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I'm curious on why Ambrosie has not formally made any sort of announcements in relation to this?

Jeff Skinner is getting 9 million this season... Okposo with 6 million... those guys have 4 goals between the two of them.

Sounds very risky to me

Just brutal I feel bad for the fans. What's crazy is that they have only two players with more then five goals ... The Jets have nine!

It varies every year but it still usually sells 5-7 million copies while back in that era it was closer to 10 million. It's still a major franchise that generates a tonne of money. The online competitive scene is very much present these days and definitely a thing.

League needs a long term plan, which should of started after Ottawa rejoined the league. I can't speak for Toronto since I don't live and am not familiar with the population and geography. But as Bluto said years ago, should of moved somewhere in the Suburbs. Drop the ticket prices get people at the game and come up with a marketing plan similar to how the Blue run operations where gameday is an experience that can appeal to all demographics. As I said before try to find Canadian partners in each city to help market the Canadian aspect of the game and working more with the youth to get them interested in the teams. The only league wide marketing off the field that I've ever noticed is the War Amps and fighting food hunger which are both good. But they need more. Maybe focus time and energy on something that give a good long term return. I don't see how Ambrosie going to Europe had any real chance of being a success, if the NFL Europe couldn't thrive... why the hell would he think CFL Europe would thrive? Maybe instead of wasting company time going to Europe and Mexico he could of sat down with the potential investors for buying the Montreal franchise for a bit longer. The reasons/excuses given are just so poor and lack any sense. Kids are not drawn to Madden because it's a 4 down football game.... kids play Madden because of the 30+ year history, the millions of dollars invested in making and marketing the game, the fact that it's THE football game that everyone else would play. The gambling idea and fantasy football.... Who the hell plays fantasy hockey right now in Canada for the AHL? Why would anyone in the States join a fantasy football for the CFL/XFL when they have no idea of who the hell anyone on the roster is AND/OR when their already is a bazillion well established NFL fantasy football leagues. Sports betting is huge in Europe... but it's not like they are betting on Canadian Football or were betting on the XFL/AAFL. XFL/AAF Attendances were weak as hell, most markets had less then 15 000 people per game which is dreadful. The Arena Football league had 7000 per game. These 3 leagues had "TV" deals on big networks. Outside of Baltimore most of the American teams in the CFL had sub 15 000 people per game back in 94 and 95. The XFL ratings were absolutely dismal despite being broadcasted and marketed to so many big areas. They dropped sharply , indicating very little interest. Outside of The Rock is a cool guy and makes tonnes of money in his movies... I don't see any possible logic or anything that indicates that whoring the league out will help it out in the long term. So even if the CFL sells itself to The Rock for 80 million dollars... what happens in 2 years when The Rock's group doesn't feel like losing 50 million plus each year and decide to pull the plug. What does Ambrosie do then?

The Goldeyes and Moose 1.0 both played with the same rule sets of the big leagues and had little to no success with younger fans. Goldeyes is full of seniors out for a nice night out and the Moose had lots of younger families also out for a cheap night out. You never saw 15 - 40 year old people wearing jerseys or merch or talk about them. I saw way more people my age associating with major league teams (Leafs, Blue Jays, Habs, NYY etc...). It would be completely ignorant to think that the reason younger demographics gravitate towards the NFL over the CFL is because of the difference in rule set. It has a wee bit more to do with massive mainstream popularity, being the league with the best football players period, being fashionable/trendy etc.... The only reason the CFL has survived is because of it's unique rules and field and players. If you want a preview of how shitty the game would look then watch some AAFL or XFL games, I did and it was sloppy as hell and very amateurish. The larger field, 3 downs, motion, etc... helps big time on giving the Offence a better chance of making exciting plays. Certain guys who don't fit the 4 down game can excel big time in the CFL because they can gain an edge. If they make the changes then the CFL will need to do some drastic changes such as slashing tickets to $10 - 15 dollars each and really make an emphasis on it being a night out of fun with the football game itself being a secondary priority. Unlike a few other people on here... I don't like the "We might as well settle with what we can get". I'd rather have what I love then settle and be miserable with something I don't love.

