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Because there's this little thing called family life and Christmas. Lots of people sort of want to travel home for December. Not really hard to figure that sort of stuff out, and again, if you had read the article you'd have known that talks have been ongoing for a while now. I'm expecting that each side pretty much knows where the starting points are already.

Because with cap restrictions who in the world could you negotiate anything that might have impact on the 2018 budget, which is, for the most part, in the books already.

joyous nole y'all

My concern is for the receiver that has to catch that Hindenburg he's going to throw. Oh the humanity!

I'd suggest that a team from a metropolitan area as large as Toronto should see higher numbers that this when they play. An Argos game pulls in 503k. The average is 539k. If you take out Saskatchewan, which does tend to skew things a bit (easy to draw crowds when you are the only pro sport in the province), you still end up at an average of about 517k. The largest population center's team can't even manage average viewership. Yes, its numbers are not the lowest, but personally, I would have expected that if there really was a large fan base on TO, the numbers would have shown that, but they don't. For the TSN people, the real saving grace in that part of the province are the Tiger Cats. It's their viewership which seems to be the real driving force in Ontario

the numbers would disagree with you when you say solid. Average would be more like it, and again, when you consider the potential market, not all that great: Here’s a look at the TV ratings for the nine CFL teams compared to their 2017 numbers for the same number of games along with their attendance figures. http://3downnation.com/2018/09/21/cfl-ratings-report-team-team-look-season-far/ Here’s a look at the TV ratings for the nine CFL teams compared to their 2017 numbers for the same number of games along with their attendance figures. Team Average viewership Percentage change (2017) Attendance change (2017) SSK 717,958 +14.2 -1.5 EDM 571,583 -5.4 -3.8 HAM 555,675 +3.2 -0.6 CAL 543,183 +3.6 -5.9 WIN 540,258 -7.24 -3.0 TOR 503,473 +10.39 +4.2 B.C. 500,964 -2.28 -4.3 MTL 477,317 +17.1 -11.8 OTT 449,750 +5.3 -3.5

I've done that lots of times and each time you have an excuse. "oh that was joking" or "that was sarcasm" or "it's just my opinion". With all due respect, I know that you're never ever going to acknowledge you're trolling. It would violate the code.

The difference between you and him is you're not trolling. He seems to think that he can say what he wants and by adding "lol' he can act shocked at the response he gets (which he was hoping for in the first place), and that magically, he's protected.

Don't worry. 4 out of 3 people don't understand statistics anyway.

87.3 % of statistics are made up.

You insult the team & you insult Nichols. Don't see you doing that to their faces. Sauce for the goose my man, sauce for the goose

Oh, I don't know about that. I have a moniker for you that begins with the word "big"

Just don't get all man-crushy on him and start calling him "Big Huff".

Outstanding read. It's nice to be reminded of a part of the evolution in the game. Thanks so much for doing this.

I would also point out that while that is true, it would be obvious to anyone skilled in reading financial statements how the numbers were arrived at. What was being suggested here though was malfeasance without any evidence other than "some of my coffee buddies, who are really old too, say that they think there was shenanigans."

So insulting Nichols intelligence is ok, but you never insult the team? Oh wait, I forgot that you can say anything you want as long as you and "lol" at the end.

I would concur. Wild theories are entertaining at best and annoying at worst, but libel is another thing altogether. There should be zero tolerance for that sort of garbage.

Fitness trainer, I'm betting.

Maybe, his didn't? And he would still need his club's permission to talk. Maybe the Stamps decided to charge for the privilege?

I'm more curious as to what sort of sentence you were trying to build here.

It wouldn't be poaching. The Lions had to ask permission to talk with him and the Stamps had to grant it. I think that it's reasonable for a team, if they want someone off of another team's staff, to pay the other club. Don't see anything wrong with this at all.

The Lions are compensating the Stamps for allowing him to break the contract an leave. In theory, they could have said "non" and that would have ended it. Think of this as a cancellation fee.

You compare the Bombers to a broken down jalopy, but ya, you don't insult the club. With all due respect, you're full of ****. And remember I'm saying that with all due respect. Go Bombers !

Ever seen the movie "Talladega Nights"? You remind me of Ricky Bobby insulting his boss but prefacing it with "with all due respect" An insult is still an insult. Just like trolling is still trolling even if you type "Go Bombers !" afterwards.