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Wade Miller would make a great CFL commissioner one day. I don't know if he would leave his post as el presidente of the Bombers, but he's a great candidate. He has the business acumen, understands the struggles of the league and bleeds all things CFL.

Be careful on that descent from Mt. Stupid. Dunning-Kruger Land is unforgiving territory and very few can traverse the Valley of Despair. Best of luck. I hope you didn't pack too much tinfoil.

Ooh, ooh! I love making lists! Jake Gaudaur (1968-1984) Douglas Mitchell (1984 - 1988) Bill Baker / Roy McMurty (1989) J. Donald Crump (1990 - 1991) Larry Smith (1992 - 1997) John Tory (1997 - 2000) Michael Lysko (2000 - 2002) David Braley (interim) (2002) Tom Wright (2002 - 2007) Mark Cohon (2007 - 2015) Jim Lawson (interim) (2015) Jeffrey Orridge (2015 - 2017) Jim Lawson (interim) (2017) Randy Amrbosie (2017 - present) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Football_League#League_commissioners Haven't vetted the source because surprised if anyone cares about this lol.

Yeah but I am bored.

Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has made some interesting comments about Trump and his administration: "The world has watched in horror as an American president acts not as the leader of the free world but as a quack apothecary recommending unproven “treatments.” It has seen what “America First” means in practice: don’t look to the United States for help in a genuine global crisis, because it can’t even look after itself. Once there was the United States of the Berlin airlift. Now there is the image of the USS Theodore Roosevelt crippled by the virus, reports of the administration trying to take exclusive control of a vaccine being developed in Germany, and federal intervention to stop the commercial sale of personal protective equipment to Canada. The world has been turned on its head." https://www.alternet.org/2020/05/the-world-has-watched-in-horror-ex-australian-prime-minister-torches-trumps-coronavirus-response/

No it hasn’t hypocrite, here’s my 39 hard hitting journalistic sources to prove otherwise with none of my personal opinions attached.

#DonaldTrumpIsTheTypeOfGuy : Lots more in this trend.

Is that the Canadian Receiver Emergency Benefit? ...I'll see myself out.

Wait, so you mean the Democrats launched an investigation without knowing 100% what they would find? *looks up dictionary definition of investigation* Sounds right to me?

NO! It's all the commissioner's fault all the time. Come and rage with us. Shout at a cloud! It's fun!

You truly are a dumb ****..... Here let me show you why this is pure idiocy. Humans and chimpanzees share 96% of their genome. Must be practically the same species! You want an example of something that shares about 80%? Cows. See why that is crap logic now?

I see that as part of the problem in today's society. If someone is racist, homophobic, or say, anti - semitic, that is viewed as inappropriate and is usually dealt with severely. Yet, other offensive things, such as in this case degrading women and teammates, are seen as less serious, because so many people do it and it is an ingrained part of certain cultures. Hopefully people get to a point where they are just disgusted with themselves.

And obviously global warming/climate change is a hoax because it snowed in Brandon last night.

Oh yeah well if it's so proven how come no one went to jail? Huh tell me that smart guy.

Because fox News is known for their impartiality...

There are NHL teams they lose money too. There is a wide gap in the cfl between haves and have nots. I think it’s three teams currently they lose the bulk of the money but they are critical for the national tv contract which allows the league to survive.

Agree. And sorry if this has already been addressed in this thread but why not present a true united front when meeting with the Federal Government for financial assistance? i.e., put current differences aside and have the Commissioner, the CFLPA President and a CFL owner rep present as one voice with a well laid out plan when seeking assistance from the federal government. If the Commissioner believes the CFL potentially could fold, then push all your individual differences aside, all hands on deck. What complexity am I missing because without a league everything else is moot.

get out

Canada needs the CFL. Besides the NHL, we have no other professional sports identity. No, curling doesn't count. There should be no doubt the government bails out the league. Imo, of course.

Be well TLB. We’re with you.

No, I just don't blather on ad nauseam about how terrible he is every time Ambroise's name gets mentioned. Ya, we get it, Randy's no Sydney Halter

I don't understand how people can be so dumb as to not understand why 99.9% of the population are doing something......

WE ARE TAKING UNPRECENDETEND STEPS TO CURB THE INFECTION! YOU CAN NOT USE THE NUMBERS AFTER TAKING STEPS AND THEN SAY IT WAS NO BIG DEAL!!!

The only good Beausejour restaurant is in Selkirk.

If anyone cares, Fauci was the second gunman on the grassy knoll and responsible for Princess Diana's death as well.

