New Ownership for the Edmonton Elks

[ModAdmin]

Dave Naylor
@TSNDaveNaylor
According to a source, the new owner of the @GoElks is Larry Thompson. Comes from the construction business, local, longtime season ticket holder. #CFL #Elks

[DM83]

Nice quote what's your point?

The owner doesn't coach.  He is a builder though.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Dave Naylor
@TSNDaveNaylor
According to a source, the new owner of the @GoElks is Larry Thompson. Comes from the construction business, local, longtime season ticket holder. #CFL #Elks

We'll see how this goes, if the first think he does is change the name back to the Eskimos, it will show he's reactionary and all may not go so well.

[ModAdmin]

Nice quote what's your point?

The owner doesn't coach.  He is a builder though.

My point was to post a CFL news item.  Hope you are okay with that.

[Jesse]

Nice quote what's your point?

The owner doesn't coach.  He is a builder though.

What is your problem? He was sharing CFL news.

[Blue In BC]

That's good news. Now let the other decisions start. They may consider who are the coaches in 2025 but unless they tank this season soon, I don't think that happens in 2024. If there are no new coaches, then rosters fall into the same status qup more or less.

[blue_or_die]

We'll see how this goes, if the first think he does is change the name back to the Eskimos, it will show he's reactionary and all may not go so well.

I'm not advocating for a name change or anything, but you can certainly argue that it didn't exactly go so well when they changed their name in the first place.

[ichabod_crane]

Larry Thompson?! Was he not a former Bombers receiver many moons ago?   

[Blueforlife]

What is your problem? He was sharing CFL news.

He is just doing his thing but this one was pretty weird.

Nothing's changed but the surrounding bulls#it that has grown (PJ quote, Off he goes -No Code).

[TecnoGenius]

We'll see how this goes, if the first think he does is change the name back to the Eskimos, it will show he's reactionary and all may not go so well.

If he changes the name back to Name-That-Shall-Not-Be-Spoken, then I'll buy season tickets!  And I'm thousands of miles away!  Such a move would show massive attachments.

But it's a silly thing to contemplate since it'll never occur.  So back to reality:

Any new owner is always a good thing.  However, now the "community" has lost control and it becomes more like The Caretaker situation.  I love that he's local and a huge fan.  That goes a long way to keeping him in it for the long haul.

I also wonder if the change in status hampers EDM's ability to get extra breaks from the gov?  (Future stadium upgrades, new stadium, etc.)

[drahgon]

...I love that he's local and a huge fan.  That goes a long way to keeping him in it for the long haul...

He's living every fan's dream. For the league's sake, lets home he can turn that franchise around, similar to BC's new(ish) owner.

[GOLDMEMBER]

Nice quote what's your point?

The owner doesn't coach.  He is a builder though.

Give it a rest!

[pdirks67]

You'd think a passionate owner would be good for the team. I'm not sure why he wouldn't just put the name change rumours to bed immediately though. It's divisive and it's been dealt with. Time to figure out the future.

[bomb squad]

You'd think a passionate owner would be good for the team. I'm not sure why he wouldn't just put the name change rumours to bed immediately though. It's divisive and it's been dealt with. Time to figure out the future.

Maybe because he's not ruling it out?

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Sounds to me like he's absolutely going to change the name.