Better get this one going...

2023 RATIFIED RULE CHANGES

The requirement for the ball to be touched prior to ruling a rouge on a kickoff has been removed.

• This change aligns the rouge rule on kickoffs with all other types of kick plays.

A safety has been added to the options for holding in the team’s own goal area.

• When a team commits a holding foul in their own goal area while in possession of the ball in their goal area, a safety has been added to the options available to the other team.

The defensive formation has been restricted on kick plays.

• The number of players within two yards of the line of scrimmage on either side of the long snapper has been restricted to a maximum of six players at the snap.
• This restriction does not apply if the offence lines up in an unbalanced line or if an offensive player moves or motions from their initial position.
• This restriction only applies to field goal and kicked convert attempts.
• This change is in the spirit of player safety to avoid grossly overloading the defensive line on one side of the long snapper.

Avoidable contact with an official

• It shall be illegal for a player, or an authorized member of a team bench area, to make avoidable contact with an official.
• This includes providing a safe workspace by keeping the sidelines clear during play. Officials cannot properly officiate a game if their attention is being diverted to the sidelines in hopes of avoiding collision or injury.
• When an official is contacted by a player, or an authorized member of a team bench area, officials will be permitted to check with the command centre to assist with a judgment as to whether contact was “avoidable” and if so, a 10-yard objectionable conduct penalty will be applied.
• This change will allow the officiating staff to call these actions confidently with command centre help. It will also bring much needed attention to the requirement of providing a safe workspace for officials.
• This change complements and builds upon existing rules regarding contacting officials that may result in ejections.

Move the drive start position up five yards in additional scenarios:

1. Section 5A – If a kicked ball strikes the goal post assembly in flight and when Team B intercepts a ball or recovers a fumble in their own goal area, the next point of scrimmage will be the 30-yard line.
2. Section 5B – Penalty applications with fouls in the goal area will be applied from the 30- or 15-yard line dependent upon the foul.
3. Section 6C – When a penalty or ruling awards possession of the ball to the opponent, the point of possession will move up 5 yards.
4. These changes align the drive start adjustment made in 2022 with other scenarios.

Teams cannot have players wear 0 and 00

Players shall be identified by the following numbering:

• Eligible receivers will wear numbers 0 or 00-49 and 70-99.
• Ineligible receivers will wear numbers 50-69.

Having two players on the same team wearing 0 and 00 creates significant issues with the statistical and scouting systems the teams deploy. This change allows only one player from each team to wear the number 0 or 00.

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

Man I forgot Nick Arbuckle was even a thing.... Wonder if he'll ever pan out. 

Put up hundreds of yards early. Amounted to only 12 points and holding.

This Mike Glass III on Montreal looks like an interesting prospect. Super unconventional looking guy. Made some nice throws and displayed some scrambling ability

Did anyone else see #36 on Montreal dive to the ground after the ball rolled into him after that last TD Lol. What is this soccer??

Edited May 27, 20232 yr by Bomber_fanaddict

2 hours ago, Noeller said:

Man I forgot Nick Arbuckle was even a thing.... Wonder if he'll ever pan out. 

I wonder how many dollars he’s earned per yard/td thrown. 

Shaq Evans on the long term injury list - as he always is and will be. 

14 minutes ago, Geebrr said:

Shaq Evans on the long term injury list - as he always is and will be. 

Seriously? Shame for him.

Another wasted year for Evans

Edited May 28, 20232 yr by bustamente

From Tim Baines: 

Bad news for the #Redblacks: DB Money Hunter and receiver Shaq Evans are out with injuries. Hunter suffered a torn pectoral muscle in the team scrimmage a week ago and will be out for months. Evans broke his finger in Friday's game vs. the #Als and could miss 4-8 weeks. #CFL

Money Hunter out is addition by subtraction for them... 

21 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Money Hunter out is addition by subtraction for them... 

Money Hunter is definitely the best player Money Hunter has ever seen.

22 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Money Hunter out is addition by subtraction for them... 

Gotta give him credit....

Evans hurt....didn't see that one coming.

anybody watching argos v. redblacks preseason?

 

pretty entertaining.

looks like some new ref crews this season. 

Edited June 2, 20232 yr by Mark F

QB play has been pretty good this preseason 

Early on looks like moving on from Nick Taylor was a good move... Burnt bad on that TD.

Stamps back up QBs not doing much through the first half... Is it possible that the Stamps reign of being a QB factory for so many years is coming to an end? 

I watched both games. Can't wait for real football to start. 

REDBLACKs looked better than I expected. Hopefully it means a better eastern division this year. 

Lions starting O shredded Stamps backups. VAJ looked great. Put up 21 points in 3 drives. The backups did nothing until the last play FG to win the game. 

https://3downnation.com/2023/06/02/alouettes-ownership-signals-that-its-not-business-as-usual-with-our-lady-peace-halftime-concert/

 

Als got an owner who cares again 

not sure if mentioned yet, but BC has LL Cool J doing a concert at their home opener.... so the teams that are desperate to get bodies in the door at least TRYING to do something.

22 minutes ago, Goalie said:

https://3downnation.com/2023/06/02/alouettes-ownership-signals-that-its-not-business-as-usual-with-our-lady-peace-halftime-concert/

 

Als got an owner who cares again 

Als looking for a real QB: "🎵I know you're out there, somewhere out there🎵"

4 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

Als looking for a real QB: "🎵I know you're out there, somewhere out there🎵"

Fajardo after game 1 - "🎵We are, we are all innocent!🎵"

Well played, gents....well played. Signed, a big OLP fan....

2 hours ago, Noeller said:

Well played, gents....well played. Signed, a big OLP fan....

90s4Life

14 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

90s4Life

Have at er.

6 hours ago, Noeller said:

not sure if mentioned yet, but BC has LL Cool J doing a concert at their home opener.... so the teams that are desperate to get bodies in the door at least TRYING to do something.

Except for the argos lol 

5 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Except for the argos lol 

Yes - sorry, I should have caught that. I think we've all just given up on that shithole...