Noeller 16,597 Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 (edited) Edited March 24 by Noeller WildPath and bustamente 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Eternal optimist 2,419 Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 Just how much do the 'Riders suck? The longest period of time a single team has been Grey Cup Champions is 1841 days,, this was the 1915 Hamilton Ti-Cats. They won it on November 20, 1915, and the trophy wasn't rewarded again until December 4, 1920 due to WW1 and the global flu pandemic at the time. By comparison, in their entire existence, the Roughriders have been champs for only 1470 days (1966 - 371 days , 1989 - 364 days, 2007 - 364 days and 2013 - 371 days TLDR; A lot. WildPath, blue_gold_84, Brandon and 1 other 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Noeller 16,597 Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 some interesting stuff in here: https://3downnation.com/2021/03/24/insider-talk-betting-losing-money-the-cfls-business-model/ wbbfan 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Noeller 16,597 Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 blue_gold_84, wbbfan and JCon 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
M.O.A.B. 2,979 Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 (edited) Could we see mass player retirements because of this new CFL announcement? F*** Ambroise. I avoided this discussion board since the CFL/XFL new surfaced. Makes me depress to think the CFL is slowly dying. Oh well, back to the NHL Jets board. Edited March 24 by M.O.A.B. wbbfan 1 Link to post Share on other sites
rebusrankin 6,369 Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 Terrible proposal by the CFL at first glance. Noeller 1 Link to post Share on other sites
wbbfan 3,782 Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 2 hours ago, Noeller said: some interesting stuff in here: https://3downnation.com/2021/03/24/insider-talk-betting-losing-money-the-cfls-business-model/ One great point is will the front office and coaching staff face the 20% cut as well. If thats the case im 100% on board. If not its some BS. Link to post Share on other sites
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