2024/2025 CFL (non-Bomber) Off-Season Thread

[Fatty Liver]

Ex-Bomber Christophe Normand going to prison for 3 years.

"charged with luring a minor for sexual purposes in 2022 and was later found guilty. The victim was a 15-year-old girl who attended the school at which Normand worked as a substitute teacher during the off-season."

https://3downnation.com/2024/12/10/former-cfl-player-christophe-normand-sentenced-to-three-months-in-prison/

 

[bigg jay]

12 minutes ago, Fatty Liver said:

Ex-Bomber Christophe Normand going to prison for 3 years.

"charged with luring a minor for sexual purposes in 2022 and was later found guilty. The victim was a 15-year-old girl who attended the school at which Normand worked as a substitute teacher during the off-season."

https://3downnation.com/2024/12/10/former-cfl-player-christophe-normand-sentenced-to-three-months-in-prison/

 

Should be years but it's only months.

[Brandon]

Once again the Canadian justice system lets everyone down.   At least give the guy a full year of jail so he can at least get the beats from fellow inmates more then a few times... 

[MOBomberFan]

2 hours ago, bigg jay said:

Should be years but it's only months.

Gets to serve his sentence intermittently, too. Like what... weekends? Soft and cushy, unreal

[HardCoreBlue]

2 hours ago, Fatty Liver said:

Ex-Bomber Christophe Normand going to prison for 3 years.

"charged with luring a minor for sexual purposes in 2022 and was later found guilty. The victim was a 15-year-old girl who attended the school at which Normand worked as a substitute teacher during the off-season."

https://3downnation.com/2024/12/10/former-cfl-player-christophe-normand-sentenced-to-three-months-in-prison/

 

Nope didn't work as a substitute teacher, he worked as a predator during the off season.

[17to85]

What a piece of **** 

[Arnold_Palmer]

3 hours ago, bigg jay said:

Should be years but it's only months.

3 months  for stealing a child’s innocence. Absolutely pathetic!

[Goalie]

49 minutes ago, Arnold_Palmer said:

3 months  for stealing a child’s innocence. Absolutely pathetic!

Surely he’s credited with time served already. I remember hearing about this several years ago. Took a while to reach the verdict. I don’t agree with him only getting 3 months but this prob took 3 years. Personally I think he should have his weiner surgically removed. 

Edited December 10 by Goalie

[wbbfan]

1 hour ago, MOBomberFan said:

Gets to serve his sentence intermittently, too. Like what... weekends? Soft and cushy, unreal

Likely week off to work and weekends inside. 
 

1 minute ago, Goalie said:

Surely he’s credited with time served already. I remember hearing about this several years ago. Took a while to reach the verdict. I don’t agree with him only getting 3 months but this prob took 3 years. 

He was released almost right away according to the article. 

[Goalie]

3 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

Likely week off to work and weekends inside. 
 

He was released almost right away according to the article. 

Really. Well. Time to remove his Johnson. 

[wbbfan]

5 hours ago, Fatty Liver said:

Sheed goes way over the top, not sure pro players appreciate his raw emotion, probably needs to find a church to preach in.

 

I’d suggest listening to the guys talk about him. I’ve seen guys like that who are just kinda loud and carry on. They tend to be laughed off. If that was the case he would’ve been FO’d for sure. 
 Kongbo was a similar type. 
 

5 hours ago, GCn20 said:

What does publically have to do with anything related to his leadership in the dressing room?

I agree. FIFO is well entrenched and isn't slipping one iota. Young guys will need to step up, and they will as they become the veterans. It isn't a problem. We have problems...don't get me wrong...but FIFO declining isn't one of them.

Guys like zach go specifically into detail about how he is in the locker room. 
 

I’m talking about the fifo culture. Sure they aren’t gonna keep around toxic head cases. Few contenders do. 
 The culture of fifo doesn’t seem remotely the same any more. And you don’t hear or see any thing from the young guys out side of bo stepping up in that area. And even then bo has been around a good while. 
 

Kongbo came in and was an immediate tone setter and maintained a high level of accountability. It’s why B.C. didn’t like him. They were allergic to that accountable style of culture. 
 

We had a culture that perpetuated winning. Now we have a culture we win with. Same as Hamilton had in 19/21. 

2 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Really. Well. Time to remove his Johnson. 

Agreed. Usually that kind of partial release program is for people with jobs they can keep with the conviction. Idk how it works with Normand. He can’t go back to work in education. 

[bigg jay]

12 minutes ago, Goalie said:

Surely he’s credited with time served already. I remember hearing about this several years ago. Took a while to reach the verdict. I don’t agree with him only getting 3 months but this prob took 3 years. Personally I think he should have his weiner surgically removed. 

He was charged in August 2022 and found guilty in April 2024 so just over 2 years which seems about right for our system.  He had been out on bail so credit for time served doesn't apply.

[Goalie]

1 minute ago, bigg jay said:

He was charged in August 2022 and found guilty in April 2024 so just over 2 years which seems about right for our system.  He had been out on bail so credit for time served doesn't apply.

Yeah. Honestly that’s not a terrible time line. Still think he should have his tally whacker detached tho. 

