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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.

Just now, Jesse said:

WHAT

FOR A FOURTH ROUND PICK!

1 minute ago, Noeller said:

this was my first thought..... fingers firmly crossed. 

thats a higher priced piece that I dont see really as a need there...unless they plan to dump someone

Farhan Lalji

 

@FarhanLaljiTSN

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I’m told Kongbo was “not a fit in the room” & it was important for #BCLions to get back to the chemistry they had before the trade. This deal eliminates what was going back to #TiCats in the Dane Evans deal; a 4th round pick that escalates to a 3rd.

@CFLonTSN

Not a FIFO guy? Maybe thats why he didnt end up back here perhaps???

Edited June 5, 20232 yr by Bubba Zanetti

so they have Boatang...Kongbo...Bennet (winnipeg kid) do they all roster or does one get cut/pr'd?...If they put Mason Bennett on PR we best be putting a claim in and make the Cats roster him

So they sign him for what we assume was a large deal and trade him because he's disrupting the locker room? Bizzare.

Wonder how Hamilton can afford all those guys? Wonder if they cut anybody? I'd be offering them something for Bennett.

Man that sucks for Kongbo to be done dirty like that. Least it wasn't Ottawa I guess?

Maybe he came back with an ego?

12 hours ago, Jesse said:

Minimum is what now? 70, 75? Augustine making 95 or so isn’t breaking the bank.

Especially now with that big dough coming in from the CBS television deal....lol...

On 2023-06-02 at 5:00 PM, Noeller said:

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

Halftime show could be a montage of Leafs playoff losses over the years lol

On 2023-06-04 at 10:11 AM, Colin Unger said:

I thought the XFL had 3 year deals only with NFL opt outs?  How is it that Colin Kelly was available to the Riders?

The XFL, while not having any official provision for it, has said all along they would release any player if they wanted to go to the CFL.

6 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

The XFL, while not having any official provision for it, has said all along they would release any player if they wanted to go to the CFL.

The nfl requires an unconditional release for the xfl guys to try out. So if they get an nfl look they are cut from the xfl deal. 

Never really heard of any disruptions by Kongbo here.....our locker room seemed pretty tight....Don't think a guy turns sour over night BUT something is going on and it might not fit fifo's parameters.....Go after Bennett for sure.....someone is going to shake loose in the hammer, and it would be right up our alley if it was Bennett

7 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

The nfl requires an unconditional release for the xfl guys to try out. So if they get an nfl look they are cut from the xfl deal. 

Yes that's true. Did Kongbo get released to try NFL? Haven't been keeping up with him since he left.

1 minute ago, GCn20 said:

Yes that's true. Did Kongbo get released to try NFL? Haven't been keeping up with him since he left.

Yeah. Twice. I was talking about the xfl thing though. 
 A strong locker room can keep a small amount of big egos in check. But a fifo guy also isn’t going to fit in with a crap locker room. Not sure which is which but I put my trust in kongbo. Not a team lead by vaj. 

Just now, wbbfan said:

Yeah. Twice. I was talking about the xfl thing though. 
 A strong locker room can keep a small amount of big egos in check. But a fifo guy also isn’t going to fit in with a crap locker room. Not sure which is which but I put my trust in kongbo. Not a team lead by vaj. 

For sure. I was just wondering if Kongbo was released to try NFL after XFL and that's why he was available? I realize he has been through the NFL wringer a few times now.

5 minutes ago, Stickem said:

Never really heard of any disruptions by Kongbo here.....our locker room seemed pretty tight....Don't think a guy turns sour over night BUT something is going on and it might not fit fifo's parameters.....Go after Bennett for sure.....someone is going to shake loose in the hammer, and it would be right up our alley if it was Bennett

If you ask me, the BC Lions signed him to way too high a contract to make sure we didn't get him and had no real intentions of keeping him. Then traded him for whatever scraps they could get. Kongbo fetching only a 4th round pick screams bad contract to me.

1 minute ago, GCn20 said:

For sure. I was just wondering if Kongbo was released to try NFL after XFL and that's why he was available? I realize he has been through the NFL wringer a few times now.

Yeah he was released and stuck for what would’ve been his option year with the broncos. So he was a ufa this year late bc gave elite money now flipped him for peanuts. 

1 minute ago, wbbfan said:

Yeah he was released and stuck for what would’ve been his option year with the broncos. So he was a ufa this year late bc gave elite money now flipped him for peanuts. 

Sounds like a punk move by the leo's......do anything to keep him off of our roster and a position of need...I hope to hell it backfires on them and the cats....

1 minute ago, Stickem said:

Sounds like a punk move by the leo's......do anything to keep him off of our roster and a position of need...I hope to hell it backfires on them and the cats....

I think the Leo's do this quite a bit. Every year they seem to cut an offseason big signing. 

7 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

I think the Leo's do this quite a bit. Every year they seem to cut an offseason big signing. 

Did it with Stove ....that didn't work out too well

35 minutes ago, GCn20 said:

I think the Leo's do this quite a bit. Every year they seem to cut an offseason big signing. 

True. They’ve been trying to buy a winner in free agency for years now. And their big off season moves seldom work out. 

29 minutes ago, Noeller said:

Farhan Lalji

 

@FarhanLaljiTSN

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2m

 

I’m told Kongbo was “not a fit in the room” & it was important for #BCLions to get back to the chemistry they had before the trade. This deal eliminates what was going back to #TiCats in the Dane Evans deal; a 4th round pick that escalates to a 3rd.

@CFLonTSN

He wasn't a fit in the room because he wants to win...lol...

 

 

https://twitter.com/king_kongbo/status/1665770554362585089?s=61&t=baW2TXp0bnUmTIpSkeJyzA

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“Not a fit” because I called out star players not showing up for practice, and guys not wanting to work out. Culture matters, it’s called pro football for a reason.

 

1 hour ago, Noeller said:

this was my first thought..... fingers firmly crossed. 

I can’t see it happening. Hamilton probably views us as direct competition and they’re hosting the Cup. They’re probably in zero mood to help us out.

Kongbo coming in hot!