Rasheed Bailey officially retires

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

https://3downnation.com/2026/02/05/two-time-grey-cup-champion-rasheed-bailey-officially-retires-from-cfl/

[blue_gold_84]

WFC Legend. Thanks for your contributions and all the best in retirement, Showtime!

One of the best TDs:

[blue_or_die]

He seemed like a really nice guy who tried his best.

Best of luck in what's next for you.

[GOLDMEMBER]

We was a good blue bomber.

[Blueforlife]

These are the talents that make the league great

Proud of you! GL with next phase!

[theaardvark]

Still think we moved on from his too early, he was good on and off the field.  He was too good for the role we had open for him, but I really think we should have made the effort to take better care of him here.  We had the ratio, and I'm sure, at the end of the day, the $SMS would have worked itself out.

We lost oline, Harris, DT's in the past, but this was different.  He wanted to stay, would have done anything he was asked to do.  Paying him above ELC to be 5th REC is not a sound $SMS move, that's what rookies are for.  But for what he brought, the extra was worth it.

Unless there was some underlying issue, an injury, a passport thing, something we were never made privy to, he should have been here.

No doubt, he will succeed in what he chooses to do next.

Maybe he can take a sideline gig, and give Luke a run for his money.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Still think we moved on from his too early, he was good on and off the field.  He was too good for the role we had open for him, but I really think we should have made the effort to take better care of him here.  We had the ratio, and I'm sure, at the end of the day, the $SMS would have worked itself out.

We lost oline, Harris, DT's in the past, but this was different.  He wanted to stay, would have done anything he was asked to do.  Paying him above ELC to be 5th REC is not a sound $SMS move, that's what rookies are for.  But for what he brought, the extra was worth it.

Unless there was some underlying issue, an injury, a passport thing, something we were never made privy to, he should have been here.

No doubt, he will succeed in what he chooses to do next.

Maybe he can take a sideline gig, and give Luke a run for his money.

I dunno, Sheed is an intensely emotional person, drains me just listening to him, like an annoying song on the radio it misses it's target and you just want to shut it off.  Could be he wore his teammates nerves out.