SpeedFlex27

Sure, based on Fajardo's performance last season where he was a liitle Diva all season long.

He's not the worst player. He deserves to be paid what he's worth. The Randy Rule needs to go.

And therein lies the problem.

I would argue that it does as even if the 2 Global positions were split that would mean one at least 1 more Canadian player on a roster. That would mean between 9 & 18 jobs for Canadian players.

So was I. Not even a peep from the CFL. Over a hundred kids had to play football out of their area displaced. A lot didn't want to play anymore. Globals don't take away from Americans. They take Canadian positions.

My point is that it takes more than just a few players to garner interest internationally. The CFL has to market & market hard but we know they never will. Any resources spent should be spent in Canada first. Start by giving money to local football. A bantam team I helped start here in Calgary back in 2005 called the Falcons had their equipment stolen out of their storage shed about 3 years ago. Everything was taken. Thousands of dollars worth of equipment gone. The equipment was not insured because the club couldn't afford the premiums. A fund raising effort was started to replace the equipment but it felt well short. The team folded. Kids had to play elsewhere. Where was the CFL or the Stamps? You mean to say they both couldn't have donated the money needed to replace the stolen equipment?? I heard the amount need to replace helmets, shoulder pads & soft pads was between $25-30,000. Nope. Let's not help kids in a CFL community to grow the sport first. Let's talk about growing it in Europe, instead.

No one plays 3 down football in the world except Canada. Why would some player in Mexico want to play here? They'd only have one reason. For the expressed interest of getting to the NFL only. Now, we find out the CFL exploits these kids as cheap labour putting their bodies at risk for cheaper salaries than the very worst Canadian on every roster. AND... they can't make any more money as salaries are frozen when they develop. Like Thiadric Hansen. Americans have played up here since the 1930's. Thousands of players have come & gone from the US. Where's the big tv money so Americans can watch their players succeed in the CFL? There is no big money coming from the US. People down there don't watch 3 down football. Same in Mexico. Same in Germany. Same everywhere else. No one watches Canadian football. No one in Europe knows the league or the names of our teams. Having 6 Mexican, German or British players make the CFL won't ever bring in the money. It's just another story sold by Randy Ambrosie. If he truly wants to grow the game internationally then the CFL has to go into Mexico, Germany or wherever & start playing exhibition games so people can see it. That's the only way. Never happen.

July 1966. I witnessed the fire at St. Boniface Basilica. Watched the St B & Winnipeg Fire Depts vainly try to save the roof on that old church. My Dad's auto body shop was just a few blocks away on Marion Street right beside the Norwood Hotel. I happened to be at the shop when the fire started. Hearing the sirens, I walked down to see what was going on.

If a half dozen players from Germany & Mexico become very good CFL players then how is that going to equate to increase revenues for the CFL? If you live in Hamburg or Mexico City do you care? Explain how that is growing the Canadian game? This kind of reminds me of the lazy man's way to build a league. The Homer Simpson approach. Draft & sign a couple of Euros or Mexicans & then claim to have grown the game in their home countries with promises of increased tv revenues to come. With no actual promise of any money coming. Don't do the actual hard work like increasing visibility for the CFL by playing exhibition games over there.

If you feel that they deserve it then add Collaros/Streveler now as they'll probably never play together again.

Thge rot doesn't start at the bottom when it comes to the Jets. It starts at the top. Ownership on down. We saw that with Chevy & the scandal with the Blackhawks last fall. Instead of Chipman firing Chevy, he doubled down on how great an individual he is. That's where things start when a dowfall of an team starts. Players will take direction but when they see politics taking place along with favouritism as well as a lack of accountability within the Jets organization, it's no surprise this season turned out the way it did.

Garcia/Dickenson in Calgary Clements/Hufnagel for the Bombers. Joe Barnes/Hufnagel (J.J. Barnagel) in Sask. Ken Johnson/ Hufnagel in Calgary. Wilkinson/Lemmerman in Edmonton. Allen/ Dunigan in Edmonton. Sonny Wade/Jimmy Jones/Joe Barnes in Montreal Don Jonas/Tom Wilkinson in Toronto. Theismann/Barton in Toronto (1971 & 72). Bernie Faloney/Joe Zuger in Hamilton.

Feel bad for Stove. Don't feel bad for the Lions.

\ Middle Linebacker Aaron Brown #52.

His son, also named Ernie is my friend on Facebook. He told me that a movie of his father's life is in the making.

I actually think he broke that stats. Scored 51 goals in 50 games. So many great Bomber moments over the years... Hard to remember one or two that really stand out.

The Randy Rule. Free scarves for everyone.

Live? Well, let's see... Watching Bobby Hull score (something like) four goals to match Henri Richard's 50 goals in 50 games at the old Arena.

Hey La Nina, go shove it.

I wasn't comparing Drew to Joe Pop. Where did I ever say that? I was comparing where Joe sat in relation to the other 3 when they played just like Wolitarski does now. We don't know how good he actually is because he may only get one, two or 3 throws his way a game on average. The guy usually catches everything that comes his way, is fearless, tough & no one knows just how good he could be. I know there are fans like me who'd like to see him moved inside where he'd no doubt shine.

. You mean, like any number of Bomber threads that go sideways when you get involved? Lol... I keed. I keed.

Last year's Grey Cup win on the final play... It doesn't get any better than that. Secretariat winning.... Hell no.... DOMINATING... the Triple Crown in 1973. One of the greatest athletic achievements ever done... even for a horse. New York Jets defeating the Baltimore Colts 16-7 to win SB3 & hasten the merger of the AFL & NFL. The Montreal Canadiens knocking off the heavily, heavily, heavily favoured Boston Bruins in the first round of the 1971 Stanley Cup Finals. The inexperienced Americans knocking off the Soviet Union to win gold in hockey at the Lake Placid Olympic Games in 1980. Bob Labonte's burnt rock at the 1972 Silver Broom allowing Canada (Orest Meleschuk) to steal a single point in extra ends to win the world curling championship. Team Canada winning the 8 game "Summit Series" with the Soviet Union in 1972. Seeing that poor ski jumper fall every week for years. How can he live it down if ABC won't let him? Lol.... People used to talk about the guy all the time. This is the actual footage with commentary of the incident.

Okay, "The Agony Of Defeat"....

Who was a better receiver, Joe Popawski, Jeff Boyd, Perry Tuttle or James Murphy? I'd say that Joe Pop was probably the #4 receiver in that group. Probably the slowest & maybe even had the worst hands although that could be argued as he made many, many incredible clutch & sure handed grabs as did the others. And yet, Joe Pop reached a thousand yards receiving or was pretty damned close every year he played. It didn't matter if he was #1 or #4. he produced because he was given the chance, something Wolitarsky has not been allowed to do.

I just answered based on the perameters of your question.