Rod Petersen (voice of the riders) was interviewed on Global Saskatoon today. I'm paraphrasing but he said something to the effect of " I'm going to be on that same plane. Why would he jinx a flight like that? WHY?". He was serious. Rod Petersen is a boob.
Clearly, because you're one of the four Boomer allotted for death, you grandiose hack. Why don't you flash your Grey Cup ring Sunday like you deserve to have it?
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He said it, he apologized, I dont see why the guy deserves a suspension as well? And yes, I am a Riders fan and yes the Riders are gonna pull off another upset.
Winning 3 Grey Cups in 100 years in an 8 or 9 team league, is more a sign of a stopped clock being right twice a day, than any measure of excellence to be proud of.
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So when the story blew up, Fan960 increased the penalties. Or they did it simply to let the whole thing cool down.
I wasn't listening when the incident occurred, and it was clearly over the line. But as a regular listener, I know Walker and Warrener are big Rider fans and there is often a bunch of kibitzing as they rile each other up. It doesn't excuse what happened but it is easy to see how it happened.
Let Boomer sit until Bryn steps down, then put Boomer in the afternoon with Steinberg.
But they had better keep Boomer - he is one of the few guys who keep things interesting. There are a lot of guys who know their stuff at 960, but many of them (Walker, Steinberg) are pretty dry. The Fan needs Boomer.
Talk radio must be a really tough gig - to be knowledgeable, able to have and defend an opinion, and be interesting/entertaining, and to do that for hours a day, every day; anything live to air is one hell of a skill.
This is the problem with mass media in general. Everyone is so worried about offending people, so worried about crossing a line, that when something reasonably tame, like this situation, occurs, everyone loses their minds.
And Kirch/Rogers... You do realize that the Monday after this game, ALL of this will be forgotten? It will return to a message board meme and Boomer will be disliked in perpetuity, but only because people in Saskatchewan have nothing better to do than vehemently HATE people in Calgary. You won't be losing sponsors, and you won't have fan boycotts (Though I'd love to know how you can tell; I'm sure Shine FM has better ratings than 960.). Would you care to know why you won't have fan boycotts? Because that would be friggen exhausting and life's too short. We've got too many distractions, and too many REAL ISSUES to worry about before we get to punishing your sponsors because a guy made a moderately off-key remark at an hour when most peoples' brains are not functioning beyond 'stop go red light green light I wish I was still asleep'.
But sure, suspend the guy for making a joke. I'm sure that'll do wonders for your on-air product. Because if there's one thing creativity loves, it's being stuck in a very small box by some faceless suit or Kelly Kirch who couldn't get an infant to laugh if he had the worldwide monopoly on face paint and novelty horns.
Adam Carolla is right; radio programmers really are the cheapest, dumbest, most evil men in entertainment. Which is what you are, 960. Never forget that. You're here for our entertainment. You don't cover the Gaza strip or Wall Street. You cover games. Dance, muppets.
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Rod Petersen (voice of the riders) was interviewed on Global Saskatoon today. I'm paraphrasing but he said something to the effect of " I'm going to be on that same plane. Why would he jinx a flight like that? WHY?". He was serious. Rod Petersen is a boob.
Yes because the plane may crash now because of what Boomer said. I really hope the Stampeders win Sunday so Peterson can shut his trap for the winter. The guy was ranting yesterday like a kid on 960 because Griffiths predicted a Stamps blowout.
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He said it, he apologized, I dont see why the guy deserves a suspension as well? And yes, I am a Riders fan and yes the Riders are gonna pull off another upset.
Your team is going to get destroyed. God wills it.
Is that also a plane crash joke? I can't tell. Kelly Kirch, please enlighten me so I know to whom I should direct my apology.
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The funniest thing is Calgary or Saskatchewan are just going to get trounced by the Lions the following week. I guess the one week of bragging rights is worth getting in a big fuss over.
Yah, they better not be canning Boomer. The Fan is already thin on talent as is, and I would say without Kerr there, Boomer's pretty much the best guy they have right now. Dumb comment by him, but I'm sure it was a heat of the moment "rile up" Warrener and Walker comment. I'm pretty sure he doesn't actually hope the plane crashes.
And I saw that Peterson clip on Global. The guy made himself look like a ######-tard with is over the top reaction.
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It's in poor taste because the team did have such an event happen when they lost four star players. Because of that it does cross a line. Suspension worthy? Not sure about that as I missed the context of the comment. If it was said in a moment of trash talking or banter with the other on air guys then I would think an apology would be sufficient. Saying "I got caught up in the moment" would be enough for me.
I grew up in Regina so I still bleed green but living in Calgary for years now this rivalry thing is pretty funny to me. I see no reason for Stamps fans to really bother. Let the Rider fans be passionate about football while you can quietly think about your booming economy, chinooks, mountains, and everything else this city has going for it.
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It's in poor taste because the team did have such an event happen when they lost four star players.
There was also a fair bit of media attention recently about Edwin Harrison II on the Stamps and his reconciliation with his father's family as he learned about his football playing grandfather, who also died in a plane crash. I heard about it on the CBC, it was in print, and also on TV on TSN.
Nobody has mentioned that in the thread so far I don't think, but it definitely adds fuel to a fire that might have just smouldered otherwise.
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It's in poor taste because the team did have such an event happen when they lost four star players. Because of that it does cross a line. Suspension worthy? Not sure about that as I missed the context of the comment. If it was said in a moment of trash talking or banter with the other on air guys then I would think an apology would be sufficient. Saying "I got caught up in the moment" would be enough for me.
I grew up in Regina so I still bleed green but living in Calgary for years now this rivalry thing is pretty funny to me. I see no reason for Stamps fans to really bother. Let the Rider fans be passionate about football while you can quietly think about your booming economy, chinooks, mountains, and everything else this city has going for it.
If he's making fun of an actual event, then logically, that should be all you need to realize he's making a joke.
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I don't see how this was a "throw-away" comment by Boomer. There was some forethought to the comment, as he was connecting the historical plane tragedy to the present-day Riders.
If the comment was so offensive, why was Boomer not suspended right away, but only after pressure from Rider nation?
A regrettable comment, but I believe the apology was sincere and sufficient.