[Tracker]

1 minute ago, bigg jay said:

He was charged in August 2022 and found guilty in April 2024 so just over 2 years which seems about right for our system.  He had been out on bail so credit for time served doesn't apply.

In all likelihood he will have a number of very restrictive conditions placed on his release and he will be placed on the national/international sexual offenders list. All this means that his having any sort of professional career is gone and he will probably have to report to police any change of address. He is not scot-free by any means. FYI: virtually all offenders were victimized as children, which does not give them any licence, And not all victimized children become abusers.

[bigg jay]

1 minute ago, Tracker said:

In all likelihood he will have a number of very restrictive conditions placed on his release and he will be placed on the national/international sexual offenders list. All this means that his having any sort of professional career is gone and he will probably have to report to police any change of address. He is not scot-free by any means. FYI: virtually all offenders were victimized as children, which does not give them any licence, And not all victimized children become abusers.

Article says no sex offender list but yes he'll have conditions to abide by. Still seems to be an extremely lenient sentence.

"Christophe Normand will, however, be able to serve his three-month prison sentence intermittently, i.e. during weekend.

He will then be subject to three years of probation, with several conditions to be met, including two years of monitoring for any sexual issues. His name will not be entered in the Sex Offender Registry."

[Fatty Liver]

34 minutes ago, wbbfan said:

I’d suggest listening to the guys talk about him. I’ve seen guys like that who are just kinda loud and carry on. They tend to be laughed off. If that was the case he would’ve been FO’d for sure. 
 Kongbo was a similar type. 
 

Guys like zach go specifically into detail about how he is in the locker room. 
 

I’m talking about the fifo culture. Sure they aren’t gonna keep around toxic head cases. Few contenders do. 
 The culture of fifo doesn’t seem remotely the same any more. And you don’t hear or see any thing from the young guys out side of bo stepping up in that area. And even then bo has been around a good while. 
 

Kongbo came in and was an immediate tone setter and maintained a high level of accountability. It’s why B.C. didn’t like him. They were allergic to that accountable style of culture. 
 

We had a culture that perpetuated winning. Now we have a culture we win with. Same as Hamilton had in 19/21. 

Agreed. Usually that kind of partial release program is for people with jobs they can keep with the conviction. Idk how it works with Normand. He can’t go back to work in education. 

He has been working as a carpenter since being charged.

[Brandon]

2 hours ago, Tracker said:

In all likelihood he will have a number of very restrictive conditions placed on his release and he will be placed on the national/international sexual offenders list. All this means that his having any sort of professional career is gone and he will probably have to report to police any change of address. He is not scot-free by any means. FYI: virtually all offenders were victimized as children, which does not give them any licence, And not all victimized children become abusers.

Is he rotting in a jail cell with other inmates who do not take kindly to child predators?  The answer is no... so he is off scott free.     

It is only my opinion, what he did is more close to the severity of murdering as compared to someone selling drugs or tax evasion.  

Edited December 11 by Brandon

[SpeedFlex27]

19 hours ago, wbbfan said:

 

boy I wonder what a tsn sale could mean for the cfl? 
 Would we see a long over due change in production/direction? Would they slash the budget? I feel like the cfl has to be really good margin wise for tsn. The draw is pretty strong, think average viewership was like 500k a game last year. Considering they don’t have much else that time of year that’s real good. 
 

I might not mind if they cut the pregame show and panel. Just had the sideline and color/pbp do a mini panel and mini post/pre game. 

What could this mean for the CFL revenue & growth wise if Amazon Prime did buy into TSN & wanted to stream a game a week? Is this the Holy Grail we've all been waiting for? Or will it be like single game betting, A whole lot of promises turned into a whole lot of nothing.

[Noeller]

 

 

[Booch]

2 hours ago, Noeller said:

 

 

wonder if he will verify he has hardly a clue on how to G.M.................

[GCn20]

6 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

What could this mean for the CFL revenue & growth wise if Amazon Prime did buy into TSN & wanted to stream a game a week? Is this the Holy Grail we've all been waiting for? Or will it be like single game betting, A whole lot of promises turned into a whole lot of nothing.

It all depends on how much Prime is willing to pay. I doubt that it would be huge revenue streams for them or the CFL. Much needed exposure though.

[Goalie]

Live sporting events are what streaming giants crave right now. WWE not exactly a sport, sort of but live weekly entertainment signed 10 years 5 billion with Netflix. I’d imagine cfl might be something one of them would have interest in. 

[17to85]

1 hour ago, Booch said:

wonder if he will verify he has hardly a clue on how to G.M.................

He does that all the time... show don't tell.

[Booch]

36 minutes ago, 17to85 said:

He does that all the time... show don't tell.

he is excellent....his track record reflects it lol

[Brandon]

2 hours ago, Goalie said:

Live sporting events are what streaming giants crave right now. WWE not exactly a sport, sort of but live weekly entertainment signed 10 years 5 billion with Netflix. I’d imagine cfl might be something one of them would have interest in. 

WWE has global appeal.... CFL has an extremely small niche audience that would only appeal to a small country.   Apples and oranges comparison.    

Pickleball probably is more desireable for a streaming service then the CFL.