Thomas rejecting Rourke

[GOLDMEMBER]

Me? I loved it, and I'll say it louder for the people in the back....I LOVED IT!

Why?

The Bombers were playing tough and sending a message all game long with their hits.

Many, many times in a CFL season you see a player from one team not help up a player from the other team...they just walk away and let that player's teammates help them.

Why is this play getting more comments than other times?

Here's why, Thomas did not just walk away, he kind of waved him off.

Again, I love it!

This is a possible Western Final matchup. Rourke was hearing footsteps and seeing ghosts. BC receivers and running backs were getting smacked in the mouth. BC Defenders were getting run over!

Big brother (Winnipeg) spanked little brother (BC) all night long. Thomas not helping Rourke up is part of sending that message. The "Canadian Kid," and I reminded him all game long he was a kid playing a man's game, is going to have to fight his own mind if BC gets past Calgary.

If you disagree, that's fine. But I will say up front, I an not getting into a back-and-forth.

whoop whoop love that explanation!

[dd]

Yep, TBurg and dd are by far the most woke on this board

Not even sure what woke is but I really couldn?t give a rip what others say

[GOLDMEMBER]

Not even sure what woke is but I really couldn?t give a rip what others say

No problem dd you are a true blue bomber hardcore fan so that is what really matters but it appears you do care what others say. All good! You and TBurg can go on a bro date so if one falls the other can make the classy move.

[TecnoGenius]

Hey, does it matter who the player is that Jake is snubbing?  What if the exact same thing happened and it was Simoni or Marino instead of Rourke?  Would some people still be upset?

Maybe people are being slightly biased because Rourke a) is young ("just a kid"), b) looks young/handsome (at least my wife says so), c) is a wunderkind, d) is apparently everyone's new pick for future superstar, d) is Canadian.

Would this thread even exist if Rourke was Simoni?  How much of this is just feeling bad for "the kid"?

[ModAdmin]

Said it before and I'll say it again.  You can shake hands before and after the game but in the midst of a game, you battle, you fight to win, you defeat your opponent. If you don't have that mentality you likely lose.

[jdrattops]

Hahaha this thread is hilarious.

Sure is, it's not like he stood over and spit on him.  Nothing to do with being "classy" or "classless", just a couple guys playing football.

[jdrattops]

Sure, sure.

Lmao!

[jdrattops]

Classy people don't call others classless 

Exactly!

[jdrattops]

No problem dd you are a true blue bomber hardcore fan so that is what really matters but it appears you do care what others say. All good! You and TBurg can go on a bro date so if one falls the other can make the classy move.

LMFAO

[DM83]

Time and a place.

[TBURGESS]

Hey, does it matter who the player is that Jake is snubbing?  What if the exact same thing happened and it was Simoni or Marino instead of Rourke?  Would some people still be upset?

Maybe people are being slightly biased because Rourke a) is young ("just a kid"), b) looks young/handsome (at least my wife says so), c) is a wunderkind, d) is apparently everyone's new pick for future superstar, d) is Canadian.

Would this thread even exist if Rourke was Simoni?  How much of this is just feeling bad for "the kid"?

Nope, it doesn't matter who it is. Nope, not feeling bad for the 'the kid'. Nope, it doesn't matter that it was a Bomber. Classless is classless.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Nope, it doesn't matter who it is. Nope, not feeling bad for the 'the kid'. Nope, it doesn't matter that it was a Bomber. Classless is classless.

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[blue_gold_84]

Nope, it doesn't matter who it is. Nope, not feeling bad for the 'the kid'. Nope, it doesn't matter that it was a Bomber. Classless is classless.

I thought you claimed not to care.

[The Fresh Prince Of Belair, MB]

It used to be something you'd see once in a while but sportsmanship like that is long gone from pro sports.

I think the opposite is true. Seem to me helping up an opponent happens more often now then it did in say the 80s. I think a lot more players are friends off the field now, and with the increased roster turnover in pretty much all pro sports more guys have played together at some point.

[Horseman]

No problem dd you are a true blue bomber hardcore fan so that is what really matters but it appears you do care what others say. All good! You and TBurg can go on a bro date so if one falls the other can make the classy move.

Priceless...slow clap.