Don’t fall for conspiracy about Dr. Anthony Fauci, hydroxychloroquine IF YOUR TIME IS SHORT An article published by a website run by an anti-LGBTQ political organization claims Dr. Anthony Fauci knew in 2005 that hydroxychloroquine was effective against human coronaviruses. The article cites a 2005 study that found a related drug, chloroquine, could inhibit the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. There is no known treatment, cure or vaccine for the novel coronavirus or SARS. While some early research suggests hydroxychloroquine could treat COVID-19 symptoms, other studies have found no discernible effect See the sources for this fact-check A widely shared conspiracy theory on Facebook alleges that Dr. Anthony Fauci is knowingly advocating against a treatment for the novel coronavirus. An April 27 article says the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has known since 2005 that hydroxychloroquine, a drug used to treat conditions like lupus and arthritis, is effective against coronaviruses like the one that causes COVID-19. "Dr. Anthony Fauci, whose ‘expert’ advice to President Trump has resulted in the complete shutdown of the greatest economic engine in world history, has known since 2005 that chloroquine is an effective inhibitor of coronaviruses," reads the article. "How did he know this? Because of research done by the National Institutes of Health, of which he is the director." The source of the article is One News Now, a website operated by the American Family Association, a Christian fundamentalist nonprofit founded by Mississippi pastor Donald Wildmon. The Southern Poverty Law Center has classified the political organization as an anti-LGBTQ hate group. One News Now’s article was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.) It has been shared more than 27,000 times. (Screenshot from One News Now) Despite being one of the most trusted coronavirus experts in the United States, Fauci has been the target of several conspiracy theories about his handling of the pandemic — particularly since he tempered expectations for hydroxychloroquine during a March press conference. So we wanted to check out this article, too. There are several things wrong with the One News Now story. First: The article relies on a 2005 study about the effect of chloroquine on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, more commonly called SARS. Chloroquine is chemically similar to hydroxychloroquine, but it is a different drug and is primarily used to treat malaria. Both drugs pose risks for people with heart problems. The One News Now story claims the journal that published the study is "the official publication of Dr. Fauci’s National Institutes of Health." That’s inaccurate. While the 2005 study has been indexed by the NIH’s National Library of Medicine, it was published in the peer-reviewed Virology Journal. The journal is produced by BioMed Central, a United Kingdom-based for-profit publisher. The study’s authors worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, and the study was funded by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. We reached out to the NIH for more context, but we haven’t heard back. FEATURED FACT-CHECK Facebook posts stated on April 12, 2020 in a Facebook post Says Michigan COVID-19 order bans gardening and the sale of vegetable seeds and fruit. By Tom Kertscher • April 15, 2020 Second: The study does not suggest that hydroxychloroquine could be effective at treating or preventing COVID-19, as One News Now claims. "HCQ functions as both a cure and a vaccine," the website wrote. "In other words, it’s a wonder drug for coronavirus." This is inaccurate — there is no cure or vaccine for SARS or the novel coronavirus. While some studies have found that hydroxychloroquine could mitigate some of the symptoms associated with COVID-19, other research has found no such effect. With more than 50 studies in the works, as well as an NIH clinical trial, it’s too soon to say whether the drug is a viable treatment for the coronavirus. The 2005 study found that chloroquine — not hydroxychloroquine — was "effective in inhibiting the infection and spread of SARS CoV," the official name for SARS. The research was conducted in "cell culture conditions," meaning the drug was not administered to actual SARS patients. The authors wrote that more research was needed on how the drug interacts with SARS in animal test subjects. "Cell culture testing of an antiviral drug against the virus is only the first step, of many steps, necessary to develop an antiviral drug," said Kate Fowlie, a press officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in an email. "It is important to realize that most antivirals that pass this cell culture test hurdle fail at later steps in the development process." RELATED: Hydroxychloroquine and coronavirus: what you need to know Finally: Fauci could not have known in 2005 that hydroxychloroquine was a potential treatment for COVID-19. Available evidence shows that the novel coronavirus first emerged in Hubei Province, China, in November. While the novel coronavirus is similar to SARS in some respects — both are human coronaviruses that originated in bats, cause respiratory illness and spread through coughs and sneezes — they are different diseases. COVID-19 has infected more than 3.5 million people worldwide compared to the 8,000 who were sickened during the 2003 SARS outbreak. While SARS cases are generally more severe, scientists believe that COVID-19 is more transmissible. As One News Now notes, the novel coronavirus and SARS have a 79% genetic similarity and use the same "host cell receptor," meaning they infect people in similar ways. But that doesn’t mean the findings of the 2005 study apply to COVID-19. "Whether chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine are of value for treating infections with the different, but related, SARS-CoV-2 virus cannot be answered by the data in the 2005 study," Fowlie said. Our ruling One News Now wrote that Fauci "has known for 15 years that chloroquine and … hydroxychloroquine will not only treat a current case of coronavirus but prevent future cases." The website cited a study that has to do with SARS, not the novel coronavirus. It was published in 2005 in Virology Journal, which is not the "official publication" of the NIH. While the study found that chloroquine helped inhibit the spread of SARS in cell cultures, those results do not suggest that the drug is an effective treatment for SARS or COVID-19. As of now, there is no approved treatment or vaccine for either coronavirus. The One News Now article is inaccurate. We rate it False. Our Sources Business Insider, "Dr. Anthony Fauci and Andrew Cuomo remain the most trusted leaders on coronavirus, while Donald Trump and Jared Kushner are the least trusted," April 30, 2020 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Information for Clinicians on Investigational Therapeutics for Patients with COVID-19, April 25, 2020 C-SPAN, President Trump with Coronavirus Task Force Briefing, March 20, 2020 Email from Kate Fowlie, press officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, May 6, 2020 Healthline, "COVID-19 vs. SARS: How Do They Differ?" accessed May 5, 2020 National Institutes of Health, "NIH clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine, a potential therapy for COVID-19, begins," April 9, 2020 One News Now, "Fauci knew about HCQ in 2005 -- nobody needed to die," April 27, 2020 PolitiFact, "What early research actually says about hydroxychloroquine and the coronavirus," April 7, 2020 PolitiFact, "What we know about the source of the coronavirus pandemic," April 17, 2020 Southern Poverty Law Center, American Family Association, accessed May 5, 2020 Virology Journal, "Chloroquine is a potent inhibitor of SARS coronavirus infection and spread," Aug. 22, 2005 World Health Organization, Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Situation Report– 106, May 5, 2020

