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Imagine resenting someone for wanting to make their own choices with their career

Bullshit. Guy loves the CFL. He also loves calling NHL games. If I recall it was the nhl that really spring boarded his career, and it's a bigger deal in the sporting world. Hard to fault a guy for wanting to call nhl games.

I’m still waiting for someone to answer the question If it’s the same base rules as the NFL, why would I watch it? I’m certainly not interested in watching the Moose (or if you’d like a comparable that doesn’t have a higher league in town, the Goldeyes) and I really won’t be interested in watching the Bombers either. I like the differences. I like what makes our game special. I don’t need to have all of it - the Canadian ratio especially is one thing that I could live with some adaptation to - but if it’s not 12 on 12, 3 down, 110 yard football ... it’s just going to be something entirely different to me and I’ll have very little interest. The CFL doesn’t feel like a minor league sport to me. It feels like the most prominent “Canadian Football” league in the world, the best of the best in their sport competing. That’s what I like. We go to a Canadian division in a 4 down, 11 on 11 league? No thanks, I’ll watch the NFL instead. No interest in minor league football.

And jokes stop being funny when you have to explain them to people

Totally. It's just that the Canadian Mafia works through tons of adversity and doubt, wins it all and doesn't get it's victory lap. It's not about the victory lap but they earned it. The earned the right to be smug and reap the benefits.

A Liberal wouldn't stand a chance in the South - East Bible Belt. They could run a platypus down there - as long as they painted it blue.

If they are anything like the young NFL fans I know, then that's a big fat NO. If CFL players were any good they'd be in the NFL, I'm so often told

Some interesting thoughts from Chris Cuthbert.... https://3downnation.com/2021/03/12/long-time-cfl-play-by-play-man-chris-cuthbert-worries-xfl-talks-are-a-deal-with-the-devil/ For 16 years, Chris Cuthbert was the voice that soothed CFL fans. The league’s announcement on Wednesday that it is seeking opportunities for collaboration and innovation with the XFL has that voice wracked with worry. “I’m still concerned that this is potentially a deal with the devil,” Cuthbert told Scott Rintoul on Sportsnet 650 in Vancouver. “My concern level is extremely high, but I guess if you’re asking me 48 hours later, I am open to hearing what the benefits might be.” The veteran play-by-play man who left TSN in 2020 in order to continue calling NHL games remains a passionate fan of the three-down game and while he’s trying to remain open-minded, Cuthbert sees some of the speculation surrounding a merger of the two leagues as almost sacrilegious. “There’s some elements that are non-negotiable and that’s obvious from a Canadian football standpoint. The most important word in the Canadian Football League is Canadian. To me, it’s essential. It’s three downs,” he emphasized. “I guess a hybrid size field that’s bigger than an NFL field and slightly different than a CFL field is somewhat palatable, but for the most part, I think the uniqueness of the game is what’s kept it alive. For many of us, it’s why we love it so much.” Also potentially on the chopping block is the Canadian ratio, a particular hot button for Cuthbert’s long-time broadcast partner Glen Suitor. Cuthbert has seen some suggestion that it would be maintained in some form for a merged league but doesn’t believe it’s possible. “I could see a ratio of X number of Canadians on the Canadian teams and international players on an XFL team, but from what I understand the labour laws in the States will not allow any ratio of any kind,” Cuthbert said. The ratio wasn’t applied to US teams during the league’s ill-fated American expansion in the 1990s and while some have noted that the financial boost from new franchises helped stabilized the CFL, Cuthbert insists that road is one best left firmly in the past. “We could spend an hour with all the horror stories of that experiment,” he said. The CFL has been awarding the Grey Cup for over 100 years. Meanwhile, the original XFL lasted one full season in 2001 and the revival in 2020 played just five weeks before folding due to the pandemic. Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and his associate purchased the bankrupt league for just $15 million and while Cuthbert isn’t opposed to the concept of a post-season bowl game or all-star showcase between the two leagues, he questions whether the league has truly explored all options before rolling over to American star power. “The government has had a justice committee reviewing a bill that would allow sports betting and the CFL elected not to accept the invitation to be there in committee. Now I’m told that they are filing off their views on it, I thought that was a missed opportunity,” Cuthbert said. “We’ve been sitting around for a year and have we done anything to talk about revenue sharing? I still think there are things to be done or that could have been done exclusive to joining a league that’s already folded twice.” While some have championed a move to four-down American rules as a fix-all cure for the CFL’s attendance woes in major markets, Cuthbert dismisses that view entirely. “The National Football League is the powerhouse of all sports properties. There’s no point in trying to be an NFL lite,” he explained. “Be unique, be different, be the game that Canadians have loved.” While that is a view shared by many fans, the league’s wealthy owners may prefer another strategy to recoup their pandemic losses. As a fan of the game, Cuthbert is very worried. “It’s already clear the CFL that we knew is probably in real jeopardy and I’m just hoping we can preserve some of the basic tenets that made the CFL special.”

