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You actually think that showing meaningless pre-season games (open practices) is an 'investment into the product' that will 'improve TSN's return'?

Typical. Compaining about what I'm not saying then whining about it. Add in that it's my defacto position for good measure. I'm saying losing a couple of PRE-SEASON games from the tube isn't a problem for most CFL fans. Who Cares? Maybe a couple of thousand of fans accross the league. It isn't a money maker for TSN. They can fill the time with much cheaper crap that they've already paid for. It's a simple business decision. I'm not saying that I'm happy with TSN's coverage or lack there of. I'm not saying that other TV partners are better or worse than TSN. I'm not apologizing for TSN. I'm not saying less CFL is something to celebrate.

No one has to watch poker stars. Just watch something else or go out and do something. I can't imagine that anyone around here will go to their internet radio to listen to these games. Very few eyes on the product, and don't kid yourselves there aren't a lot of eyes on pre-season games, means very little ad revenue. It might even be less than it costs TSN to put the show on. Quite frankly, I'm surprised that TSN shows any pre-season games at all. I've watched every CFL game that's televised for as long as I can remember. I've had seasons tickets in Winnipeg, BC and Calgary. Don't question my fandom becuase I don't whine about glorified practices not being televised.

We're talking pre-season games. They are just practices for the public. I'd say who cares, but the answer is wbbfan & Noeller.

It's also interesting that most if not all of our top paid players are being paid 100% hard money.

Fodder - A consumable, often inferior item or resource that is in demand and usually abundant supply. Seems like the correct term to me.

The CFL averages 400K-500K tv viewers a week. You think it gets better as the year goes on? Nope. There are about half a million CFL fans willing to watch on TV and about 20,000 willing to go to the stadium to see the games. Tell me more about what the owners should do to fix it?

No, eliminating the ratio does not inevitably lead to changing the rules. Bottom line is the CFL is broken. Older fans are literally dying off & there aren't enough younger fans to take their place. The CFL needs to attract the younger crowd or die.

Everyone around here loves to watch Collaros throw to Schoen and all the other US players on the team. I doubt they'd stop watching the CFL if the ratio was lowered or even eliminated. Changing the CFL rules to NFL rules is another thing. That would stop a lot of us old guys from watching the CFL but, we're no longer the fans that the CFL needs to attract. They need the younger generation and those football fans are NFL watchers.

No ratio doesn't mean no Canadian stars. It means no older Canadian backups. The best Canadians play in the NFL, the second best start in the CFL, the third best play special teams, the rest are backups. The CFL isn't the ratio. It's the rules. It's the home town team. It's the stars and it doesn't matter if they are American, Globals, or Canadians.

Not high brow, just regular old humour.

This reminds me of when everyone found "Rusty Bedsprings" by IP Nightly funny in grade 6.

From: https://3downnation.com/2023/03/16/veteran-qb-dane-evans-takes-team-friendly-contract-to-join-b-c-lions/

Quite frankly, all I care about is that the cheques don't bounce when someone takes over in Montreal. If Quebec wants to separate, they should, as long as they take their portion of the debt, don't use Canadian money or any other services, and allow whatever parts of Quebec that want to stay in Canada stay. Canada is like an unhappy marriage. Quebec is the wife who wants to leave everything behind except the benefits. The rest of Canada is the husband, who keeps giving things to the wife to keep her happy, despite knowing that it's all a farce.

Leggs Reals (Is this a thing now?) : 7th best FG kicker by %, .1 yard better than 8th. 1 FG >= 50 yards, tied with 2 other kickers for 8th. Missed 5 Converts, worst in the league. Game Winning FG's 2, Ott/Skn Game Losing misses 2, Mtl/Tor in the freakin GC. Ya Buts: We didn't need him to win most games. He punted well. He's not the only reason we lost.

Feels - It might have gone through. Reals - It was blocked.

Nice to have Bailey back & I'd like to know how much he got. I swear some of you guys are so triggered by my posts that you go off without even reading them.

Sorry Mike for agreeing with you. I find it hilarious that the "usual suspects" go on the attack when anyone, even Mike, says anything that's not uber positive. It's nice to know that it's not just me. I think Walters has had a great off season signing our own, but receiver is the only upgrade we've got from last year's shoulda woulda coulda won the Grey Cup team. It may be the only one we need as long as the older guys have one more year in them. MOS' "We use our MLB differently than other teams" is the same lame excuse he's used before for much less talented people than Bighill. I love Bighill, but he didn't earn his salary last year, especially at the end of the season when he was a step slow and didn't wrap up. I can only hope that was due to injury, not age. Jeffcoat's another guy who I don't think earned his salary last year. I'd have looked for younger/cheaper and used the extra to upgrade @ DT. Bryant was still all star quality last year, but not a dominant as he has been. At 36, the wheels could fall off at any time. Agodusi is a one game wonder, but that doesn't really matter because he'll be the 4th or 5th option. We're still the top team in the league because Collaros is head and shoulders above any other starting QB in the CFL. Rourke was the closest QB last year, and he's in the NFL now, so it's not even close now. Bring on the 'Yah Buts'.

You can and do 'ya but' valid points and invalid points. Biased? From you?

It's fun watching Mike make valid points and the usual suspects replying with 'ya buts'.

Agreements in principal aren't binding. Teams aren't announcing signings.

It only applies to draft picks 1st contracts.

That's what the CBA says. We can choose to renegotiate with any American player at any time.

I came here for Bomber news and found "How BLM signing with the Ticats affects the Riders". SMH

Bombers QB's - Collaros $600K + 2 backups. Lions QB's - VAJ @$350K + 2 backups. Therefore the Bombers use $250K more SMS for the QB spot, unless we pay our backups more or less than BC does. The real math is that the Lions take the full SMS value of the players off the books, not the net(- 6 game) savings. Example: Collaros gets hurt this year and retires. We get $600K of SMS room, not $600K - the 6 game SMS relief.