CFL (Non-Bombers) off-season news

[Tecno]

It's not a loophole though. It's part of the contract that the union fought for.

The spirit of the MMM clause was to get players who do more publicity a little more compensation.  It was never intended to be a way to bypass the SMS and pay QB's $850k.

[Tecno]

Point is the Lions used it as a loophole to subvert the salary cap and exploited it well beyond it's original purpose.

It's the Braun diffuser from F1 15 years ago.  They thought of it first, and they felt like exploiting the loophole (won Braun a championship with a substandard ex-Honda chassis/engine).

And a loophole it indeed is... Not the MMM itself, but using it to the tune of $200k per player.

[Tecno]

We know the Lions are paying Rourke $200k to participate in drivel like this.

That's some pretty funny stuff, though.  Too bad they didn't find some of my comments to read.

Hmm, 738 views.  Let's say he earned $25k of his $200k MMM for that video.  That means the Lions spent $34 per view on that video.  Seems like a lot, considering nearly every viewer will either be a BC STH already, or an other-city CFL fan who won't be spending money in BC Place anytime soon.

Gaaaaaaaaaaaapppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp.  Kid Oakville

[Ridermania]

Any news on Tre Ford and his $100K bonus due January 1st?

[Blue In BC]

Any news on Tre Ford and his $100K bonus due January 1st?

Good question. There may have been a re-negotiation that we haven't heard about yet.

[Waffler]

Any news on Tre Ford and his $100K bonus due January 1st?

Last I read it was a 110k bonus for Feb 1.

[Blue In BC]

Last I read it was a 110k bonus for Feb 1.

Ah. That changes the situation for the moment. Regardless of how that works out I don't see Ford as an Elk in 2026. Where he ends up or under what kind of contract is up in the air.

Ultimately he needs a new chance elsewhere. Re-negotiating to stay in Edmonton would leave a bad taste for both sides.

Just my view though.

[TBURGESS]

It is.  But it still doesn't mean they aren't d.bags.  Instead of exploiting it in an outrageous manner they could have notified the CFL that this "bug" existed.

I'm a programmer/hacker, if I find a huge zero day bug in Windows, should I exploit it to steal everyone's crypto wallets?  Or do I report it through the proper CVE channels?

I was a programmer... Mostly Assembler, Cobol & Rexx. I hacked folks userid's and passwords back in high school in the 70's to get more processing time. So I see it differently. Exploiting what's in a contract that anyone who is smart enough to find is just using what's provided to everyone with a working brain. 

[Waffler]

Regardless of how that works out I don't see Ford as an Elk in 2026.

I feel like they are letting him twist in the wind. Unless they feel a trade is still possible, they should give his release already. Tampering period is also Feb 1. If they want Ford to get a feel what other teams would pay and renegotiate from there it would be too late.  It just seems like a release is coming sooner or later. Take the high road, do it now and give him some time to find a job.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Ah. That changes the situation for the moment. Regardless of how that works out I don't see Ford as an Elk in 2026. Where he ends up or under what kind of contract is up in the air.

Ultimately he needs a new chance elsewhere. Re-negotiating to stay in Edmonton would leave a bad taste for both sides.

Just my view though.

I'd have no problem with Ford as a backup QB, he's an extremely talented athlete who has the potential to be great.  The problem is with his current salary, it should be commensurate with his results, let's use Matthew Shiltz salary as a measuring stick.

[BBRT]

I was a programmer... Mostly Assembler, Cobol & Rexx. I hacked folks userid's and passwords back in high school in the 70's to get more processing time. So I see it differently. Exploiting what's in a contract that anyone who is smart enough to find is just using what's provided to everyone with a working brain.

"Cobol and Assembler" you and I might be the only two folks that know these tools! I go back even further - Fortran!!! I even remember how to do "Case Statements" Man we are getting up there! My first degree was in Electrical Engineering and I got to work on the very first IBM mainframe in the good ol Green Machine!!

[Jesse]

Not this again!  You said the exact same thing this time last year.  We don't need to wait for '25 numbers, we already know BC was crooked by going $350k over SMS last season -- and that's EXCLUDING the MMM.

The are a dirty team, and I don't know what you gain by defending them (again).  They're probably MMM'ing the heck out of everyone now: Hatcher, McInnis, etc.

I'm not talking about salary cap adherence. I mean, we don't know how much marketing money teams spend in total on all their players.

I'm certainly not defending BC, just complaining about lack of transparency from the CFL and it's kinda pointless to discuss certain things when we aren't privy to 95% of the info.

[theaardvark]

"Cobol and Assembler" you and I might be the only two folks that know these tools! I go back even further - Fortran!!! I even remember how to do "Case Statements" Man we are getting up there! My first degree was in Electrical Engineering and I got to work on the very first IBM mainframe in the good ol Green Machine!!

Cut my teeth on Fortran on cards.

Heathkit H8 we built and programmed through the keypad until we got our smart terminal.

Timex/Sinclair, TRS80, PET 2001...  Basic, assembler, machine code...

Pascal and COBOL I could speak pidgin if needed in a pinch.

And zero of it remembered today, because I'm old as heck.

And today?

CHAT GPT - write me a programme