Do I need to post a link for how many BILLIONS of dollars the WWE is getting on their latest deal with NBC? I'm pretty sure himself & the company are very savy when it comes to tv deals. Possibly the best.

I'm sure the CFL could get some money (not a lot) from a streaming service down south. But I'd imagine it would not be anything significant or saving the league type of money.

Once again ... betting odds does not mean % of chance of a team winning. It's more about how much money is being place on (in this case a team) over others.

So Laine has had points in only 1 game in his last 10..... I don't think Columbus is a good fit for him lol.

Maybe we need more size on the D? That's what she said?

Considering he gave big American companies 50 - 100 million dollars freely and dropped a billion dollars to Syria... I don't think it would of killed him to give 50 million + to the CFL. Working at various federal Gov't jobs in my career... 50 million is a drop in the bucket. I've worked on unnecessary projects that have been given 10 - 15 million dollars that ended up going down the toilet because of the lamest of things (usually egos / hurt feelings). The Feds EASILY can give the money.

I don't get it, it's one of the best movies of the 80's. Classic movie.

What has he done or what headlines or initiatives outside of trying to expand to Moncton has he done in regards with Canadian investors. I guess the bumbling of the Alouettes and screwing that up as well would be a 2nd failed thing he's attempted. And how has he done compared to guys before, the only headlines he's made is trying to extend to Mexico, Europe and now the States with zero success. He's been by far the biggest failure in the last 30 years of all the different CFL commissioners. It's unfortunate that during the largest crisis that the CFL was stuck with the worst leader they have had. As I said before... it's sad that a rinky dink league with teams like the Goldeyes can get their **** in order while Ambrosie is praying and hoping that they can sell the league to Americans for a quick buck. His arrogance and lazyness completely torpedoed any chance of help from the feds and now he's in desperation mode.

Kevin Smith has the sharpest decline in quality of movies from start of career till end. No point in making this a discussion because it's fact

I dunno maybe find investors from Canada might be a good start, maybe Ambrosie had been to busy visiting places in Europe during his reign pre COVID to focus his time on keeping it Canadian. My guess is that next he'll try to convince players in getting paid in Doge Coin or NFT art because he's lazy and read an article about get rich quick with the latest flash in the pan schemes. If Ambrosie is going to give up then why not approach Vince McMahon who has way more cash then The Rock, he wanted to buy the league before and has owned 2 XFL promotions over the Rock only owning 1.

St Louis because they were also pissed off at the owner leaving town, that is why they had good attendances for their XFL team.

Lol it just keeps getting better, those thunderous bops at the end were hilarious.

Le Saj is a real good place to check out.

I would recommend checking NCAA attendances and even some high schools are getting 15 - 20 k....

Are you suggesting that here in Winnipeg that we have people who are nostalgic of the Winnipeg Thunder basketball team? I'm pretty sure 99% of the people in Baltimore do not even know or remember the Stallions from 30 years ago. Once again... forget not that the 'Murricans have a tonne of NCAA and even high school love for local football teams. Their is not a need or a thurst for more minor league football down south.

Lol... have you been living under a rock? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Ravens You'd have a better example with St Louis since they had decent attendances mostly out of spite and anger at the Rams leaving town on real bad terms.

I just think guys like Willie Jefferson would be way more likely to sign closer to home then Winnipeg. Being a family man myself I'd rather my family be only a few hour drive or cheap plane flight away then going to visit a different country.

I'd imagine Henoc and Kevin Glenn will go in with a grandma's blanket like jersey which has little patches from each team on it. Cuthbert... is someone suggesting going from minor league to major league means they hated the minor league? Do the folks on here not realize how much more money play by play games make in the NHL? Not to mention if they were to go from Sportsnet to the States to one of the bigger brodcast stations? Some of those guys make life changing money down south.