WBBFanWest

I get that the stadium is a no go, but for me, the fact that they clearly put ZERO thought into what they could do for the fans and that, initially at least, thought that simply closing the practices to the public was the best option tells me that Wade better have a long hard talk with the tall foreheads that are in charge of this sort of stuff, because really, it is nothing less than a huge middle finger to their hard core fans. "It's only for a year" is just garbage. Have a plan that respects the people that pay the freight. How hard is that?

We say that a lot around these parts.

Cue the Bombers PR department to tell us how... a) The proposed plan is a great one If you just relax and accept it it will go much easier c) We really respect you

So it's been used for high school games and an under 16 tournament. I can totally see why a professional football TC is almost the same thing.

And the crowd goes wild...

I'm temporarily holding out hope that my trip can be saved if they come up with some sort of answer to the seating problem, but I'm not particularly excited at this point. Was REALLY looking forward to chilling in the sunshine at IGF for a weekend... Me too. Part of the attraction was the ability to sit in the stands at IGF and drink it all in. But if the plan is "bring your own chair" and park beside a pasture, no thanks. I really feel bad for the players though, for a lot of the US based ones, I'm thinking that the last time they would have had practice conditions like this would have been high school, maybe. But anyway let's hear it for women's soccer...

Well, for the first time, I was planning on making a trip to Winnipeg specifically to attend a day or two of TC. sigh... well, I guess I saved a bit of money.

The players who are in the supplemental draft weren't able to prove they qualified as a national in time for the main draft. Much obliged, m'Lady

For the less informed (like me) can someone explain the supplemental draft? How does a player become eligible for it? Why weren't they on the regular draft. Stuff like that. I think I have an idea on how the picking goes, but I'm clueless as to how these people end up there.

Having studied at the Sherlock Holmes School if CFL contract negotiations, let me see if I can sleuth this out: 2<3 therefore NFL

You don't want the other Argo fan to find out?

I thought they were dueling hand puppets

Thankfully, in this country you do have freedom of speech (within limits), but you do not have freedom from consequence.

Hope things work out for him. Football is fun, but life is life.

What else can he say. Not great for the career to say you hate the team that drafted you. I might have said something like this, "I always wanted to play in the CFL in the worst way. Now I can." I'm betting none of the flat billies get it.

But if was Saskatchewan, that player would forever and a day be my hero (and not just the sandwich kind either)

Mike doesn't know as much as a lot of you guys think he does. Some of you guys treat him like he knows everything. He sure thinks he does, but he really doesn't. Do you really think that many of us care about what one anonymous internet posters thinks about the credentials of another anonymous internet poster. Because if you do, stand by for disappointment. Most of us here, as far as I can tell, just want to talk Bombers and have a little fun while doing it, and try to keep the douchebag quotient as low as possible. So maybe you should not worry about what we think about others because you might have other things that should concern you more.

Seems that the League responded quickly (not too surprisingly) http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/khalif-mitchell-alouettes-lineman-fined-for-anti-semitic-tweets-1.3074814

Something something dark side... something something draft

gotta be fullback... 6'2 240 is not a RB in the CFL, usually not anyway... I remember someone saying in the draft chat that he could be a Rob Cote or Rolly Lumbala type player... which we need... About the same size of Patrick Lavoie 6.02 640 and Jerome Messam. 6.03 245. I have to say, a 640 lb running back must take a while to get up a full head of steam, but once he does...

This is what a real hero looks like:

For anyone who feels they deserve it, please feel free to make it your avatar:

A very good quote..worth repeating. There is absolutely no reason to worry about "what might have been"...when in fact, we should be thinking "what can be". Ask not what your draft can do for you, but what you can do for your draft. He who drafts last drafts best. A draft in the hand is worth two in the bush

Got to broaden his horizons a bit. We'll just introduce him to the concept of dating girls that you're not related to. Sure, there's that awkward "getting to know them" stage that you don't have with cousins, but on the plus side, if you decide to have kids, there no "What in the world...?" from the doctor during delivery.

A very good quote..worth repeating. There is absolutely no reason to worry about "what might have been"...when in fact, we should be thinking "what can be". Ask not what your draft can do for you, but what you can do for your draft.