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I disagree. The level of play is highest in the PFC. (Prairie Football Conference) The PFC, where the Rifles play, has proven to be the strongest division in the CJFL. The PFC champion won the national championship 7 of the past 10 years, and 15 of the last 20. The level of play is much stronger in the PFC than in the BCFC as demonstrated by playoff wins over the short, medium and long term. Furthermore, Winnipeg should have an advantage in that CJFL players can practice with CFL clubs, so the proximity is there. It's tougher in BC, where for example, it is a long road from the Okanagan Sun to Vancouver. The only advantage that the BCFC has is that their costs are lower, due primarily lower travel costs. Against that the Lions financially support all 6 junior team, while the Bombers only fund 1. (Primarily through a portion of 50/50 revenue) The advantage is the rights to 6 rosters worth of players compared to 1. BCs whole development system is more advanced than ours, even though their high school league plays American rules. BC and Saskatchewan produce far more CIS players than they should, Manitoba produces far less, although we are getting better. BCs junior league also has a following. They have a lot more money and a lot to offer their players in terms of scholarships and job placements depending on what players want and need. Good luck finding a dozen people who aren't related to Rifles players who care or attend their games. There's also some interest in Edmonton and the Saskatoon Hilltops. Everywhere else they play in front of crowds you could count by hand before the first series is over. The Quebec league is getting better too, and some interest in the Montreal suburbs.

Go Okanagan Sun go!!! Theo Deezar future BC Lions starting Quarterback. Hopefully, that would help us with the move to the West.

Code of conduct doesn't seem to mean much, clearly just a PR stunt in the wake of the Trevis Smith embarrassment. Pretty common in most professions for people to go on paid leave while a serious court case such as this is settled.

Had our Jets draft last night...I ended up with the game on the 19th, which I can't attend. So, if anyone is interested I'm offering up the Bomber tickets plus 2 P5 Jets tickets for the preseason game against the Wild for $200. That's about $70 less than face value for the 4 tickets.

More home games against the Riders= several hundred thousand more in gate revenue every few seasons.

The losses in 3 eastern markets are as big as the profits in Regina. Luckily they have 3 owners as of now who are willing to sign off on them. If Wetenhall died tomorrow, the Alouettes would be a big problem for the league. Same goes for the Argos with Braley. Young at least got a stadium built in Hamilton, so that should provide stability and a chance to make money. The league is very far from being out of the woods. The best hope for long-term stability is probably that MLSE takes on the Argos, and Molson takes on the Alouettes eventually. But those conglomerates don't operate charities, so it could be tough to find owners.

which is exactly why it's bullshit to move them now. Let's at least wait and see if any of the eastern teams get off life support before moving the Bombers yet again. With the new TV contract starting next year, none of the teams in the East should be on life support. That will hardly make a dent as the cap goes up, especially for teams like the Argos and Als that bleed money. The Ticats should be fine in the new stadium for awhile.

Hey everyone, I can't attend the game on the 20th. I'm selling my row 1 tickets for a little less than face value. PM me if interested.

I highly doubt the Crown would want to lay charges, especially very serious ones like aggravated assault, on Rider players unless there is a high likelihood of conviction, certainly a higher standard than they'd apply to the alleged gang members involved. They don't want or need media. Something happened, and they need to have a pretty good idea that there was intent to cause serious physical harm to someone (often use of a weapon) to proceed with aggravated assault charges. Safe to say they didn't grab the guy by the belt loops like the last Rider brought before the courts.

He can't block. I'd rather pay Sorensen half as much to not block anyone, at least he doesn't get carried to the QB by DT's regularly.

Most efficient thing in my opinion is every team gets two bye weeks. With one team per week getting a bye? Does this work with 18 games? One team will have to play 2 in a week in pre-season, another team will have to play 2 in a week regular season, otherwise it works with a 20 week season. So every 9th season you'll have a brutal week.

doesn't it make more sense to have divisions when the team is larger? also, I'm trying to think back to when Ottawa was in the league last time, was there a lot of byes with the odd number of teams? With 10 teams you would have 2 games against every team to get your 18 games. So no need to have a division. I think having 9 stable franchises will be enough of a struggle. Let's find the Argos a place to play first.

I wonder which punch they decided to fine him for. Picard was literally wrapping himself around Anderson every play.

They are very hesitant with public figures though, especially when they (the Crown) will face a backlash. It's not like the States where the prosecutors want all the attention they can get because they need to get elected. I wouldn't doubt that the crown in Regina have dodged pressing charges against Riders in the past.

Troy Mills. Bruce didn't do anything, just got his ass kicked.