The challenges of formulating a plan: 1 )You don’t have an agreement with the PA on the basis of a reduction of the number of games. 2) Logistically planning requires a known fixed start up date as all arrangements work backwards from that...you don’t know a date. 3) you don’t know if provincially, regionally or in all the cities what the rules will be and if you will be able to hold games. 4) Will players entering the Country be required to self isolate for 14 days? Where and at who’s expense. 5) What will the requirements for testing of players, coaches and staff be ? Costs associated with that and justification to others who are unable to be tested. 6) what happens when a player, coach or staff member tests positive? Normal requirements are that that individual and anyone who has been in close proximity are required to self isolate for 14 days. 7) what is the projected lost revenue on the basis of a reduction in games, associated reduction in TV revenue, reduced revenue from social distancing in venues, reduced concession revenues. what are the projected increases in costs associated with all extra precautions that will need to be put in place? Those are just some starters that government will want factored in. It is understandable that they want a detailed business plan.

Also for some reason the amount of points a player scores (or value they bring to a team) also impacts how severe society looks at the punishment. It's easy to throw away a 4th liner like this guy... but if Ovie were to do the same... I guarantee the team and fans would be much less critical. Weird society.

It's easier to blame someone else for your lot in life than take responsibility for your own actions.

Most businesses still send bills in the mail, plenty of cheques too.

Myself? I like to ig, and I like to nore, but whenever I put them both together, people don’t pay attention to me.

Inconclusive. The predictions are for a polar bear population decline by the middle of this century - although it is nice that the bears had a good winter. As for the Dr, she is now free to write more for the Heartland Institute.

Seriously... just put him on ignore...

Certain people should stop trying to re-try the investigation. Trump was impeached for the same kind of thing. He's a crook. Funny that this guy claims he hates Trump and yet only digs for right wing propaganda to defend him. Its all over the internet They colluded (not a legal definition). And Trump did it in plain sight (asking the Russians for Hilary's emails). Tried to fire investigators, Stonewalled any effort to learn the truth he claims would exonerate him. Threatens to sue everyone who ever says anything bad but never does because he'd never survive a deposition. Refused to be questioned by the special counsel or congress (Clinton was questioned, more a man than Trump will ever be). Oh yeah and those 20+ allegations of sexual assault and harassment? Gonna sue them too...never did. Admitted on tape he assaults women whenever he wants to. Liked to hang out in teenage locker rooms to look at naked teen girls. Was accused of rape by his then-wife. Let me say it again, there is no defending this guy. No one ever said "I hate the KKK but their economic plan is great." If you stand with this guy, it can only be because you align with his values. Its reprehensible and gross.

The PA issue is going to be an enormous one. More than half of the contracted players and operations staff are American. Governments will not be funding those salaries. They might be willing to give some coverage to Canadians. There is way more complex than just asking for $150 million in a few installments. Until Ambrosie articulates some information on what the league has tried with partnerships that already exist I hope the Feds refuse to move on anything. There are many opportunities available to put the league on ice and reemerge when it is safe. If the government paid all the league essential costs that cannot be removed with operations not happening there is no way that adds up to $150 million for one season. Debt obligations of franchises outside of public facilities should not be considered IMO. If the private owners are bad operators even in 'good times' they can't use the pandemic as a bailout opportunity.

A minor quirk rectified... We all saw that on the CFL draft day special...

Dam Fox News, faking the congressional transcripts and the interview with MSNBC, just no level they won't stoop too.

A big whoopsie for Mr Walker. He dropped one...

I was just thinking about this last night. Thought he would have been a good one to pitch the CFLs case to the feds...

or maybe not for a long time to me it felt like a BBQ joint but I guess it isn't (what kind of BBQ joint has Fettuccine alfredo?)

This is rich...not you Rich,, but rich

I hear you, but I have to think that money is accounted for by the advertisers. Could be gone, but who knows? People (well most anyways) are aware of the draw that CFL football will bring on football-starved fans. It’s an interesting topic that I’m sure will be discussed further. A hail Mary? Get Khari and Milt on it. And now to watch the Bomber game.

https://tvline.com/2020/05/08/the-mandalorian-boba-fett-season-2-temuera-morrison/

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-lockdown-extends-britains-longest-run-without-coal-since-1882-11985130