Former Bombers in NFL (and spring leagues) news

[HardCoreBlue]

Just now, rebusrankin said:

Did you hear about the latest Argo fans meetup? It was held in the Janitor's closet at BMO and there was still room for more.

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[17to85]

12 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

Did you hear about the latest Argo fans meetup? It was held in the Janitor's closet at BMO and there was still room for more.

I thought the argo fan meet up was just bluto having alone time

[SpeedFlex27]

1 hour ago, bluto said:

Yeah, you may need to workshop some new talking points and subject matter.

Honestly, if you'd just hang on until BMO gets its 45k seat conversion, the jokes will write themselves.

They're putting 15000 temporary seats in BMO. Most countries use a world event like the WC to build legacy structures. Our sports infrastructure in this country really sucks. The biggest city in Canada has a stadium currently seating 27,000.

[bigg jay]

3 hours ago, WinnipegGordo said:

Looks like the Falcons aren't going to re-sign Alford.

 

Not a surprise.  He had a bad season and was targeted/picked on a ton.  Also dealt with injuries all season so maybe he bounces back next season.

[rebusrankin]

The path is obvious, we sign Alford and have the highest paid but most dominant CFL secondary.

[Fatty Liver]

3 hours ago, bluto said:

Yeah, you may need to workshop some new talking points and subject matter.

Honestly, if you'd just hang on until BMO gets its 45k seat conversion, the jokes will write themselves.

Renting 15,000 seats from the Riders for a season?  Win/win, they won't be needing them.

[Goalie]

2 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

They're putting 15000 temporary seats in BMO. Most countries use a world event like the WC to build legacy structures. Our sports infrastructure in this country really sucks. The biggest city in Canada has a stadium currently seating 27,000.

I’ve honestly never seen Toronto as a great sports town. It’s basically Leafs fans and then fans of teams if they are winning. Blue Jays attendance at times makes me think Winnipeg could do that also lol. 

[rebusrankin]

18 minutes ago, Goalie said:

I’ve honestly never seen Toronto as a great sports town. It’s basically Leafs fans and then fans of teams if they are winning. Blue Jays attendance at times makes me think Winnipeg could do that also lol. 

Raptors have developed a really dedicated fan base.

[SpeedFlex27]

Mexico City has a 72,000 seat stadium. Guadalajara has a 45000 seat stadium. The NFL has 11 NFL stadiums hosting events. Canada has 2 stadiums. BMO & BC Place with a capacity of 52000 seats. They could have used CWS in Edmonton with a capacity of 58000 but decided not to. 

[bluto]

17 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

They're putting 15000 temporary seats in BMO. Most countries use a world event like the WC to build legacy structures. Our sports infrastructure in this country really sucks. The biggest city in Canada has a stadium currently seating 27,000.

Adding 17k temporary seats make the most sense.

Argos/TFC haven't shown that they need a permanent facility for more than the 28k that BMO can hold.

And we still have the concrete pimple if we need a place to hold 50k for something.

[SpeedFlex27]

Just now, bluto said:

Adding 17k temporary seats make the most sense.

Argos/TFC haven't shown that they need a permanent facility for more than the 28k that BMO can hold.

And we still have the concrete pimple if we need a place to hold 50k for something.

There should be a 75000 seat soccer stadium in Toronto for international matches like most countries have in one of their cities. If there is no push by govt to build that size of facility than I don't see any way for an NFL team in Toronto to come to a fruition.

[rebusrankin]

5 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

There should be a 75000 seat soccer stadium in Toronto for international matches like most countries have in one of their cities. If there is no push by govt to build that size of facility than I don't see any way for an NFL team in Toronto to come to a fruition.

In this environment, you're good with the Federal government contributing a large amount of money to help Toronto pay for a stadium that will cost over one billion dollars? I'm not.

[SpeedFlex27]

10 minutes ago, rebusrankin said:

In this environment, you're good with the Federal government contributing a large amount of money to help Toronto pay for a stadium that will cost over one billion dollars? I'm not.

No, never said that. I just looked at the stadiums in Mexico & the US. You have to wonder why we're even involved. Edmonton has a much better venue than TO & CWS hosted World Cup qualifiers before yet politics played a hand in giving Toronto a series of World Cup games. Just because...

Edited Friday at 04:01 PM by SpeedFlex27

[Goalie]

Soccer is a popular sport. Every kid plays. It’s cheap it’s simple it’s a ball and cleats. 
 

problem is soccer isn’t a draw in Canada. 30k is a big crowd for soccer here and the US really. You look at those soccer only mls stadiums and they aren’t that big. Why have 72000 seats when you can’t regularly draw 30000. 

[HardCoreBlue]

19 hours ago, 17to85 said:

I thought the argo fan meet up was just bluto having alone time

 Might add to the end of that sentence, 'with his special thoughts'.

[Fatty Liver]

1 hour ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

No, never said that. I just looked at the stadiums in Mexico & the US. You have to wonder why we're even involved. Edmonton has a much better venue than TO & CWS hosted World Cup qualifiers before yet politics played a hand in giving Toronto a series of World Cup games. Just because...

Toronto has a multi-cultural population chock full of soccer fanatics from around the world and it's a hub for 15 million people close at hand.  Hold games in Edmonton and it'll be a curiosity that draws farmers from Lacombe and Leduc, the vast majority of Calgarians wouldn't bother driving that far to watch a soccer game.

Edited Friday at 05:46 PM by Fatty Liver

[wbbfan]

22 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

The path is obvious, we sign Alford and have the highest paid but most dominant CFL secondary.

I can’t imagine we give him 200k or any thing. But he’d be sick to get back.