SpeedFlex27

Some bias? More like complete bias. Very few Canadians would be starting in the CFL if any, if there are no ratio rules. So, you'll get your wish with no Canadian qbs. As well as no other positions played by Canadians as well.

More likely catching some rays in some place warm. He's nearly 30.

Sure, tell an American coach who has spent little or no time in this country as a coach with no ratio to adhere to on his team that a football player from Dauphin, MB is better than a football player from Lincoln, Nebraska. Where Americans have better coaching & competition they'll keep a Canadian over an American.

So, on a CFL team, we'll have 36 Americans, 7 Canadians & 2 Internationals. Yeah, that'll grow the game for sure in this country.

But you are for taking out Canadians. You said you wanted to see the ratio eliminated which means Canadians won't play if teams aren't mandated to do so. Kids in high school won't play football if they have little or no chance to play in the CFL. Which means football at the U Sports level will dry up. These Canadian players that are getting chances to play in the NFL today coming out of U Sports won't have that chance anymore because most won't be offered NCAA scholarships. Football will cease to be a serious organized sport in this country. That's why the Canadian ratio in the CFL is so important even if guys like Jeff Hecht play.

He's been doing it so long that he can no longer discern where reality is & crossing the line into fantasy. Just a blur to Slaughter.

As I said, they won't be the best players. Far from it. Be careful what you wish for. This is a uniquely CANADIAN league. Canadian players are a huge part of the history & also part of the fabric of the CFL. Some Canadians were part of the best players who ever played. You take that out of it & the league may not survive.

You won't have the best players playing. That's a fallacy. It'll be guys who were out of the NFL unemployed. Or college players not good enough to play anywhere. Some will be good. Others won't be. You saw the AAF last year. The CFL will become that. Attendance will be affected because most fans will be upset Canadians don't play anymore. Perhaps the tv contract with TSN is affected too because the CFL doesn't play Canadians. A significant percentage of fans would not watch the CFL anymore. Salaries will fall with cheaper & younger American players. With no more Canadian players, the rules will become 4 down football. Lots of possible fallout if the ratio is removed.

Not all these guys will make it. Most will be cut in training camp.

When the CFL floated its idea of 5 Canadian starters before the CBA negotiations last year the negative reaction was huge. Any reduction of Canadian players would be met with negative opposition.

What do you think the reaction would be across the country if the ratio was eliminated? Think about it.

And I agree. What I'm saying if a kid from a Canadian university has the tools then why not try to develop him like we do other positions. I'm not saying Canadian qbs should start. I'm saying give teams a reason to legitimately try. No guarantees.

No, but it at least levels the playing field a bit.

You know, I believe that Canadian qbs should be developed but I'm not going to keep defending my opinion on every anti Canadian qb poster here who doesn't agree. It's my opinion & time to move on.

What does Ryan Bomben so close to being a Bomber mean?

Went to Popeyes here in Calgary this evening to get dinner. Totally underwhelmed. Chicken wasn't very tasty. Man, I thought KFC was expensive!

Wouldn't that be something if the shoulder troubles persist for Mitchell & Arbuckle develops into a good qb?

This thread has not aged well.

Make Canadian qbs count against the ratio like other positions. That way another American can start elsewhere. Just like starting a Canadian RB a la Andrew Harris would help. What's it called? Oh yeah, a "ratio breaker".

