gbill2004 Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 @PentonKirk: The #CFL has extended its broadcast agreement with TSN and RDS until 2021. Big news for league's financial stability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbill2004 Posted May 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 @scratchingpost: TSN also launching Thursday Night Football. #CFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbill2004 Posted May 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 @PentonKirk: The #CFL is getting ready to launch a new website as well and modernizing its stats system. Jesse and Atomic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 @PentonKirk: The #CFL is getting ready to launch a new website as well and modernizing its stats system. Oh my god, it's about time. Great to hear. cdnfreak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 @PentonKirk: The #CFL is getting ready to launch a new website as well and modernizing its stats system. That is great news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelownabomberfan Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 @PentonKirk: The #CFL is getting ready to launch a new website as well and modernizing its stats system. What? I like the 1998-era technology of the current website. #hipsterdouche SPuDS, cdnfreak and wbbfan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Blue Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Great news about the website and stats. Glad they got a new TV deal, but we just finished talking about how they're only showing a couple of preseason games on TV. Financially this deal I'm sure is good for the league and for TSN, but I would have been interested to know if others were seriously interested in it. TSN's panel is awful and some of their game coverage is brutal too. The addition of LaPolice to actually do film breakdown was a step in the right direction. Granted, sometimes competition doesn't even make it better. SportsNet's hockey coverage is awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbill2004 Posted May 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Great news about the website and stats. Glad they got a new TV deal, but we just finished talking about how they're only showing a couple of preseason games on TV. Financially this deal I'm sure is good for the league and for TSN, but I would have been interested to know if others were seriously interested in it. TSN's panel is awful and some of their game coverage is brutal too. The addition of LaPolice to actually do film breakdown was a step in the right direction. Granted, sometimes competition doesn't even make it better. SportsNet's hockey coverage is awful. Here's the analysis you're looking for: https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/cfl-55-yard-line/cfl-extends-tv-radio-digital-contract-with-tsn-rds-through-2021--a-good-move-231945456.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the watcher Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Geat news! Other than the disappointing preseason this year TSNs coverage is pretty good.(Rod Black does not exist in my world). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueandgold Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 @PentonKirk: The #CFL is getting ready to launch a new website as well and modernizing its stats system. It's pretty ridiculous that they don't keep track of games played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 I just hope they start to display play-off stats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noeller Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Very very interesting to re up now when you just did so recently and weren't due to for another 3 years.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaosmonkey Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 I'm wondering how this factors in to the fact that Bell (TSN) is now going to be part owner of one of the league teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 We need Tuesday morniing football! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelownabomberfan Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 I'm wondering how this factors in to the fact that Bell (TSN) is now going to be part owner of one of the league teams. With the loss of the NHL TSN has to be starving for content, and the CFL delivers pretty decent ratings. And now with the Toronto mess straightened out, the CFL is definitely looking like a stable, viable long-term bet. What could possibly mess it up? Oh I know! Let's expand into the US! What could go wrong?? Blitzy and cdnfreak 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-F-F-C Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 My concern is that TSN is pushing the CFL to move a majority of their games to weeknights when there's less going on and we'll end up with 1 game on the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comedygeek Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 My concern is that TSN is pushing the CFL to move a majority of their games to weeknights when there's less going on and we'll end up with 1 game on the weekend. Thursday night games haven't been as consistent in previous years as Friday/Saturday games, but they've still been fairly regular. Committing to one Thursday game per week is likely an extra shot to Rogers, who has the NFL Thursday Night Football rights and (for a few months) will be a direct competition. I have no problem with active competition, as it usually results in a better product, so if the production around TSN Thursday Night games improves, all the better. You're likely to still see mostly Friday and Saturday (and the odd Sunday) games, as those are still big nights for sports and TSN would be silly to give those up to air events that are much less popular. Plus, with the Argos moving out of Rogers Centre, you'll see far less (none?) of those stupid Tuesday or Wednesday night games in future seasons. That's all my guess, of course. I can't know for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelownabomberfan Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 My concern is that TSN is pushing the CFL to move a majority of their games to weeknights when there's less going on and we'll end up with 1 game on the weekend. My concern is that my weekday Rye consumption will go up, while my weekend Rye consumption will drop unless I can find something else to consume rye to while watching. Maybe the NFL could start up a month earlier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noeller Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Pros don't need an excuse to keep their rye intake up.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPuDS Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Pros don't need an excuse to keep their rye intake up.... yup... All I'm seeing here is excuses lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbill2004 Posted May 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 We need Tuesday morniing football!With the Argos still playing at Rogers Centre this year, you'll probably get your wish! lol ALuCsRED and mbrg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zontar Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Dear Players Union, We are still broke so dont get any ideas. Love, the Owners. mbrg and Fan Boy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbrg Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Dear Players Union, We are still broke so dont get any ideas. Love, the Owners. Sadly, outside of the prairies...soon, maybe soon, oh the times, they are a changing. Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBlue Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 My concern is that TSN is pushing the CFL to move a majority of their games to weeknights when there's less going on and we'll end up with 1 game on the weekend. WEEK NIGHT GAMES ARE PERFECT FOR ME ... YAHOO !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitzy Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 The Thursday games will probably be a good draw for TSN.. those Thursday NFL games have been really awful games, gives a lot of fans something else to tune into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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