2013 CFL Offseason Thread

[M*A*S*H 4077]

CFL schedule launches today at 10am

[MissTeeks]

Stamps schedule, first game at home against BC on June 28th.

http://www.stampeders.com/article/2013-schedule-mar05

[tvp2003]

Originally Posted by MissTeeks

Stamps schedule, first game at home against BC on June 28th.

http://www.stampeders.com/article/2013-schedule-mar05

Great -- with the exception of Labour Day, all Friday night and early Saturday night games. I like it

[M*A*S*H 4077]

The Stamps seriously lucked out with that hone schedule. Wow

[Da_Chief]

^ Plz explain...

[M*A*S*H 4077]

I think the crowd is more into the game when the lights are on. That in itself is an advantage and from a fan's perspective Friday and Saturday games are far better than thursday games like some teams have.

Really it's all personal opinion but I think having night games at home slightly increases the home field advantage

[M*A*S*H 4077]

David William Naylor ‏@TSNDaveNaylor
Longtime Argo, one-year Ticat LB Kevin Eiben retires after 12 seasons. #cfl #argos #Ticats

[Drake]

If only Ed Hervey waited a few more minutes instead of doing a deal 1 minute after the market opened he wouldn't find himself with a fine.

#Eskimos have been fined $10,000 for violating the #CFL tampering rules when signing FA DE Odell Willis. #yeg

https://twitter.com/Dave_CHED/status/309421458600382466

[Da_Chief]

Another joke of a fine! If I was an owner with deep pockets Id try to poach players from other teams who hvae multiple year contracts, go way the over the cap cuz in the end the fines are really nothing.

[Drake]

In less than shocking news....

#Ticats name former #Eskimos GM Eric Tillman as a consultant. #CFL #Esks @Ticats #HamOnt.

https://twitter.com/scratchingpost/s...96954401103872

[OzSome]

Originally Posted by Drake

If only Ed Hervey waited a few more minutes instead of doing a deal 1 minute after the market opened he wouldn't find himself with a fine.


https://twitter.com/Dave_CHED/status/309421458600382466

Hervey is thinking if it works (tampering fines) for the Argos last season, it might work them too. The tampering fines in the CFL is a joke. I am surprised not a lot of teams does it especially after the Argos incident. They paid the small fines for tampering with Defensive Coordinator Chris Jones and Jones helped them win the Grey Cup.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Brandon London signed a 3 year extension with the Als

http://cfl.ca/article/london-snags-t...nsion-with-als

[M*A*S*H 4077]

CFL News (@CFL_News) tweeted at 8:18 AM on Thu, Mar 21, 2013:
BREAKING: TSN and CFL agree on TV deal worth more than $30 million a year via .@winnipegnews http://t.co/akXg8xpdXP #CFL #TSN

[transplant99]

The Canadian Football League and Bell Media's TSN and RDS are proud to announce a broad new multi-platform broadcast agreement that extends their long-term partnership through to 2018.

As part of the extension, TSN and RDS secure exclusive media rights to all CFL pre-season and regular season games, playoffs, the Grey Cup game as well as to the CFL Draft and CFL Combine.
The CFL regular season broadcast schedule expands to 81 games next year in 2014 when Ottawa's new franchise joins the league. The CFL will also see additional games broadcast in French with more games being broadcast on RDS2.

In addition to broadcast and digital rights, the deal includes exclusive radio rights to the Grey Cup for TSN and TEAM Radio stations.

[M*A*S*H 4077]

TSN had done great things for the league but I was kind of hoping CBC would step up and see if they could get one game a week or something. TSN is getting lazy in regards to their CFL production

[MG153]

out of curiosity, how will the cfl schedule work next year? i wasnt paying much attention to football the last time ottawa had a team. with an odd number of teams somebody is going to have to sit every week, so will every team have two bye weeks?

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by MG153

out of curiosity, how will the cfl schedule work next year? i wasnt paying much attention to football the last time ottawa had a team. with an odd number of teams somebody is going to have to sit every week, so will every team have two bye weeks?

Every week one team pays Wednesday and Sunday. Just like years ago when we had nine teams.

[Drake]

Good read on Jim Barker employing a 22 year old player personnel assistant in Chris Rossetti. Barker, rightly or wrongly isn't afraid to think outside the box and take chances.

http://www.thestar.com/sports/argos/...or_talent.html

[Cheese]

Ron Lancaster Jr., a former CFL assistant coach and the son of Canadian Football Hall of Famer Ron Lancaster, has died.
http://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=419226

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Alouettes signed RB Dominic Rhodes today