Blue Bombers sign Redha Kramdi to two-year contract extension

[theaardvark]

We'll never know for sure. Yes he's a ratio breaker but most teams have excellent SAM's and don't need to change the ratio at that position.

Yes the SMS increased but that's nearly $100K spent on just Oliveria and Kramdi. Demski and Lawson got more as well.

Regardless I'm glad we're re-signing our top Canadian starters before free agency tampering window.

The big question is how much was 2025 SMS or 2026 marketing money and the end 2026 SMS hit.

I guess we will have to defer to Walters on these issues.  He knows who he has to sign, what resources he has to sign them with, what 2025 $SMS he had left, what marketing money is available.

If we had Ed Hervey or Chris Jones, I'd be worried they'd hit a wall having overspent.  But not so much with Walters.  And this year, there's no Dobson or Lawler that's going to be a tough decision to match.  Those players have been re-upped already.

We might see a few crapshoot guys, like Dillon Mitchell, still signed, but I think we will re-sign most of the guys that actually played last year, and we will still have depth behind them to compete.

[Blue In BC]

I guess we will have to defer to Walters on these issues.  He knows who he has to sign, what resources he has to sign them with, what 2025 $SMS he had left, what marketing money is available.

If we had Ed Hervey or Chris Jones, I'd be worried they'd hit a wall having overspent.  But not so much with Walters.  And this year, there's no Dobson or Lawler that's going to be a tough decision to match.  Those players have been re-upped already.

We might see a few crapshoot guys, like Dillon Mitchell, still signed, but I think we will re-sign most of the guys that actually played last year, and we will still have depth behind them to compete.

I'm thinking Marketing Money will be from the 2026 spending. In theory the 2025 amount will have been used.

D Mitchell was arrested for traffic violations and resisting arrest. That likely makes him a felon and not eligible to enter Canada. Depending on court date and conviction, that is a pending issue. However from a PR point of view I'd expect the team to release him.

[blue_gold_84]

D Mitchell was arrested for traffic violations and resisting arrest. That likely makes him a felon and not eligible to enter Canada. Depending on court date and conviction, that is a pending issue. However from a PR point of view I'd expect the team to release him.

The optics alone should be reason enough to show him the door; he's not FIFO material.

Then there the fact he's facing a lengthy list of charges, which means he'll more than likely be ineligible for entry into Canada for the foreseeable future.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

I'm thinking Marketing Money will be from the 2026 spending. In theory the 2025 amount will have been used.

D Mitchell was arrested for traffic violations and resisting arrest. That likely makes him a felon and not eligible to enter Canada. Depending on court date and conviction, that is a pending issue. However from a PR point of view I'd expect the team to release him.

No mention of any action taken regarding Mitchell, maybe they're waiting till he is charged or convicted, the fact his name is still listed on the roster is baffling. Did they intend to invite him back to TC to try again?

[Sir Blue and Gold]

No mention of any action taken regarding Mitchell, maybe they're waiting till he is charged or convicted, the fact his name is still listed on the roster is baffling. Did they intend to invite him back to TC to try again?

He only signed a one year deal so it's safer and less risk from a liability perspective to say and do nothing and simply not resign him.