Okay, this comment really rubs me the wrong way. How is supporting Canadian qbs getting a chance to play in the CFL all of a sudden about me wanting my son to have more playing time? It's not my kid we're talking about here. He hasn't played since 2015. You don't know me at all or anything about me as a parent. You don't know what my relationship was with his coaches at the junior, JUCO or university level when he played. The way I interpret your words, I must have been obviously a whiney & controlling parent that tried to force coaches to get my son more playing time. Sorry to disappoint. But I wasn't like that. My son had to fight for his playing time with the Rifles, then his JUCO team & at SFU. I never once called his coaches demanding he play more when he didn't. With the Rifles, as an 18 year-old rookie he started the first two games of his PFC career. Opening game of the season against the Hilltoppers in Saskatoon he threw 3 td passes in his very first game at Gordie Howe Bowl but also two pick 6's & lost. The following week in a monsoon at Canad Inns Stadium, his second start was a miserable one as he threw 4 pick 6's vs the Edmonton Wildcats. The Rifles lost something like 66-21. After the game he was demoted to #3 qb & never played again that season. The HC ripped him a new one in the Winnipeg Free Press after the game saying he'd never start for him again. My son wasn't aware of the HC comments until he read them in the paper the next day as the HC never spoke with him. Matter of fact, Coach never spoke to him the rest of the season. Wouldn't even say hello. Just put his head down & always walked by him. At the end of September he called me & asked if he could quit the team as he was homesick. I told him to stick it out. That he never quit anything in his life & he wasn't about to start now. That quitting when the going got tough would mean it would be easier to quit again the second, third & fourth time around when the going got tough in life. Do you have any idea how hard it was for me to tell him that he couldn't quit when he was upset, crying & begging to come home??? Plus having his mother angry with me as well when I said no?? He said okay he'd stay but slammed the receiver in my ear & didn't speak or text me for another month. I never called his Head Coach. I never made waves. I wanted him handle the situation like an adult. He ended up staying that season, going back the next & splitting the starting qb position with a teammate who also had a very good year. He actually was having a decent second season splitting the qb duties until he broke his collarbone in Regina. Making him stay, face adversity & whatever happened all by himself, far away from home for the first time in his life helped him grow up & develop a much tougher skin. The HC never spoke to him again that season. Turned out he didn't speak to half the team, alienated most of the players & was fired when the season ended. The moral of the story is I never interfered as a parent with any coaches. I never whined to his HC or complained to the Rifles President about being demoted or being ignored when I easily could have. When he got to California & then SFU it was the same deal. Any problems he told me about, I stayed out of & let him handle things on his own. Besides, had I ever called his coaches he'd have been upset & told me to mind my own business. So, WBBFanWest, this has nothing to do about me as a parent thinking I knew more than his coaches wanting him to play so you're way off base. Oh & you should know based on my son's performance at the CFL Regional Combine in Edmonton in March 2016, he got a tryout with the Lions & threw for both Wally & Khari Jones in early May. He had suffered a severely torn hamstring two months before while training for the Combine & couldn't run in Edmonton & struggled to do so at the Lions practice facility in Surrey. He was timed by the Lions in the 40 at 5.2 seconds when he normally ran a 4.7. He told me that when he did his forty he felt like his hammy was going to explode so he was scared to run any faster. His 40 time was a huge disappointment. He never told the Lions he was injured. That probably led to his not going further with them or any other chances with any CFL team. So, his playing days were over. Things didn't end the way he wanted them to playing wise but now he coaches & he's happy doing that. He's married, living in Seattle & just got his Green Card. Life goes on. I'm just advocating for Canadian qbs. This has nothing to do with my son so please leave him out of the discussion from this point on.

I think I already answered that question. If a kid has legit skills then give him a legit chance

RIP Neil Peart. One of the greatest drummers ever. He died much too young.

Joe Critchlow was a great Blue Bomber.

There are qbs in U Sports who can play but need a chance to develop. But simply saying they can't is painting every qb with a wide brush. I don't agree with your assessment. Now when I say develop a Canadian qb I don't mean every one on every team in U Sports. However, if a player shows potential he should get the chance. Maybe that's 1 qb every 3 to 5 years. Like the 2 Canadian qbs on the Argos roster from Laval & UBC. Perhaps Chris Merchant from Western. They should get a legit shot at making a CFL team. As far as producing quick dividends developing Canadian OL that has sure proven to be wrong. Look how long it took Michael Couture to become a starter & Goosen before him. Every team has OL from U Sports that took years to develop. It's not easy nor is it a given these OLwill become CFL starters.