Argos

[BlueFire]

Here comes another sellout. Wade should be in a good mood if that's possible

[Blue In BC]

Argos suck. I have a button that says that. lol

Anyway. Another sellout is a good thing. It will almost certainly cost the Argos a penalty or two.

[Blueforlife]

If we get a home playoff game, the profits will be sick this year.

[theaardvark]

If we get a home playoff game, the profits will be sick this year.

Which will mean that we can blow the $SMS up next year for the GC run.  Lose our first and second round picks and spend a cool milly in matching funds (good for the league, "revenue sharing" as it were) so that we can out compete for a few key pieces.

[Blue In BC]

Which will mean that we can blow the $SMS up next year for the GC run.  Lose our first and second round picks and spend a cool milly in matching funds (good for the league, "revenue sharing" as it were) so that we can out compete for a few key pieces.

No it doesn't mean that at all. Nobody has done that in the past.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

Which will mean that we can blow the $SMS up next year for the GC run.  Lose our first and second round picks and spend a cool milly in matching funds (good for the league, "revenue sharing" as it were) so that we can out compete for a few key pieces.

Is BC's marketing budget helping tremendously? They haven't won a home game since when? We can win being at or close to the salary cap.

[theaardvark]

No it doesn't mean that at all. Nobody has done that in the past.

We will see what happens in BC this year.  I'm not sure thay haven't blown the cap for at least a draft pick.

[Blue In BC]

We will see what happens in BC this year.  I'm not sure thay haven't blown the cap for at least a draft pick.

We'll see. Lions had a bit of an unusual situation with Rourke coming back and then Betts. How often does a team have a player coming back that is going to be in the $600K-$700K SMS hit mid season?

It had nothing to do with trying to buy their way into a Grey Cup. It's still possible that they re-negotiated other contracts to not be substantially over the SMS.

Every team wants to get to and win the Grey Cup every year whether it's in their stadium or not.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

We'll see. Lions had a bit of an unusual situation with Rourke coming back and then Betts. How often does a team have a player coming back that is going to be in the $600K-$700K SMS hit mid season?

It had nothing to do with trying to buy their way into a Grey Cup. It's still possible that they re-negotiated other contracts to not be substantially over the SMS.

Every team wants to get to and win the Grey Cup every year whether it's in their stadium or not.

Mid-season??? I don't think so, asking a bunch of players to take pay cuts halfway through the season is likely to spark a locker-room revolt.  I think BC is a clear case of an ambitious owner telling the football ops people how to run their show without worrying about the consequences.

[theaardvark]

We'll see. Lions had a bit of an unusual situation with Rourke coming back and then Betts. How often does a team have a player coming back that is going to be in the $600K-$700K SMS hit mid season?

It had nothing to do with trying to buy their way into a Grey Cup. It's still possible that they re-negotiated other contracts to not be substantially over the SMS.

Every team wants to get to and win the Grey Cup every year whether it's in their stadium or not.

Every team want to get to the Grey Cup.  Duh.

In a hosting year, the difference between losing money and making a killing is actually getting your team in the stadium.  So it becomes worthwhile to "buy" players.

[Stats Junkie]

Is BC's marketing budget helping tremendously? They haven't won a home game since when? We can win being at or close to the salary cap.

The last time the BC Lions won a game at SaveOnFoods Field, Stefan Flintoft did NOT hit the scoreboard with a punt.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

The last time the BC Lions won a game at SaveOnFoods Field, Stefan Flintoft did NOT hit the scoreboard with a punt.

  

[theaardvark]

The last time the BC Lions won a game at SaveOnFoods Field, Stefan Flintoft did NOT hit the scoreboard with a punt.

Which is odd... again... what he said.

[Blue In BC]

Every team want to get to the Grey Cup.  Duh.

In a hosting year, the difference between losing money and making a killing is actually getting your team in the stadium.  So it becomes worthwhile to "buy" players.

There are exactly a bunch of top players that just become available at this time of the season. You might have a point in February during free agency.

Go ahead and point out a team that went excessively over the cap during a season they hosted the Grey Cup?

It's never happened. It's just another of your tin foil hat ideas.

[theaardvark]

There are exactly a bunch of top players that just become available at this time of the season. You might have a point in February during free agency.

Go ahead and point out a team that went excessively over the cap during a season they hosted the Grey Cup?

It's never happened. It's just another of your tin foil hat ideas.

Yeah, they only signed Ciante Evans, William Stanback and Pete Robinson away from other teams.  Plus all their own players, don't think they lost a starter in FA.

Plus Covington coming from the NFL to start the season.

And then end up with VA and Rourke, and Betts back.