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[The whitecaps drew over 50000 for their last game. The Lions drew half of that.]

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

Last post by Throw Long Bannatyne - Today at 06:54:33 PM

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.

You literally cherry picked one game attendance in the MLS semi-finals to make your point, Whitecaps average attendance was sometimes above 20,000 more times below, while the Lions average game attendance was published at 27,124.

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

Last post by Stats Junkie - Today at 04:17:10 PM

Why would any of this CFL-site stuff scuttle the BB forum?

As I mentioned in my previous post, this forum (Extra Point) was re-directed to the Blue Bombers sub-forum on the CFL site for a short time. If that was the long term solution then we would have lost this forum with the CFL forums shut down. 

Always sad to see another forum go.  Did you or any mods get any word on plans for a different CFL forum in the future?

I only noticed that the CFL forums had shut down because of a post on social media (Bluesky). I went looking and found a similar post to this (possibly from same person):

Post at Reddit CFL

"For anyone who doesn't know, the official CFL Forums were shut down abruptly two days ago with only a few hours' notice from the league.

I was the forum administrator over the past year, and our volunteer mod team did everything we could to warn users in the limited time we had. Unfortunately, with such short notice, many longtime members likely never saw the announcement before the forums went offline.

The CFL pushed our members to continue discussions here on r/CFL, which is a great space and already home to a lot of strong CFL conversation. Many of us are regulars here already and will continue to be.

Some former forum members preferred long-form, team-based discussion and didn't regularly use Reddit, so a new fan-run forum has been set up to keep those conversations going;

The Canadian Football Fan Forum - https://discourse.cfl.forum/"

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

15 years ago, the CFL forums were a great place to talk CFL. The sub-forums for BC, Hamilton, Montreal (French) & Saskatchewan were the official team forums with links on the team websites. Each of those sub-forums had its own moderator team.

10 years ago, those same forums had lost the luster as the CFL mod team did everything they could to alienate new posters (and at times existing posters). Only the Hamilton sub-forum remained as an official team forum.

The traffic on the CFL forums had increased up until about a year ago when the link to the forums was removed from cfl.ca. Unfortunately, the newer generation of posters consisted of a lot of Americans who liked the CFL because it was different but cherry picked the rules they liked and didn't like. There were also a number of Canadian posters who seemed to like everything about the CFL except the rules, the commissioner, the website, stats, etc.

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

Last post by Pigskin - Today at 03:40:54 PM

There is a few guys you can throw into that group. NP4, JT19, VN7 has 1 point in his last 19 games. Stanley tied with Jmoe with 5 goals. That's a big surprise. JT -13, CP -11. 

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

Last post by Sir Blue and Gold - Today at 02:28:36 PM

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.

And they'd probably want Kramdi and Smith but who knows if Kramdi will stay and who knows if Smith can do it. Plus you need to plan for scenarios where he's hurt early or gone for a long stretch. Part of the deal is just having the body types in camp to see how it all shakes out.

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

Last post by markf - Today at 01:48:00 PM

Post at Reddit CFL

"For anyone who doesn't know, the official CFL Forums were shut down abruptly two days ago with only a few hours' notice from the league.

I was the forum administrator over the past year, and our volunteer mod team did everything we could to warn users in the limited time we had. Unfortunately, with such short notice, many longtime members likely never saw the announcement before the forums went offline.

The CFL pushed our members to continue discussions here on r/CFL, which is a great space and already home to a lot of strong CFL conversation. Many of us are regulars here already and will continue to be.

Some former forum members preferred long-form, team-based discussion and didn't regularly use Reddit, so a new fan-run forum has been set up to keep those conversations going;

The Canadian Football Fan Forum - https://discourse.cfl.forum/"

Not what I would hope for from  the League office towards its most hard core fans.

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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.

#7

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.

#8

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

#9

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.

#10

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.