Four games today. 

OTT @ HAM

BC @ CGY

SSK @ EDM

TOR @ MTL

All games on CFL+ : https://www.cfl.ca/2024/05/09/where-to-watch-2024-cfl-preseason-games/.  The Montreal game is also on RDS.

Highlights: First look at Dru Brown in a Redblacks jersey and MBT repping the Elks.  BLM starts for the TiCats.

Hopefully we get the Edmonton radio crew on the Riders/Elks game.  That Regina radio crew is brutal.

Edited May 25, 20241 yr by johnzo

All drafts need to speed up! They are ******* boring  yadda yadda yadda draft yadda yadda....like watching a full baseball game in slow motion...

21 hours ago, Atomic said:

Such a big win that the radio station shut down permanently 3 months later...

This is why the cfl can't have nice things. Bell doesn't want to spend money on ****. Just sit on their piles of money and give share holders nice dividends

1 hour ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

It's not like any other professional leagues have figured out how to televise a draft.....

Or atleast make it decent TV. 

I don't think the draft speed is an issue for front offices, they are prepared to the hilt. (Or are going to have a trash draft any way.) 

1 hour ago, bb1 said:

All drafts need to speed up! They are ******* boring  yadda yadda yadda draft yadda yadda....like watching a full baseball game in slow motion...

Agree. And no more of this 2 day draft bs. Except for the MLB. Doing 2 full rounds and 2 compensatory rounds in one day then the other 18 another is fine. 

On 2024-05-28 at 10:35 AM, Fatty Liver said:

That's the thing, the draft should be conducted at the pace that suits the football ops. people, not condensed to meet the fickle needs of a viewing audience. Attempting to televise it was a bad idea.

If you think Edmonton needed 6 minutes of being on the clock and two commercials to make their pick, I got a bridge to sell you. The only time these teams use the clock is when there are calls being made to/from other teams. Otherwise, they could probably bang the draft out in two-three hours.

Best draft for cfl might be going live to all the teams to make the picks. But doing it like super quick. Maybe after rd 1 we get a 10 minute breakdown of the 1 st rd picks then rapid fire the rest in 45 minutes. They all have lists. It doesn’t take 5 minutes to scratch guys names off 

Edited May 30, 20241 yr by Goalie

1 hour ago, Goalie said:

Best draft for cfl might be going live to all the teams to make the picks. But doing it like super quick. Maybe after rd 1 we get a 10 minute breakdown of the 1 st rd picks then rapid fire the rest in 45 minutes. They all have lists. It doesn’t take 5 minutes to scratch guys names off 

Back in the early 2ks when it was online and by phone it was really fast after the first round. 

1 hour ago, Goalie said:

Best draft for cfl might be going live to all the teams to make the picks. But doing it like super quick. Maybe after rd 1 we get a 10 minute breakdown of the 1 st rd picks then rapid fire the rest in 45 minutes. They all have lists. It doesn’t take 5 minutes to scratch guys names off 

It would be completely fine if they pulled the random interviews with people not even involved with the draft along with the 15 minutes of dead air at the start.

Start the clock on the 1st overall pick 5 minutes before they go to air.