McCown admits why hate for CFL now

[cutchemist43]

C&S also made their own mistakes too.

[GernB]

Who listens to McClown anyway? The few times I've seen him he just reminds me of an old grumpy HS principal I had.

[WVCFLFan]

@"qbnuts"

@"Mightygoose"

Thanks for the link.

Had a listen and the reason he says is the one that I thought was the case.

Though C & S did not have the funds at the end of the day, they did revive the brand and Argo games were fun to go to.

So when the league had the opportunity to assist them, do a form of what other leagues do - revenue sharing. Instead, they chose to have one perso own 2 teams, hurt the credibility of the league and set the franchise back a decade.

Being good freinds of the Bobcat, I can see why he lost his respet for the league. Hopefully, the team can be rebuilt and run professionaly again. Personally, he may care again. Though professionaly via Rogers, it may be a different story.

I agree that C ans S would great owners and the league should have helped when asked. But and its a big but. S and C could be blamed for where the Argos have been these last 9 years. S and C had the deal to build a stadium at Varsity fall through, they had a deal with York and Canadian Soccer, they pulled out of that. They pulled out of the BMO stadium deal again with the Canadian soccer association , all because Paul Godfrey came running over to them with a 5 year lease at the Doom for very low rent. They never looked long term, now the team paid the price for that lack of vision

C & S had their heart in the right place, but they just didn’t have deep enough pockets. They had to borrow money just to buy the team and they certainly did not have the $20-$25 million needed for their part of the York Stadium. They probably though they could get the funding, but when that fell through, the quick deal at the Skydome looked like a pretty good opportunity. Had they been able to raise the $25 million, I think C & S would have gone for the York Stadium deal. They knew it was the best deal in the long term. C & S may have been rich, but they were not wealthy and sports teams are the playthings of wealthy men.