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Poor comparison. Poor, bitter comparison.

Extended him last season IIRC.

I dunno... having his future paycheque down south dependant on a monster year in 2019 seems pretty good to me. He went about it in the worst way possible, but it was always going to end this way with an improved deal for this season and a wink and a nod to leave next winter. We get a guy who legit has a shot at 2000 from scrimmage and he gets to pad his resume and make $130k. Not the best deal for either side, but it's liveable.

You bringing the video camera and coke?

That's a bit unfair. Big physical kid with a good attitude. Ran the short yardage packages with elan.

Also known as "How to get your ride F'd with after a bad game in the rectangle".

I think a handsome poster typed words to that effect while people were planning Ray's retirement party and succession plan back in the first week of January.

If ever there was a forum that was begging to be Morning Big Blue'd, there it is.

Not a "wow" at all. He was always coming back.

That's genius!

He isn't exaggerating much. The Argo's practice "facilities" have been pretty dreadful for awhile. I doubt it stays that way though with MLSE in charge and better organizational cohesiveness. EDIT: And while I will express my support for Butler being able to sabre rattle and try to get a better deal or a release in the same way that I did for JWJ... if I were in charge of the Argo's player personnel I'd double JWJ's salary to get him back in but I'd let Butler sit. Reality check: import D-Linemen, even elite ones (which Butler was sporadically) are easy to find... RBs who have everything JWJ does are very rare.

We used to have 1 year contracts. It did serious harm to the league.

Or maybe his old man or his agent have enough money to float him a loan for a year while he trains and his agent networks. Nobody is saying he's off to go be a sandwich artist or work the lumber aisle at home depot... just that not risking his health for a year is an actual option for him and the Argos had better respect that.

That's a hit.

Into a rookie one? Doubt it. But I guess you could try.

Could you please be more specific...? I have 6 Cup Wins to choose from since your last...

So did the Argos. And having a 6'2, 235 pounder with breakaway speed who can run inside or outside of the tackles, block and run a route and catch a ball sit out their season because they don't want to give him something closer to market value for his potential 1k/1k production just to accomplish what...? Prove a point of principle? No. Our principle always has been and always ought to be: winning the Grey Cup.

Well, I would say that he obviously wants to be able to provide for them. So having more money now in exchange for the risk he takes of losing a chance at a far larger paycheck to secure his kids' futures makes bloody good sense to him. But you knew that.

It is a pittance. Woefully inadequate. And he'd need it to last for a year.

Welcome to the GTA. And it's 6 months.

Right. Nothing is certain. Which is why sitting out a season of starvation wages to avoid 150 carries and 70-100 catches and all of the blocks that could end his, let's be real, not all that far-fetched possibility at an NFL job is his most sensible course unless the Argos pony up the dough and promise him an escape next season. You'll note that I'm taking a player's side against my own club here...

Be fair. It isn't a Big Head scenario to not want to risk, say for example, an ACL for $45k USD, when he could make more than quintuple that even at an entry level deal in the NFL. And no, I wouldn't play for $50k either.

Or anywhere else that he lined up. 122 carries, 34 of which were over 10 yards, 7 of which were over 20, 7.1/ypc. And for all intents and purposes, he only started his season in week 13... No other rusher is in his tier.

Yeah... and if another player who isn't of JWjr's stature tries it, they're welcome to sit.

Can't speak for BC... but MLSE owns us now, so...