...Lawless says Riders looking at Ottawa Asst GM and John Murphy as potential new GM. Have asked for permission to speak to both. Fwiw.

17 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

Crompton is hurt.

Just a thought here, but doesn't that throw up even more red flags? If Crompton is hurt his salary is off the SMS books. Even more reason to see what Cato can do in camp. Clearly Cato showed some game when he played for a rookie. Now they have no interest? Why?

46 minutes ago, Jpan85 said:

He would be released. Would not apply.

I thought a player had to clear waivers before he could be released...no?

3 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

I thought a player had to clear waivers before he could be released...no?

?????? no....I'm not sure that's ever been the case

What are waivers? What is the waiver priority order? How is the waiver priority order determined? How long is the waiver period? Why do teams put players on waivers?

Before a team may terminate a player (release him from the contract), they must allow other teams to claim the player at the current contract. This process is called waivers. If a player clears waivers (is not claimed by another team) he is released and becomes a free agent. There are two types of waivers, with recall and without recall. With recall allows the team waiving the player to recall the player if claimed by any other club. Full details of the waiver rules (albeit outdated in some areas) can be found in the CFL By-laws, Section 4.

The waiver priority order is the order which teams are given the opportunity to claim a player. It is established based on the finish order from the previous season with the Grey Cup Champion having the least priority and the other club competing in the Grey Cup game have second least priority with the remaining teams ordered by their reverse order of finish, using the tie breaking procedures if necessary. After the first third of the season (all teams have played six games) and the second third of the season (all teams have played twelve games), the priority order changes to the current reverse order of the teams, using the tie breaking procedure if necessary.

From midnight after the Grey Cup game until midnight, May 15th, the waiver period shall not be less than seven days, not less than 48 hours from May 15th until the date final rosters must be set and not less than 24 hours from the date final rosters are set until the date of the Grey Cup.

https://cfldb.ca/faq/league/

18 minutes ago, Ripper said:

What are waivers? What is the waiver priority order? How is the waiver priority order determined? How long is the waiver period? Why do teams put players on waivers?

Before a team may terminate a player (release him from the contract), they must allow other teams to claim the player at the current contract. This process is called waivers. If a player clears waivers (is not claimed by another team) he is released and becomes a free agent. There are two types of waivers, with recall and without recall. With recall allows the team waiving the player to recall the player if claimed by any other club. Full details of the waiver rules (albeit outdated in some areas) can be found in the CFL By-laws, Section 4.

The waiver priority order is the order which teams are given the opportunity to claim a player. It is established based on the finish order from the previous season with the Grey Cup Champion having the least priority and the other club competing in the Grey Cup game have second least priority with the remaining teams ordered by their reverse order of finish, using the tie breaking procedures if necessary. After the first third of the season (all teams have played six games) and the second third of the season (all teams have played twelve games), the priority order changes to the current reverse order of the teams, using the tie breaking procedure if necessary.

From midnight after the Grey Cup game until midnight, May 15th, the waiver period shall not be less than seven days, not less than 48 hours from May 15th until the date final rosters must be set and not less than 24 hours from the date final rosters are set until the date of the Grey Cup.

https://cfldb.ca/faq/league/

Huh, look at that. Learn something everyday. Never heard of this before.

Cato is irrelevant now that he lost his passport. 

6 minutes ago, holoman said:

Cato is irrelevant now that he lost his passport. 

Is it in the mail? 

Cato had the physical tools and seemed to manage the game decently in his early winning streak.    I see more upside in him then like when Troy Smith was cut.  

Riders take Kevin Francis in supplemental draft for a 3rd round 2017 pick

5 minutes ago, Ripper said:

Riders take Kevin Francis in supplemental draft for a 3rd round 2017 pick

Edited May 24, 20169 yr by IC Khari

The previous post is under review...

Good football news for a lot of teams and fans this off season, and some more good news as TSN is broadcasting ALL pre-season games this year!

Yeah!

http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/schedule

And here..http://www.tsn.ca/cfl-on-tsn-broadcast-schedule-1.439490

Edited May 25, 20169 yr by Mr Dee

7 hours ago, Bigblue204 said:

What? I'm real tired so i can't tell if this is a joke of some kind, or not. What's Pile O'Bones?

The name Regina in Swahili is Pile O'Bones.

3 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

Good football news for a lot of teams and fans this off season, and some more good news as TSN is broadcasting ALL pre-season games this year!

Yeah!

http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/schedule

I'm not so sure.  The games are listed on the schedule but it doesn't say they are broadcasting them.  If you go to the CFL on TSN tab, none of the pre-season games are listed in the broadcast schedule.

 

10 hours ago, Atomic said:

I'm not so sure.  The games are listed on the schedule but it doesn't say they are broadcasting them.  If you go to the CFL on TSN tab, none of the pre-season games are listed in the broadcast schedule.

Yes, I see that, and you could be right. The 1st few times I followed a link that led to the same conclusion. I had read that this was the case (full schedule) but I cannot locate that source. In the meantime I will have to delete that post until further notice.

NOPE - according to this article, pre-season is in...

And now I have to undelete that post because I found the link to the schedule...it is dated, however, so I hope they're not changing it.

http://www.tsn.ca/cfl-on-tsn-broadcast-schedule-1.439490 

 

Edited May 25, 20169 yr by Mr Dee

30 minutes ago, Jacquie said:

 

You can't get rush service...?

21 minutes ago, Floyd said:

You can't get rush service...?

According to the US Passport website, expedited service will take 3 weeks unless you can show you need it sooner. I don't know if that applies to replacing a lost one or not.

12 hours ago, Fred C Dobbs said:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Regina,_Saskatchewan

That's what I love about this place! Not only is it entertaining, it's educational too!

2 hours ago, Jacquie said:

 

Uhhh....now I understand why they're ditching Cato, he's frickin' stupid.

Roooough rooooooo

 

http://leaderpost.com/sports/football/cfl/saskatchewan-roughriders/contract-talks-have-stalled-between-the-saskatchewan-roughriders-and-josiah-st-john

 

interesting to see how this plays out. 

 

7 minutes ago, Bomber_fanaddict said:

Roooough rooooooo

 

http://leaderpost.com/sports/football/cfl/saskatchewan-roughriders/contract-talks-have-stalled-between-the-saskatchewan-roughriders-and-josiah-st-john

 

interesting to see how this plays out. 

This is one time I'm actually happy to hear that Jonathan Hardaway is the agent involved.

14 minutes ago, bigg jay said:

 

This is one time I'm actually happy to hear that Jonathan Hardaway is the agent involved.

Ha ha yup! 

God, I hope this ends in a complete tire fire for those Gappers... 

2 hours ago, Bomber_fanaddict said:

Roooough rooooooo

 

http://leaderpost.com/sports/football/cfl/saskatchewan-roughriders/contract-talks-have-stalled-between-the-saskatchewan-roughriders-and-josiah-st-john

 

interesting to see how this plays out. 

You just get the impression most CFL teams treat their draft picks like after thoughts. That they say all the right things about Canadians starting or signed yet take them for granted.

I thought Jones and Murphy were talking about making sure they could sign 1st overall before they decided who to pick...

Tough on them not having signed St. John but hey, they signed all three of their other picks.

If these guys make the play off, Pope Francis will consider that a miracle worth of elevating  Jones to Sainthood.

Should he fail and have a bad year, he will be canonized with a Howitzer

Edited May 25, 20169 yr by LeBird