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"well, the Flames are the NHL....a major pro sport! ....the CFL is barely a step above CIS...it's not even as good as NCAA! ....Most NCAA teams would beat the best CFL teams....CFL doesn't matter!" - things Calgarians regularly say

somewhere in this thread, there was a discussion about whether Jones would stay with the young Zacharias team, and I was adamant they were staying together because all teams were in on a 4 year deal for the Oly Quadrennial. I want to apologize for the hard line stance on that. I'm not sure what's happening with Jones/Zach, but I've since learned that this past year was a trial (pardon the pun) run for all teams and that no commitments were made for anyone beyond this year. Next year is when they start handing out berths to the 2025 Oly Trials, so a lot of teams are/will be mixing it up for next year......

Hamilton, under the Caretaker, also does a decent job, I think. Ottawa has been doing a good job since day 1. Sounds like the new guy in Montreal is going to be doing a lot. So it's Calgary and Toronto that really do next to nothing. SF27 is off his nut in a lot of posts lately, but he's right that the Stamps ownership group is just AWFUL at marketing the team, the population of Calgary doesn't give a **** about the Stamps, the stadium is garbage and is a bit of a pain to get to (tho at least there's the c-train). There's a lot of changes that need to be made to the Stamps to make them relevant again.

the pre-game tailgate at the stadium is a lot of fun. Our pre-game usually starts at Stone Angel for GOOD beer, but we always end up at the tailgate area for at least a half hour before we head in to our seats. It really is a great time every time at the ol' barn (and the winning doesn't hurt, either...)

Time zones, horrible ice conditions, weird rocks.... No excuses because everyone had to deal with it and the back end (Val and Kerri) were not good for most of the week. Shitty way to end the season yet again.

"Smithers... I'm starting to think that Homer Simpson isn't the brilliant tactician I thought he was..."

regardless of what team you root for, this is what you want to see from the face of the NHL:

More than fair - IMO there's nothing better.....

same with the fencing events in the summer Oly's.... real angry about that, apparently....

now THIS is the biggest issue.....TSN especially.

So, I've seen a TON of combine content online......not LIVE videos, but there's been a ton of pictures and vids from the various events that I've seen online. I'm not on TikTok (what in the **** is that even...??) but everything else has had stuff on it from the combine. Not articles, but pics and vids...... so it's not that they're doing NOTHING....it's just not LIVE COVERAGE....

You need representation for all people..... how can you accomplish that with a government that could fit in a box? We're a nation of nearly 40 million people. As we've learned, there are a great many differences between the populations of each province, and even WITHIN each province.... I don't understand how you can represent everyone's wishes with the government you propose......

Again, though, fellas...we're the diehards....of course we'd watch it. You're telling me though that it's a mistake to not stream it because they need to reach the people that they're not already reaching........ why would those people watch a CIS combine??

are there actually people (aside from the already-diehards) that would care to watch a live stream of this stuff??

Thank goodness.... that's what civilized society is about.

always, with him. Madani is just so angry at the CFL..... he and ISO/SF27 are cut from the same cloth. Irrationally angry. I've enjoyed the content on their website, regardless of whether or not events are streamed. There's been lots to read about.

I love that so very very much....

the only issue with the ratio....and I say this loosely because I don't know enough about CIS football.........is if we get a 10th team, and therefore need an extra-team's-worth of NI players, how diluted will the talent pool be? Again, I don't know enough about how good CIS is these days and maybe there's enough guys out there to fill a 10th team with quality NIs.......but I have a feeling we might need to reduce the ratio by one or something, just so we don't dilute the talent pool too thin.

as long as I live, I will never understand libertarianism.... it's a serious lifestyle choice in Alberta, but I do not get it. It's like people do not understand how to function as part of a society.

Sunny Ways!!

I can not figure out how an NHL PP can actually be this bad....it defies logic.

Ignoring all the truly awful takes in this thread....here's some great content from Our Man Tait ahead of the combine this week: https://www.bluebombers.com/2023/03/21/i-cant-wait-to-get-started-cfl-combine-preview/?fbclid=IwAR2QjeGYnWBcNE_J6OrNMqA3cfxs5fW4fR5psCqAuTuwP2VxKrUpenEubzI

especially athletes who talk about mental health issues.... of all the ******* things to be mad about, in this day and age.