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Duke with another Rider disgusting display in warm up. Just completely out of control this team.

He did not apologize for trying to take out Boyds knees a few plays earlier, barely alluded to the hit that injured Masoli, made most of his apology about a "misunderstanding" of his racist comments, and made no apology for the grotesque victory lap he did knowing full well he ended a man's season and had just been ejected for it. This apology is almost condescending. How anyone could think this is a proper apology is beyond me. The Riders organization should have at least made sure their pre-written apology that they wrote for Marino contained an apology for each suspension. All he seems sorry for was the racist comments.

The thing is that every single player in this league knows it too, and are going to provoke the crap out of him. Does anyone believe he will grit his teeth and take it. I don't.

The silver lining in all of this, is it just makes me appreciate the Bombers so much more. Thank you for that Marino, Dickenson et al.....and I must admit I am more than a little reveling in the tire fire this is.

Just as well. He would only make it worse. Everything he says is just a tire fire.

If he had done this a couple days ago he certainly could have prevented a lot of unfortunate comments by a lot of people in the Rider organization. Well, at least they have publically acknowledged that they are a douchebag of an organization. That is the first step on the road to recovery. Now they need to attend the meetings. If they attend one tonight I believe it Chris Jones turn to bring the coffee and donuts.

Dickie will be backpedaling like a 5' half back covering Lucky Whitehead on a go route.

In fairness. Dickenson looked really bad before the fake apology.

But Dickenson assured us that their were no comments made because Marino has a black girlfriend. I don't know what to believe. I think I will call up Michael Ball for some sage words of wisdom.

#JUSTICEFORJOHNMURPHY This is not to imply that John Murphy should be welcomed back to the CFL, or what he said was anything but deplorable, but Marino getting one game for doing the same thing that Murphy lost his career over seems overwhelmingly unfair. Somewhere out there Craig Dickenson is preparing John Murphy's defence....judge not lest ye be judged or something stupid like that.

I doubt it. A half assed apology is almost worse than no apology. At least he openly admitted to being a racist. Probably only because a mic picked it up and he couldn't deny it.

No apology for either attempt to injure, and no apology for his disgusting celebration of the play he broke another players leg. Has this guy really learned anything?

He's probably off looking for proof that the CFL strong armed Marino into lying about comments he didn't make.

No deflection necessary. The Libs are increasingly slipping in the polls....and you better believe that politicians are keenly aware of how they are polling. It's laughable to suggest otherwise. Polls matter. Sure it's mid-term but the Libs cannot let the Cons get a lead that they can't come back from.

I can understand O'Daisy not coming forward initially and letting Dickie run with the ball on this one. However, after the public comments made by Dickie I cannot understand why O'Day wouldn't save him from himself. Just a rudderless leadership group all around.

I doubt it, as it fall outside their ability to do anything about since the Redblacks apparently did not take the bait, but it surely shows how loose of a cannon this guy is. Doubt the league could use it, but I am sure it is something that they were aware of when passing judgement on this guy.

That's a question that's usually directed at me that subsequently sets off a drunken rant. Most of the time they are not wrong....but I love to rant and argue.

Yep. They are usually the first in line for the position. lol I honestly don't believe they will be. They will look into the contents of the investigation to make sure it was done fairly, and once they find that it was this will be over from their perspective I would think, Other than to advise Marino on their findings, and give him advice on damage control probably. Forgotten amongst the gross on-field displays, and reaction afterwards, is the fact that Marino tried to initiate a public altercation with members of the Redblacks at The Keg, the day before. Dickenson says heat of the moment, picking fights before the game says otherwise.

One only has to go back to the thread at Riderfans after Collaros got taken out by Lawrence to see just how astoundingly hyprocritical some of them are being right now.

The union has the obligation to represent their membership, they do not have the obligation to defend them. In a case like Marino's if they opt to not appeal based on what they know of the situation, they are free to not do so. When our poorest conduct adversely affects the lives and livelihoods of others, you damn right we should be judged on that. Just a ridiculous take by Dickenson. In fairness the rest of his quote goes on to say that he should not be judged forever by one action. True...however, Dickenson has completely failed to pass judgement in any way at a time it would be extremely appropriate to do so. So...yea...bad take overall Dickie. He's not asking for a chance at redemption...he's asking for current absolution...and doesn't understand at all how completely revolting his ask is.

Well you are a better man than me. I can't remember the angry (drunken) rants I had yesterday.

How clueless and tone deaf is Craig Dickenson? Try this one on for size, I can barely type it out because it both astounds me and makes me laugh at the Riders at the same time. "Goodness gracious, it would be rough if we all were judged on our worst moment" - Craig "if the glove don't fit you must acquit" Dickenson Might be the dumbest comment I've heard in some time. Craig you realize that literally thousands of people a day go to court and then are sentenced to jail on the basis they are being judged on their worst moment? It is how we keep the humans on this rock called earth from devolving into complete anarchy. Ted Kasczinski? Solid professor that helped educate countless young men and women....misunderstood because of this little Unabomber thing...at least according to Dickie's logic. Craig do yourself a favor and just shut up now, the more you talk the more respect you are losing.

They are there to represent not defend. They are negotiators really and there to make sure everything is on the up and up with the CBA, and that it has been fairly applied. In Marino's case I could only see them filing an appeal on the racist comment suspension, or at the very least demand to see the proof. There is nothing in length, or severity, of his suspensions that lead me to believe he was treated unfairly or without precedent. That is usually the crux of a union's concern. They care that the CBA was followed, it appears it was, and they care that his punishment is not excessive given the infraction....hard to make that argument. It was widely reported last year when the playoff rosters were revealed that it was his discipline issues that kept him out. I believe even Dickenson had said as much. As for his presence in the locker room, Dickenson just stated that this week.

For sure. I used to meet with union reps all the time, as one of my businesses was unionized, and how vehemently they opt to defend a member can vary greatly. They are legally obligated to represent their member so they show up, but if your case as an employer is a slam dunk...it's a slam dunk. If someone is a clear "problem child" that they have been called to 10 disciplinary meeting about, they largely just take notes and that's about it.

The fly in the ointment of your perspective is two things: 1. We did not make him the highest paid DE in the league 2. He turned down a higher monetary offer from Toronto to come here instead. We didn't make him the highest paid DE in the league until after he put up his MDOP season with us. Yep...union members are union members...even the ones that are bad apples. No different than any union defending employees who abuse the system and create work. grief, and stress in the workplace for other union members. Anyone who has worked in a union environment and been stuck working with one of these types knows that unions are great....except in circumstances like this.