Quote from: theaardvark on May 04, 2026, 03:26:39 PMI see absolutely no sense to parking 2 healthy players each game. They get a fullpaycheck, they travel, but they don't put on pads for the game.
Every player on the AR, that is getting a cheque, should be available to play.
GMs/Coaches have to decide what 45 or 47 men make the roster, why restrict them on 2 players?
46 and 47 are good enough to play, let them play. Otherwise, just have a 45 man roster and 46 and 47 can sit on the PR.
How about this idea, limit the 46 and 47 players to ST only. Or let them play teams, but with a max number of O/D snaps. "extreme backup"
Don't pay them a full game cheque to stand on the sidelines in street clothes.
Quote from: theaardvark on May 04, 2026, 03:26:39 PMI see absolutely no sense to parking 2 healthy players each game. They get a fullpaycheck, they travel, but they don't put on pads for the game.
Quote from: Tecno on Today at 02:33:38 AMYou're assuming TSN wants MORE games... It seems like every season they reduce the # of PS games they show on TV. And what are their channels showing the rest of those weekends? 5 channels of South Sudan Open golf repeats all night? Our PS is basically free content and they're like "nah brah, South Sudan Open is cool".
Doubt anyone except us is tuning into the exciting new Play-In of 8th place TOR vs 7th place EDM come late Oct, especially when NFL and NHL is back on, right?
Quote from: Blue In BC on May 04, 2026, 10:21:13 PMI don't know about any of that. Coaches have to decide on when to release a veteran outright. Keeping a vet that might be earning $100K-$120K sitting on the sidelines is not sensible.
Quote from: Sir Blue and Gold on Today at 02:26:01 AM...Pretend your job is negotiating media rights and try again.
Quote from: tlf on May 04, 2026, 02:49:42 PMWade voted for this to get money. He likes money. That's his only thing. As a Canadian I expected better from him. But he's about the party and the money, no longer the tradition of the game.
Quote from: Tecno on Today at 02:21:50 AMWell, it all depends on if each game shows a profit or a loss! The "poor" teams, are they losing money for every home game they host (incl reg season)? Is the "poorest" team (TOR? EDM?) running every single game at a loss?
Clearly each stadium will have a break-even crossover point in terms of butts in seats. It shouldn't be hard to run the math.
If so, then every extra playoff game they might host would just cost the team money, assuming they don't get a better-than-normal turnout (which is probably a safe assumption -- why would they, it's like a reg season game if they are 6th place facing the 7th!).