The Crown waited 3 weeks and laid aggravated assault charges, so they believe the assault was committed with intent to severely injure or it was committed with a weapon. They were able to identify 2 out of a brawl. This won't be going away quickly. I honestly don't understand why Anderson is on that team just based on what he does on the field. He's getting picked on like crazy, I know the Rider fans think he's a big time playmaker, but that's gonna happen when you get targeted 12 times a game, plus he's just about the biggest assclown around, he doesn't intimidate anyone and embarrasses himself and his team by wasting his energy screaming at referees. This incident is just another example of a guy who can't keep his emotions in check.

I've got the 2x Muamba jersey in the new colours and I like it, but I don't understand why it is so tight. My 2x jersey in the old colours is big enough to drown in. The jersies are supposed to be the same size, yet there is a big difference between the sizing, so much so that the new jersey isn't even that comfortable to wear. I am hoping now that Wade is in charge, that he will be taking care of his fellow husky Bomber fans and correcting this oversight. Either increase the size of the 2X jersies or add a bigger size to the options. Reebok has made everything fitted for the last few years. Hockey jerseys too. I can understand for the players, don't know why for retail. Shush. more stuff needs to be fitted rather than made to accomodate fat people. Sigh. It's also the shoulders. I've got extremely broad shoulders that no amount of weight loss is going to fix. The jersies should be bigger. I've got the broad shoulders too but there's nothing that bugs me more than having something that fits across the shoulders and chest but is way way too big around the stomach... and I'm not even that thin either. I just feel like I'd need to weigh 300 pounds for this stuff to fit properly. I'm 6'6, so the fitted stuff Reebok puts out is usually too short for me, and they don't make tall sizes for jerseys. Jerseys used to be oversized wide and long, which meant I'd wear a shirt under it otherwise it felt like wearing a bed sheet, and could wear a jersey over a parka. No chance of getting one of those current jerseys over a parka, it wears more like a t-shirt. They make a lot of clothes for short fat people, but not much for taller people who aren't sticks.

I've got the 2x Muamba jersey in the new colours and I like it, but I don't understand why it is so tight. My 2x jersey in the old colours is big enough to drown in. The jersies are supposed to be the same size, yet there is a big difference between the sizing, so much so that the new jersey isn't even that comfortable to wear. I am hoping now that Wade is in charge, that he will be taking care of his fellow husky Bomber fans and correcting this oversight. Either increase the size of the 2X jersies or add a bigger size to the options. Reebok has made everything fitted for the last few years. Hockey jerseys too. I can understand for the players, don't know why for retail.

It's no different than any off-season. Ottawa will draft 3 players from each team in December, other than that everything is normal.

Is Simmons still here?

Ankle was why he wasn't drafted early. Pretty common injuries for OL, for 14 year olds to 34 year olds.

Wasn't he Toronto's starting RG for most of last season? He rotated with Eppele and Andrew Jones after Gagne-Marcoux got injured.

Just doesn't make sense. You can't drop a guy in to play centre who hasn't been here all season. Sorensen was bad enough at tackle and guard that BC cut him when they were literally running out of NI's, Wally commented that he can't move his feet well enough to play in the league. Parenteau is brutal at snapping the ball, last thing you need a shaky QB worrying about, and it's not just snapping it on the turf or over his head, putting it too low or too high but into his body throws everything off too. We'd immediately be weaker at two positions.

I don't know why. It's weird to me how everyone bases their impression of the offensive linemen in this league off reputation alone. Guys like Tim O'Neill, Jeff Keeping, Chris Van Zeyl, Justin Sorensen and Marc Parenteau have really stepped their game up and developed themselves into very serviceable players despite a lackluster start to their careers. On the flip side, guys like Dmitri Tsoumpas, Andrew Woodruff and Josh Bourke have seen a pretty decent drop off in play yet they're still treated like gold in the eyes of most fans. How Parenteau fits in that group I don't know. He played more in his early years than he has in his prime. He had multiple opportunities to win a starting job in both Saskatchewan and Toronto and flubbed it. I don't know how anyone can judge him above how he's been judged by coaches, because he rarely plays 2 games in a row. Parenteau's value is that he can play multiple positions at an average level. Sorensen has no ability to move laterally. He was smart enough to learn a new position that can mask his deficiencies. O'Neill has always been a savvy, scrappy interior lineman, not the most talented. Van Zeyl and Keeping are two of the most athletic OL in the league who were coached into players, kind of like what we've been hoping would happen with Greaves, but hasn't likely due to our poor coaching.

I'd like to see Volny start if Simpson is out. IMO he's a better every down back than Ford, and he can block. Ford is a speed guy.