CFL - 2024 Regular Season - Discussion Thread

[Stickem]

There is NO redemption for what the Betenator did....He's a total liability to the league and quite frankly the less I hear about that jerk the better...Look up the Pete Rose story about a 'star' baseball player who bet on MLB games and how his career and legacey were destroyed...He says today it simply wasn't worth it.....BUT 'bets laid'....'bed made' and a lesson for professional athletes learned......hopefully

[WinnipegGordo]

2 hours ago, Stickem said:

There is NO redemption for what the Betenator did....He's a total liability to the league and quite frankly the less I hear about that jerk the better...Look up the Pete Rose story about a 'star' baseball player who bet on MLB games and how his career and legacey were destroyed...He says today it simply wasn't worth it.....BUT 'bets laid'....'bed made' and a lesson for professional athletes learned......hopefully

 

[JCon]

12 minutes ago, WinnipegGordo said:

 

Disgusting. 

[rebusrankin]

They banned Marino. Why not Lemon? Hell, revoke his work visa.

Edited July 10 by rebusrankin

[Stickem]

2 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

They banned Marino. Why not Lemon? Hell, revoke his work visa.

This leauge sometimes is a contradiction in terms....bordering on looking like hypocritical....They don't have the balls to kick this guys arse out of the league ...permanently.....A bad look for the CFL to say the least.....

[SpeedFlex27]

I think Lemon is still practicing with the Als. 

[bigg jay]

18 hours ago, rebusrankin said:

They banned Marino. Why not Lemon? Hell, revoke his work visa.

Marino was not under contract with anyone and the league sent out a memo to all teams saying they would not register a new contract for him.  It's a bit different for Lemon since he already has a league approved contract.  I can't recall them ever revoking an existing contract like that - not sure if they could without the union filing a grievance.  The Al's could just do the right thing and cut him (like the Riders did with Marino) & let the league get rid of him once and for all but that would take some class and apparently they do not have any.

[3rdand1.5]

Pretty sure the league has and is doing everything in it's power to have Lemon finished...but he is protected by his union and processes that have to play out...sometimes the protections Unions provide seem questionable but it's the process that is required, all indications are based on the leagues stance and that of the independent arbitrator that Lemon is on borrowed time, but he is well within his rights to do what he is doing.

 

Ethics can be questioned but Mtrl. does not have to release or discipline him, similar to Kelly the team must feel he is worth the risk...

[JuranBoldenRules]

2 hours ago, bigg jay said:

Marino was not under contract with anyone and the league sent out a memo to all teams saying they would not register a new contract for him.  It's a bit different for Lemon since he already has a league approved contract.  I can't recall them ever revoking an existing contract like that - not sure if they could without the union filing a grievance.  The Al's could just do the right thing and cut him (like the Riders did with Marino) & let the league get rid of him once and for all but that would take some class and apparently they do not have any.

Nate Holley.

[bigg jay]

1 minute ago, JuranBoldenRules said:

Nate Holley.

He didn't have an active registered contract though, they refused to register the new contract the Argos had signed him to (same thing they warned they would do with Marino if someone tried to sign him).

[JuranBoldenRules]

1 hour ago, 3rdand1.5 said:

Pretty sure the league has and is doing everything in it's power to have Lemon finished...but he is protected by his union and processes that have to play out...sometimes the protections Unions provide seem questionable but it's the process that is required, all indications are based on the leagues stance and that of the independent arbitrator that Lemon is on borrowed time, but he is well within his rights to do what he is doing.

 

Ethics can be questioned but Mtrl. does not have to release or discipline him, similar to Kelly the team must feel he is worth the risk...

There have been a multitude of situations where the process doesn't require the player being allowed at team facility or even to play games.  That is foolishness especially given the allegations.

I'd imagine Lemon will be in some legal trouble if he bet on games he played in, especially if he bet online.  They've been pursuing these cases as wire fraud.

[HardCoreBlue]

On 2024-07-10 at 12:19 PM, JCon said:

Disgusting. 

And confusing as hell. 

No matter how they twist themselves into a pretzel justifying this, they move even closer to Argo level suck.

[Fatty Liver]

On 2024-07-10 at 11:07 AM, WinnipegGordo said:

 

Why would the Als allow Lemon to hang around when they could suspend him and not pay his salary?  Unless they are supporting him in this case, which seems really dumb.

[wbbfan]

https://3downnation.com/2024/07/11/toronto-argonauts-president-bill-manning-mlse-mutually-parts-ways/
 

wonder if this has any thing to do with the Kelly situation… maybe the league let him fall on his sword rather than be tied to all this stuff 

[Super Duper Negatron]

2 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

https://3downnation.com/2024/07/11/toronto-argonauts-president-bill-manning-mlse-mutually-parts-ways/
 

wonder if this has any thing to do with the Kelly situation… maybe the league let him fall on his sword rather than be tied to all this stuff 

I would guess it has more to do with Toronto FC. I doubt the Argos move the needle on many of MLSEs decisions.

[wbbfan]

9 minutes ago, Super Duper Negatron said:

I would guess it has more to do with Toronto FC. I doubt the Argos move the needle on many of MLSEs decisions.

I can see that, but at the same time if he was barred from the cfl as a president and stayed on in the same office for the rest of mlse that’s a possible $&@% storm.  

[WinnipegGordo]

TiCats signed DB Demetries Ford. He was cut by the Bombers after training camp.

[wbbfan]

https://3downnation.com/2024/07/15/edmonton-elks-fire-head-coach-and-general-manager-chris-jones/
 

At long last, the cfl is free of Chris jones once again. I wonder how long it’ll last this time… I could see him getting another dc shot in the off season unfortunately. 
 

Edm is better than their record and could imo bounce back. 

[JCon]

Not only is this a (rare) win for the Elks, this is a win for the league. Good bye and don't let the door hit you on the way out. 

[wbbfan]

I think his only bounce back chances would be with ham/ott if they blow things up. But I like some of their young coaches Better personally. 

[M.O.A.B.]

2025 Edmonton Elks - GM Simon HC Pierce - Book it!

[rebusrankin]

Didn't think this would happen till after the season but good move by Edmonton.

[Arnold_Palmer]

61-70 record as a head coach. Always coached extremely undisciplined teams, not a guy I would want around my team in any capacity. 

[Pepper_Brooks]

Anyone up for betting on when MBB’s self-anointed talent evaluation experts will start clamoring for O'Shea to be replaced by Jones? Three weeks? Next loss? Can't wait! Lol

Any thoughts on which one of our receivers would make the best transition to DE?

[wbbfan]

30 minutes ago, M.O.A.B. said:

2025 Edmonton Elks - GM Simon HC Pierce - Book it!

Dare to dream. 
 

14 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

61-70 record as a head coach. Always coached extremely undisciplined teams, not a guy I would want around my team in any capacity. 

qft 

 

I wonder if they will look to move mbt. That could be an interesting shake up in the league. If not, I wouldn’t mind getting ford cheap. I’d rather run him through the Strev package and groom big Chris as an actual qb.