I think it's a failure of the big 3.

They've been bloated entities relying on television money.

This made sense when people watched tv and television lockouts meant it was very hard to watch other sports and hard to watch teams in other markets.

With globalized sports media it seems entirely possible that leagues might end up being based on offering live games up for free and relying on gate revenue.

In which case the bloated MLB/NBA/NHL will likely have major issues getting audience attention.


In I'm stuck in going to games that are basically minor leagues I'd rather do it in a league that is the best in Canada than a league that is one of the many feeders leagues for the big american franchises.

That's not how the "I'm tellin" culture works.

It is a kind of punching down that relies on moral relativism. It isn't about who is right or wrong it is about who is quickest at pouncing on folk that are deviating from the cutting edge of condoned behavior.

Lack of intelligence, poor language skills, age etc are all signs one is not capable of maintaining the upper hand.

So you assumed they weren't born here because they are Asian? And he's the racist?

I agree with all of that.

Actually, I've long thought that, even without the concussion/player safety issues, Canadian Football should evolve in its own way away from the American version. It would take a whole-game approach, CFL/Football Canada/U sports adopting changes. A greater uniqueness would mean that Canadians growing up playing our version would be the most skilled at it, reducing the influence of Americans. Same with coaching, etc. The less similar we are to AF then the fewer comparisons can be made and less "second rate" stigma.

I don't know how this would go over with the majority of football fans though. I was a fan of rugby before football, and know and love the history of how we got here from there. I feel like that wouldn't apply to the vast majority though. But if concussions force that evolution anyway... might was well go our own way. :shrug:

In the words of prime minister Justin Trudeau "people experience things differently".. so in this case, people can use this "out card" to argue that, no, that was not racist, because this particular person experienced things different

+6C looking like a good weather forecast for Regina for the Western CFL Final at New Mosaic Stadium, Bombers visiting against The Riders, the Western Division top team, this Sunday...

I just came across a discussion on a subforum of why TSN uses old aerial footage of Regina, footage like from half a decade ago, when TSN does CFL broadcasts from Regina.
Thought some of you might find this entertaining.:P

https://i.imgur.com/3BA2Ehi.png
https://www.cfl.ca/games/2639/edmont...ders/#/preview

Cool Regina shot!

Well the one thing I really enjoy about the CFL is that it doesn't appear to be based on 350 pound slobs.

Being a Winnipegger I will give credit to Regina on their downtown compared to ours. It is much cleaner and feels safer and friendlier and has much better organization compared to Winnipeg's downtown especially for a city of Regina's size it feels much larger than it actually is downtown.

CFL Divisional Finals has Hamilton attendance over capacity at 25,177 and Regina selling out at 33.3k.

The TV ratings for those games should be interesting, the west final was one of the most riveting playoff games I've ever seen. It brought back memories of the 1994 west final between BC and Calgary which stands out in my mind as one of the all time top barnburners. That one was more of an offensive shootout, but the hyper dramatic ending was similar to what we saw in Regina yesterday.

Was that when BC caught a touchdown in the snow in Calgary to win?

Yeah, that was a crazy see saw battle where Darren Flutie made a spectacular catch to get within striking distance and then caught one right after that in the endzone for the win.

The Lions had a wild playoff run that year...a week later it was Passaglia kicking a field goal at home to win it all.

Yes! Aand that was one of the years the Canucks made it to game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals.

In the heart of the American experiment.

TV ratings: Bombers, Riders yields largest CFL Finals number in recent years
Justin Dunk 3downnation November 18, 2019

The Farmers’ Almanac was right: Winnipeg and Saskatchewan produced a high yield.

It was the first West Final between the prairie rivals since 1972 and the Bombers scored a 20-13 win against the Riders in a game which came down to the final play — drama helps boost audiences. Forget sports it was the highest rated English language program on television Sunday, November 17.

Division Finals Sunday TV ratings 2019:

Edmonton at Hamilton — 898,400 (not including RDS)
Winnipeg at Saskatchewan — 1,631,900 (not including RDS)
Average: 1,265,150

2018
Hamilton at Ottawa — 729,000
Winnipeg at Calgary — 1,222,030
Average: 974,650

2017
Saskatchewan at Toronto — 1,406,000
Edmonton at Calgary — 1,337,000
Average: 1,371,500

2016
Edmonton at Ottawa — 1,178,100
B.C. at Calgary– 1,049,000
Average: 1,113,550

Very good ratings especially in the age of cable cord cutting just wish the CFL would post their streaming numbers as I know more and more fans watch that way in increasing numbers every year.

drone footage
 

Some pretty cool drone footage and camera work was happening at the CFL West Final in Regina last Sunday. Here a news item from CTV showing the operations:

https://regina.ctvnews.ca/video?binId=1.1165847



https://i.imgur.com/guOP5nf.jpg?1

(above post)

https://regina.ctvnews.ca/regina-pro...hots-1.4691479

I posted a video from that company quite a while ago, they do really good work. The league has to use resources like this to stay competitive. TSN productions have gotten stale and for no good reason, they desperately need this type of thing, and it pays dividends. People will watch a well made professional production and these technologies greatly add to that.

The first video that was mistakenly posted really shows why the Riders are so popular.