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Yup. Told my buddy I don't have to worry about being up late at this rate! Still lots of game left though. Very thankful for the CBA news tonight, at least there's something to be happy about.

My current feelings can be summed up with one character on repeat: ******* ******* *******.

This. "Creative Accounting" can and does happen (the Washington Commanders latest scandal is a current example). It's easy to see why the players would want open books.

Tomorrow is the 1st day the Alberta players can officially go on strike like the other teams but it looks they are choosing not to. This is after they voted 99% in favour of striking... so much for solidarity between players. https://3downnation.com/2022/05/17/stamps-elks-may-practice-on-wednesday-instead-of-going-on-strike-report/

I doubt it. Moxies and Shark Club have the same owners so I'm guessing when they say "join us", they are referring to other locations/restaurants owned by Northland Properties.

That remains to be seen - Steamboat is 69 and hasn't wrestled since 2010, so he might look great but lets see how that translates to the ring. That being said, it's not a singles match so their actual in ring time will be fairly limited I'm sure. It's reportedly going to be a 6 man tag with Flair teaming up with FTR to take on Steamboat & the Rock N Roll Express & Steamboat. The Express are up there in age as well (63 & 65) but at least they've stayed somewhat active.

Not every team has a rep in the negotiation process. It's Wade & Hamilton's Scott Mitchell who are handling the league's side of things. https://3downnation.com/2022/05/05/cfl-wants-to-eradicate-canadian-ratio-in-cba-proposal-to-players-association/

Yep, players from every team are doing this (afaik). It's just about being ready when things do get settled. Players for the Bombers & Riders especially want to be ready as there is still a pre-season game scheduled in a week. If that doesn't get cancelled, they'll have an even shorter window to prepare.

Florida man with drugs around penis denies they were his. https://mynbc15.com/amp/news/nation-world/florida-man-with-drugs-around-penis-denies-they-were-his-12-23-2021

If those are the only three issues holding up a deal, the CFL should be willing to work with the CFLPA. Those seem like fairly reasonable asks, IMO.

Can't think of the Hammer or Lambo/Lamborghini at the moment but the rest seemed pretty straight forward. How'd I do?

I'm hoping having DT here will improve what we hear coming out of camp (main camp at least). I've seen Rider fans asking him who they should follow for their camp updates now that he's gone so I assume he was adding some value for their fanbase.

No Troypod?

DT had tweeted that one of the receivers was on crutches after Day 1 - no names mentioned though and I haven't seen anything else. Might be hard to keep track of with all the new names here for rookie camp.

Rory definitely came to mind when I saw Jay Detain!

I switched to Zevia last year. A number of their flavours are great... Their root beer can easily pass for A&W's. Double post.

Riders bring back Charleston Hughes. Would have been news a few years ago but now...

Yeah you have to take anything from 3DN with a grain of salt but he was at the bottom of their list (15th of 15 OL ranked). Ferguson, in his final mock draft, had him as a 7th round pick so being picked up after the draft as a FA doesn't seem too far off.

See you later Priester since he was released? Here's what 3DN had on Sanford going into the draft:

Pure speculation on my part but their current location has ample parking that allows them to hold BBQ competitions (as they did this weekend). The Tony Roma's location would also allow for this so I wonder if that's a reason for them looking at that spot. It would be harder to find that much room closer to downtown I suspect.

Do they still have a spot on William Ave in the Exchange? I went there a few times (pre-pandemic) and it was always great food.

Famous Dave's is pretty dead these days, from what I've seen. The few times I've been, the food has been hit or miss. I was actually at Bigg Smoak's out in Steinbach on Saturday and their food was amazing. They are also very connected to the local BBQ/Smoking community (running classes & holding competitions) so they have a decent following already. Whether or not that will translate to support for a second location is anyone's guess though.

Shocked he got up and was able (or even allowed) to stand while Chandler got his hand raised.. He was down for quite a while.

At a very early age, I learned a relative was playing for the Oilers (he played from the end of the WHA until midway through the dynasty) so I was born into it and never left. I've always cheered for the Jets against every other team too though so I definitely don't have a issue with having two teams.