Buy Westjet stock.... Gonna take off.

If that's the case, it's something a team cannot afford. That's a lousy reason to lose a centre of Dubois' calibre.

All the ones he played on that were under .500 and missed the playoffs.

Would LOVE to see your proof on that. Chris Cuthbert is one of the biggest CFL fans going and always has been.

He already said no because it's not about him it's about helping Americans

I just think guys like Willie Jefferson would be way more likely to sign closer to home then Winnipeg. Being a family man myself I'd rather my family be only a few hour drive or cheap plane flight away then going to visit a different country.

very informative on this.

Ever try to stick a roll of toilet paper in a man's wallet? Another shining example of women not understanding men's issues.

No, get your vax shot... Stay healthy.

I feel like we've just missed out on a few big FA swings. But if we had say the BC weather and night life, itd be much harder to have the blue collar, live and bleed football, team first celebrate tonight and back to work tomorrow attitude. Every player on the 2020 roster was a guy you could go to war with. Every one was going to be ready to do their best on game day. No planning the post game party on the side lines stuff. No other team in the league had that. The university of florida is where football players go to party. Alabama under Bear Bryant was where football players went to win. Its kind of like a litmus test, the guys who chose better night lifes, and weather, or slightly more money to play for other teams probably werent the right guys for us any way. Fifo. Its driven plenty of fans (like me) crazy, that we've stuck to vets with better guys on the bench or pr. Or not grabbed cfl cuts that would be an immediate upgrade for us. And its sure as hell worked for us. I think it also becomes much easier to maintain a winning franchise when you got there with work ethic and discipline than when you get there with divisive talent, low character and an egomaniac like chris jones running the show.

Without Bloc still having a virtual lock on Quebec I see a similar situation to the last election happening again. Calling an election anytime soon is just a waste of tax payer dollars, so an almost certainty it will happen.

I will never forget the hand made "billboard" (a bed sheet across two sticks) that was spray painted "A VOTE FOR THE LIBERALS IS A VOTE FOR THE DEVIL" that was set up at a major intersection in Winkler when I first moved there in 2006 (it was shortly after Harper's first win)... That told me everything I needed to know about Manitoba South of the Trans Can. It was a weeeeeeird year and a half down there....

No kidding. Loyal to the CFL? Come on. He is a broadcaster and the NHL was where he really made his mark. He is doing what is best for his career. Simple as that. And as great as Cuthbert is the onus falls on TSN to replace him. There are good broadcasters out there, find one.

"flip" one of the mafia language words trump made normal. didnt know this is another, lol barone: a baron or landlord. "perfect" trump has a bit of archie bunker to him.

Pallister is going to step down before the next election. He isn't happy he's had to remain in Manitoba and actually work for a living during the pandemic and will want to make up for lost time in Costa Rica.

The MLA for Steinbach, Kelvin Goertzen, literally got over 10 times as many votes as the 2nd place candidate. He got over 4 times as many votes as all the other candidates combined.

The American teams will be coming and going every season which would result in dispersal drafts constantly. Also as said before do you think if we get a guy who starts to prosper that he wouldn't take equal or more money to live down South near his friends and family?

Oklahoma broadcaster blames blood sugar for racial slur directed at girls’ basketball team Sorry about the racism i just needed a Snickers 🙄

Don’t remember that, but remember TSN losing their feed during the Gold medal shootout vs Finland in the 1994 World Hockey Championships, and the studio host (I think it was Gord Miller, but it might have been Paul Romanuk) having to do play-by-play from the desk into the camera while watching live on an in-studio monitor, basically like watching someone do a radio broadcast, and was good enough to launch their play-by-play TV broadcast career.

