Milt Stegall appreciation night

[Frequitude]

Anyone watching this? Wow, Milt is hauling in the goods:
-provicial Milt Stegall Day
-key to the city of Winnipeg
-street named after him
-Dodge Caravan
-artwork thing commemorating his record catch
-a bevy of cheerleaders
-a chair

Did I miss anything?

[ken0042]

Aw crap. Missed it.

Did they say what street they renamed?

Yeah, when I was in Winnipeg in July Milt was the talk of the town. Good to see him getting recognized.

[Resolute 14]

Given Winnipeg's awful street naming system, I'm sure the city was estatic to have another idea for a street name. They were already scraping the bottom of the barrel last time I was there.

[ken0042]

Hey- let's not forget Fifth Ave!

Who cares that there's no 4th, 3rd, 2nd or 1st. :D
http://www.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=winnipeg&ie=UTF8&ll=49.871628,-97.110815&spn=0.009764,0.019784&z=16&om=1

[Frequitude]

Did they say what street they renamed?

Not sure. I just caught the sign under his arm.

[Resolute 14]

Hey- let's not forget Fifth Ave!

Who cares that there's no 4th, 3rd, 2nd or 1st. :D
http://www.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=winnipeg&ie=UTF8&ll=49.871628,-97.110815&spn=0.009764,0.019784&z=16&om=1


Adamar St. is my favourite. So named because there is a Ramada on that road.


The fact that they number routes that are spread across multiple streets gets me though. What a dumb system.

Oh, and on topic, Stegal deserves every bit of praise he is getting.

[604flames]

Adamar St. is my favourite. So named because there is a Ramada on that road.
Wow... just wow.

And Snakeeye you just blew my mind.. I just realized Adanac street in Vancouver is Canada spelled backwards :bag:

Back on topic: good on Milt, and how fitting that he had all those clutch catches on the winning drive tonight!

[howard_the_duck]

And here, Mr. Stegall, are your keys to a brand new Caravan!!!:rolleyes:

[Sylvanfan]

^^^
Hey to a guy making a CFL salary who has a family....thats probably a huge bonus. As much as us men hate those things, women who cart kids around love them. If they weren't a useful vehichle, they wouldn't have sold so many.

[Resolute 14]

That's a $30,000+ gift. The league minimum is still below $40,000, iirc.

[howard_the_duck]

I'm just pointing out the obvious with the Caravan. Obviously he'd still be happy about getting a gift, one that's as Snakeye said over $30,000, but on a night to commemorate a great player and great career in a PRO sports league, one would think the CFL could put that $30,000 towards something a little more 'special'. Sports car, SUV, you name it. Several of each can be had for similar money.

[Sylvanfan]

Yeah, but CFL players probably need things as opposed to want them. Stegal probably needs that Caravan a lot more than he needs a Crossfire sort of thing. I'm sure he can go trade it in on a SUV if he wants. But again he's a CFL player, he probably cringes when the price of gas goes up.

Remember this is a league where like 10 years ago the Grey Cup MVP was being given a cheque for 10 grand or 6 grand U.S at the time! I used to see that and think how the Americans would laugh at us poor cheap arse Canadians giving the MVP of the country's most watched television event a cheque for $6 grand. I bet we looked absolutely pathetic in their eyes.