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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: New rules / commissioner's...

Last post by ModAdmin - Today at 06:34:43 AM

If expansion happens it will not be anything like the first attempt.

Every soccer team and it's fans wants prime end zone seats, right near the goal line.

The whitecaps drew over 50000 for their last game.  The Lions drew half of that. Average ticket price was much higher for the whitecaps game.

I love the cfl. I can enjoy a soccer game once in awhile but it is not my go to.

I maintain the CFL is the only professional sport - or maybe any sport - that brings Canadians together, regardless of which team you are pulling for.  Just be at a Grey Cup game to witness how fans and observers come together in a way no other sport does. It really is unique.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: New rules / commissioner's...

Last post by bomber beetle - Today at 06:25:29 AM

USA expansion with the ratio is impossible, and anyone thinking that's the future should be b slapped.  I watched the X-era games TSN re-ran a few years back and the whole situation was a joke.  Didn't the GC go to the "ratio free" teams all but one of the years?  You want to lose all your Canadian CFL fans, that's how you do it.

And as for "we must fit in a soccer stadium if we are to ever see a new CFL stadium again", since CFL is the bigger field, why is this even a thing?  You can build for current CFL size and plunk a soccer field inside with a re-paint.  WFC has been doing this for years... Are you saying there's really some soccer team/fans out there that insists any new stadium can't have that extra few yards to fit a current CFL field?

The only way your soccer theory makes sense is if you're talking only EXISTING soccer stadiums.  Outside of a couple of smaller cities, I don't see a ton of great soccer stadiums just waiting for the CFL to use them...

Plus, you still haven't addressed how all the revenue/money currently sits in the CFL, not in any major/minor league soccer in Canada.  Maybe soccer is growing, or maybe it's big in the 2 big metro areas, but that doesn't make it bigger than the CFL currently is.  Why would the CFL care what these "small fry" teams/venues are doing?

Your love of soccer is clouding your judgement a bit.  I don't know a single person in Canada who gives a rat's butt about soccer.  Most don't give a rat's butt about the CFL either, but at least I know 10 or so who watch the Bombers on TV.  I feel fairly confident in saying I doubt the commish & BOG are planning everything around soccer.

If expansion happens, I absolutely believe it will not be anything like the first attempt.

Every soccer team and it's fans demand prime end zone seats, right near the goal line.

If there will be a new stadium in Vancouver,  it will be built by the whitecaps. The lions will not be invited to the table if the field they play on is more than 130 yards long.

The whitecaps drew over 50000 for their last game.  The Lions drew half of that. Average ticket price was much higher for the whitecaps game. That is one reason why the whitecaps could swing a new stadium and the lions might be a minority partner.

I love the cfl. I can enjoy a soccer game once in awhile but it is not my go to.

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Offside Forum / Re: Winnipeg Jets Discussion -...

Last post by JockitchwithRich - Today at 03:35:28 AM

Believe from start to finish this was their most complete game

Yes it would be really nice if Fetts could hit the twine
Plus Lowry and Nyquist would excite the crowds if they put one in

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Offside Forum / Re: Winnipeg Jets Discussion -...

Last post by Pigskin - Today at 03:19:45 AM

Excellent win for the Jets. Totally shut down a good Washington team. Helle looked in mid season form. Really liked the lines tonight. Good PK and PP. Nice to get some secondary scoring. Would love to see Fetts start scoring.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Bombers add DB Cameron McC...

Last post by Pete - Today at 02:24:46 AM

Hard to know without seeing him but SAM may or may not be Canadian next year depending on what happens with Kramdi and so someone like this could be just the right fit depending on who we take to camp. Still predominantly a coverage role but sometimes closer to the LOS.

Can't see them going away from Cdn at sam especially with Smith likely to play a bigger role in his 2nd year. Plus I would think they would have thoughts about adding an import to the oline.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Bombers add DB Cameron McC...

Last post by Sir Blue and Gold - December 13, 2025, 09:40:50 PM

Perhaps. He did get NFL opportunities as a CB. I'd like to know what his speed is and how good his footwork might be. At over 200 lbs he might not be suited to the bigger CFL field at CB as a pure coverage guy. In that sense I see him as a candidate closer to the LOS.

Hard to know without seeing him but SAM may or may not be Canadian next year depending on what happens with Kramdi and so someone like this could be just the right fit depending on who we take to camp. Still predominantly a coverage role but sometimes closer to the LOS.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: The CFL Forum has died

Last post by Jesse - December 13, 2025, 09:05:46 PM

Yikes. Hopefully not a sign that our forum will go down too.

There's not too many of use but what else would I do with my time? Talk to my wife and kids?

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: The CFL Forum has died

Last post by gobombersgo - December 13, 2025, 08:07:06 PM

Another step in increasing fan interest.

Maybe its just the evolution of fan interaction.

How many active posters did CFL.ca have compared to 10 or 15 years ago?

Posters might rather use Facebook or Reddit or yell out their car window.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: The CFL Forum has died

Last post by markf - December 13, 2025, 07:33:08 PM

Another step in increasing fan interest.

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Blue Bomber & CFL Discussion Forum / Re: Bombers add DB Cameron McC...

Last post by Blue In BC - December 13, 2025, 07:11:19 PM

The only DB over 30 is Nichols at 31, age is not an issue but if he puts his hand out for $175k he might be replaced.  Dexter Lawson was the DB chosen to fill in his HB spot in a game late last season so that says something, but I wonder if Griffin might also be capable of playing HB at 220 lb, adding an extra 40 lbs of beef to the secondary would be nice considering how often they have to take on RB's.

He's 25. Age plus football mileage are two different factors. It will be awhile before we know what happens with players in our secondary currently on the roster.

Not many DB's last into their 30's. Cost, age, SMS and new players always being looked at. Obviously would be happy to get Nichols back, but until he re-signs it's a TBD.