Are the Eskimos Broke

[flutie0202]

@"HfxTC"

@"pressbox "

Let’s look at some facts - the infra structure has a great deal invested by city - ie . The. 150 million dollar field house and a large junk towards the change of seats over the last couple,of,years . Remember the. Esks owned for awhile the triple. A baseball team and sold to Nolan Ryan who moved them to Texas - a pile of money was made .
Now the Esks are not rolling in money thru the football operations - they are now known as a penny saver team - Eric Tillman frustrated had to trade Ricky Ray and his 500thousand salary for 150,000 salary qb in Jyles - to try to get money for other skilled positions , don’t be surprised if Stamps and his. 200,000 salary
Are gone this off season or an attempt at a restructured contract In The 110-125,000 range . Bowman is now the knighted new go to guy and at approx 95,000 per year he is a 100 thousand saving .
What is going to happen when Reilly ask to go to 400-450 thousand per year from his base of about. 225,000 plus -
Will he be sent on a one way ticket to another club let’s hope not with the added cap dollars with the new agreement one has to believe they will sign him.
The big dollars the Esks once had are now invested or had to be spent - just like the once mighty Heritage fund Alberta once had - it’s a new day and the Esks do not hold the bag of gold as they once did .

Arash, stop it…

Thats funny, look at EDM finicial statements, they have more cash hidden all over the place, The issue with EDM, much the Riders is THEY HAVE TO MUCH MONEY

[pressbox]

It is true that the a Esks have always had the money - and have lived by the golden rule - " He that has the Gold - Rules " but if we look at their financial statements of 10 years ago and those of today their is a marked difference of what they have now in reserve - to what they used to,have . Please chck it out -
They simply don’t have the same streams of resources coming in as they once had - even 2013 shows the Bombers bringing in 33% more income thru football operations then the Esks - if the cash flow from previous
Assets aren’t at the same levels they once were - the bottom line is affected. Are the Esks funded by -The Poor Sisters of Mary Clarence ? Of course not - but they also are not the Donald Trumps of the CFL anymore

[EdmontonCowboy]

@"Mr.Bungle"

What a waste money to reinvest into a 30 year old oversized stadium… They would of been better off to of bulldozed the stadium and rebuilt Clarke Stadium with a capacity at 28k with an ability to expand to 38-45K for a cup.
This being said… All Eastern teams should cap their capacity to 24k and all Western teams at 28 K… The Riders are being as foolish as the Bombers if they make their capacity more than 28k.

God, I hope you never try to start a business. You’ve clearly never been to Commonwealth Stadium.