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Man... I'm flying a long way to watch next week's home opener...... It feels like it'll be (hopefully??) night and day from this offensive nonsense....

I'm the biggest NI supporter you'll find but man... How do you keep Jake and Bennett on the roster right now?

Just wanted to take a second and shout out "The Councilor" Ted Wynin'..... Give em hell, Ted....

This is why so many starters are sitting tonight....

This is gonna be a thing for sure... Bless you sir.

Enjoy, DoD! Glad to see you back in the barn!

Just quoting this to say how much I love that Lund and Merc combo..... Whewwww. Gimme one.....

Team Cargo Shorts signed photos forever selling our on eBay and Amazon, I'm told......

Why is anyone trying to "Ya but..." the Riders shitty jerseys? Seriously... To hell with the Gappers.

Well this is literally the first I've heard of this....

that is a WILD depth chart for a final PS game AT HOME....... selling tickets for this one clearly not a concern.

Man zero reps with live bullets for Collaros and the O-1s seems like a recipe for a shitty game 1 June 6th .... All kinds of rusty.

I don't fault the league and TSN for at least trying to create some content... maybe we don't like how it's being done, but they're trying to create some buzz ahead of the season...

This is a fair question that I don't have an answer for.... Would love to talk to TSN football producers about it.

But they damn sure might let Schmeckel slide into Lawson's spot ....

We're getting CFLs video feed for sure... Basically the in house Jumbotron feed. But the ACTUAL production... Like using Dome Productions.... Is extremely expensive. I'm not saying the people who do in house production aren't good, but the actual broadcast technician crew is very costly.

Also, theme nights....

We have Petric at the home opener and I'm ******* pumped. Love those boys.

So just for what it's worth... Production of live sports is incredibly expensive for broadcasters and just not worth it unless you can charge really high ad rates. When TSN radio didn't get the last Jets rights, it was actually considered somewhat of a win, because they could still do the Pre/Intermission/Post stuff, and not have to worry about carrying the cost of the broadcast (which MOST people are watching on TV anyhow). So anyhow, for TSN... They can't charge high ad rates for the pre season broadcasts because there aren't enough people watching... And without the high rates, they can't afford the broadcast. And, no, even if you wanted to say "well if they did a better job then maybe more people would watch!!" people just wouldn't... It's pre season CFL... As much as we diehards love it, there's not that many viewers. Not enough to make it worth their while anyhow. And yes they are the league's partner so they are supposed to take some risk to support the league but they're still a business and it has to make business sense for them to do anything.

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Calgary way better than you think. Might finish second. Sask worse than you think. Don't be fooled by pre season. That's all I've got. Oh, and not a hot take but our season will be determined by health. Injury big seems to have hit hard and hit early this year. Hoping that's not a sign of things to come. If our core pieces play most or all of the season, we'll be alright.

Good little synopsis on where we're at through two weeks... Thanks, as always, to Our Man Tait....

I think Lawler is going to have a monster year if he and Zach stay healthy....