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Originally posted by the_only_turek_fan@Feb 26 2005, 11:04 AM
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Totally disagree No ID
The guy is 100% right.
There is a competetive unbalance developing in the CFL.
The Stamps, Eksimos, Agos, and Lions are acting just like Stars, Rangers, Flyers, Avalanche etc......
We are just on the other side of the fence so we dont see this.
If the Leafs signed Jarome Iginla to a 12 million dollar/year contract and Calgary got nothing in return everyone in this city would start bitching and complaining about how Sports is unfair blah blah blah.....
I know we have been through it like u said, but still there would be complaining and you and I would be front and center...
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You totally misunderstood me man. I wasn't trying to suggest that there wasn't a competitive unbalance forming in the CFL at all. I can see it just like you can. But that guy saying to me that he wants to see Iginla sign with another team just so we know what that feeling is like? Are you kidding me? I know what that feeling is like. Theo Fleury anyone? Al MacInnis anyone? Joe Nieuwendyk anyone? Mike Vernon anyone? Those are the guys I idolised as young guy and seeing them go broke my heart. I hated it. So don't try to suggest to me that I don't know what that feeling is like.
Once the core of our cup team was ripped from us, there really was nothing left for other teams to pillage us for. Over that time period, I've grown up. The players used to mean something to me. That's not the case anymore. I've seen them come and go and it really has no effect on me now. If Iginla were to do as you suggested, it wouldn't get me upset at all. I'd be more than glad to see him go if he wants to. I've already formed a negative opinion of what he believes in and the message he is sending to the fans of our team. You want a free market why Jarome? So Calgary can't afford you. So go then and prove to me what I already believe. I won't miss him for a second.