This is a truth fact, sir. But he's a rabid CFL fan. IIRC, he grew up a big Ottawa RRs fan...

Didn't Cuthbert make a name for himself in the 80's when during a CBC HNIC broadcast there was a power failure & as host he had to wing it for awhile n the semi darkness??? Apparently that catapulted his career.

You could make a good president just doing the opposite of trump

A CFL/XFL Hybrid that has 12 men, the same rules around motion and kick returns etc, yeah I'd be down for that. A CFL/XFL hybrid with mostly Americans playing by NFL rules. totally less interested. If that's the product, I can watch the NFL. I'd like to see somebody in the media ask why partnering with a league that has failed twice is such a great idea.

toronto is not a litmus test though. Out side of the leafs that is the biggest band wagon fan base in canada and one of the biggest in NA. Yes the cfl has struggled, carrying 2 markets for too long took a lot out of the league coffers and covid only made it worse. Changes moving forward are needed. But I know lots and lots of young fans in the primary target range 18-35, in ott, hammer, here, sask of course too. Cal needs a stadium, edm needs some consistency and a stadium, I actually like mtl is very well poised right now. If the feds hadnt pooched us with covid funds last year I think things would be pretty optimistic.

Yeah but the chickens came home to roost because of the pandemic. Hopefully in the longer term it turns out to be a blessing. Things change economically. That's all we can really hope for, right?

Active cases finally got adjusted and fell under 1000, yes numbers in the North have gone up but those should start falling in the coming week, numbers in the Winnipeg area considering that restrictions have eased a bit and in dining is slowly happen is about as good as can be expected number wise, week by week more and more are getting vaccinated and while we may never fully eradicate this virus we are well on the way to controlling it and treating it.

That's just what Pat does. He's a talking head that wants views. I enjoy a lot of his content but he says a lot of stupid **** and he holds very little influence.

I'm one of those people, but I truly feel I'm in a very small minority. The vast majority are going to be out in droves...

I've been saying for awhile that we're going to see a sort of boom similar to post-WW2, where people want to go out and do stuff and spend money. I think it'll be a bit of an over-correct for awhile, but it'll certainly help the economy rebound...

I blame Trudeau for not stepping to the plate and saving Canadian Culture after regulating them into bankruptcy. This is typical american content. Zero research and just spewing some opinions. Apparently The Rock played for Saskatoon and is buying the CFL lol

The mustache is another story.

I got a feeling that attendance will be up once we are back to normal. People have spent the last year in their houses people will want to get out and do stuff again.

The CFL is accessible. I can go buy a car from Harris or get financial advice from Bighill. My son could throw the ball with Nichols. I can see Bryant at Costco. I can get a job with Millers help. I love Shawarma Khan's. I get that some of this won't change. The economics of the league will mean that the players will need to maintain other jobs, other businesses, etc. But, the fact that Harris was Pirate and Demksi was a Raider (🤢) means something to me. I love when we sign locals. I hope it means something to my kids.

West Virginia just plucking it's Banjo and flashing it's tooth The whole country is a fly-over country.

I agree that Douglas is a good guy, so is Jon Gerard they just can’t put up a full slate of quality candidates especially in rural Manitoba so they are dead in the water. They need to have a candidate in place now in the South East Bible Belt out there acting as an alternative to the Cons. Only way they will ever be relevant again is to capitalize on some of the rural vortex that will never go NDP but alas as much as they hate Pallister right now they will vote Con in the next election anyway.

Kentucky: “Hold my beer”. Alabama: “B*tch, please. Lifetime achievement award here”

I hope the Sharks don't get out from under that terrible contract. They deserve it. I hope they don't get cap relief either.

Ray Lewis reacting to the thought of this thread moving to the General Forum.

Besides, there are CFLers who go to the NFL. Should we remove all Chris Streveler talk from this forum since he is no longer a Blue Bomber? Of course not. There are some grey areas and crossover with the NFL and CFL, so I think we can recognize this as not just a Bomber forum, not just a CFL forum, but a football forum. And if you don’t like it, then exercise your free will and don’t click on the link.