More special event bowl games like the new Stampede Bowl are a good idea, in particular by early September.
And have an appealing and relevant halftime act with the game too of course, and show it on TV instead of as much that boring TSN panel!
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He has certainly made more percentage wise in Hamilton. Another weakness he has though are his relative bunts on kickoffs, I would bet close to 10 yards shorter than the league standard. Sergio has that unique combination of accuracy and distance and you know you are not out of the game even if a 60 yard field goal is required. With Mark you are covering your eyes if it’s over 48 yards.
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Sounds good.
Neither school he attended have fielded a football team for over 73 years so doubtful he was a part of any of those teams.
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FOOTBALL as in Soccer - He played soccer loves soccer (football) and he owns a soccer team Wrexham AFC
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Yes but that’s not what was mentioned by the e original poster. Claimed he played gridiron football in high school which, unless he’s undercover 91 year old, he did not do.
And if he is in fact 91, an apology to Mr Reynolds is in order and I trust the reunion for the class of 1952 was an eventful one.
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Agreed. I really think that the real question here is “how would you improve the image of the league?” The game itself and the talent is largely a very good product. Not perfect but pretty good. The CFL needs to marry itself to the entertainment industry, particularly music. Doman has shown the blueprint for growth with the opening concert. It guarantees a large opening crowd but if you have noticed over the years the Lions overall attendance in the post-concert has improved. I do think that there is a correlation.
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He played Canadian football growing up. He said this in many interviews.
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Prince of Wales in Vancouver has football in the 1990s.
Not playing in any real league. Their competitive team folded in the 50’s. Their more modern demographic was more suited for badminton or table tennis.
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So just now I was flipping through FAST channels, and I went to the Fubo Sports FAST channel, and what’s on? It was a game of the European League of Football.
It would not be hard for the CFL get its content on a FAST channel if not simply start their own FAST channel, as has done even many a niche sport beyond many of the major leagues and fight promotions now, for 24/7 exposure and filler content.
Wake up CFL and Genius Sports!
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BC High School doesn’t play Canadian rules though. They play American. As I stated above, he probably played community ball.
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pissed me off greatly when I first learned that.
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They don’t always. Ironically when those two high schools mentioned had teams, they played Canadian rules.
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Maybe to end this argument, Ryan Reynolds should round up his own team of has-been’s and never-was’s, and then get a friend to do the same, all to play a game of football in Canada, Canadian rules, and of course the proceeds can to go charity for local youth football in BC.
Believe it or not, this kind of event was actually done in Easton, Pennsylvania (where I lived for about 18 months after moving back in 2016), and across the river in New Jersey, to sort out some old high school rivalry after a tie game, around 2009 or so.
I can’t find much on it online now, but the respective coaches were Peyton Manning and his brother Eli Manning, with the whole thing a local event sponsored by Gatorade.
I can only imagine the injuries to the older players well into their 30s and 40s I do recall, all of whom had regular jobs, who indeed did have a training camp.
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After this weekend, the next weekend with only three games is Labour Day weekend.
I guess the CFL has learned from poor ratings and attendance in prior years?
Then again it’s also stupid to have that reality one weekend and then follow it up with a triple-header Saturday the following weekend.
After September there is one three-game weekend in October, at a time of year that I don’t mind, but I am not a fan of these weekends with fewer games through Labour Day weekend.
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I would also hazard a guess that if you were to put some of these concerts on tv and advertise as such, you might even get people tuning in. At least more so than if you just had the panel.
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This goes back to the 1940s when UBC started football.
Because the closest university is Calgary which around 800 miles (1300 kms) from UBC, it wasn’t feasible to travel that distance.
They were mainly traveling to the US using 2 sets of rules.
It was mainly playing US colleges that got them to use American rules and high schools (mainly Catholic schools) that started out with using the National Federation of High School (NFHS) rules.
By the 1960s I believe UBC transitioned back to Canadian rules.
SFU started football with American rules.
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