I’m hearing that former
#TSN1040
staff are looking at developing streaming options rather than pursuing conventional broadcast platforms. The revolution won’t be televised or broadcast on radio, apparently.
The lesson of the last ten days, Canadian Football fans: There’s no shortage of passion (on social) about our sport. Please go out and apply it post-pandemic. Be a fan, be a coach, a ref, a volunteer. If we can convert passion to action, it will be A 2021 to remember.
#CFL
#XFL
Quit complaining about bad weather football games. The
@CFL
is staged against the heat of summer, the tradition of fall, and the entry to winter. It's Canada versus the land. We adapt. Get over it.
@KGNonTSN
@PointsBetCanada
It’s probably a good time to remind you of that other national football championship the
#VanierCup
is next Saturday on actual television and it promises to be a hell of a game between Laval and Saskatchewan.
#GreyCup
If there was ever a time for football in Canada to come together to work in an unified direction and discussion... it would be now.
#CFL
#USPORTS
#CJFL
@FootballCanada
.
Hot take: A nine or 10 team pro league is more than satisfactory. You see every game live, and can track all personnel. Everyone plays each other, no guesswork.
#CFL
.
I don't know about you guys, but four downs would make this overtime championship way more exciting said no one ever who knows better.
#GreyCup
@PointsBetCanada
With Mason Fine and Dane Evans both on the field at QB in this game, I believe this is the first time two quarterbacks with indigenous ancestry have played in the same CFL game.
I am honoured to have been acclaimed this morning as the General-Secretary of IFAF, the world governing body of Gridiron Football. Time to contribute to building durable bridges between football in Canada and the world.
@FootballCanada
,
@USPORTS_FB
@CJFLnews
@CFL
Regardless of what happens with USPORTS and TV in the future, I’m selfishly hoping that
@tim_micallef
finds a way to continue on the national scene calling championship moments. His narrative connects two eras of university sport, and it is lesser if he ain’t there.
Let me see if I have this straight: The established all-sports radio station TSN 1040 in
#Vancouver
is being reformatted to all-comedy, a format which failed miserably in 2002 at MOJO 730 which pushed that station to go all-sports. Radio: an industry sausage factory of ideas!
THIS DRIVES ME NUTS. The most avoidable penalty in Canadian football. It's one yard off the ball. Keep your body BEHIND the stripe. There's a giant stripe. Plus, you were called on it on the previous play! C'MON MAN!
#Sask
#Hamilton
#CFL
Regardless of all the chatter and issues, let's consider ourselves fortunate to have the
#CanadianBowl
,
#VanierCup
, and
#GreyCup
all unfold without a hitch. Their planning & risk management was immense - a testament to how dedicated those in 🇨🇦🏈 are to making it happen. 👏👏👏
I hope everyone across our Canadian football community shares my hope, optimism and enthusiasm for our sport and its role in our culture as move forward into a new year. Challenges will be met and football will be played in 2021.
@KGNonTSN
@FootballCanada
In case you were wondering, a Canadian field at
@SFU
would fit in Terry Fox Stadium the same way it does at any track stadium. Not an issue.
#SaveSFUFootball
.
Hey folks,
@RandyAmbrosie
and the
@CFL
have sent a letter to Canadian University associations with their full support of
@SFU
football making a transition to
@USPORTSca
. Full props to Randy and the CFL BoG for standing up and being counted on this issue.
#SaveSFUFootball
The CFL should follow the NFL in regard to pre-season broadcasts. If a network isn’t picking it up, farm it out to a local broadcaster. There are 13 in-house cameras in Edmonton. You can’t tell me there isn’t a way to produce an affordable broadcast.
Once and for all: Having Vanier Cup and Grey Cup in two different cities less than a day apart is the dumbest thing ever. Get it together or play Vanier the following week. Did I mention it was dumb? Dumb!
So I’ve been to 18 facilities that have hosted CFL games, and another 14 USPORTS facilities. Here’s my top five:
1. Princess Auto (Winnipeg)
2. Stade Molson (Montreal)
3. Empire Stadium (Vancouver)
4. Stade Telus (Quebec City)
5. BMO (Toronto)
What’s yours?
Canadian quarterbacks.
Many of us have been making the argument for their role and development for decades.
Now both leagues with a major presence in Canada have them to sell the sport to the public.
I am glad we have moved forward. Canadians can play anywhere on the field.
All the leadership roles with the
@Wpg_BlueBombers
from the president to GM to AGM to HC are 🇨🇦. And they are the dominant team in the CANADIAN Football League. Just puttin’ it out there.
The club announced today a donation of 525 new football helmets that will be distributed among Manitoba's 35 high school football programs.
We've now donated over $300,000 in equipment to youth programs this season.
#ForTheW
Time for those in the
#GTA
football community at all levels to step and show themselves as one and get on over to support the
@TorontoArgos
by buying a ticket to the Eastern Final.
#PullTogether
I'm not saying this to blow smoke, I'm saying it because it's true: In this past year plus the
@BCLions
have executed everything in their control to rebuild their foundation. Making this "BC's Team" again is core. A great job showing what local, connected leadership can do.
Vancouver Island: WE SEE YOU! ⛴️
Introducing our 🌊 ISLAND PLAYOFF PACKAGE 🌊 for Sunday’s Western Semi-Final!
Foot passengers on
@BCFerries
: buy an Island Package Ticket to the game & get a FREE bus ride to & from the ferry terminal! 🏈
DETAILS:
Amar Doman is where ALL the action will be tomorrow: front row of the
@50Cent
stage!
@BCPlace
will be ROCKIN', so listen to the man... get here early!
10:30AM - Backyard Party
1:30PM - Gates Open
3PM - Concert
4PM - Kickoff
REMEMBER, your game 🎟️ IS your concert 🎟️! 🏈🎵
Was just informed that the Canada-Mexico gold medal
@MEXICO2018_U19
final rated in the all-time Top 10 of CBC Sports streams, performing well above expectations. It's not TV, but it's a great foundation to build the international game.
@IFAFMedia
@FootballCanada
@KrownCountdownU
With his last carry,
@Hubbard_RMN
has passed Tim Biakabutuka’s 1,818 in 1996 to become the single season leader in rushing for a Canadian. Well done!
@KGNonTSN
If anything, the number of Canadian starters needs to go up. These are the guys who give franchises continuity and deep roots in the community. That has value.
The uniqueness of the CANADIAN football league has been our field, our rules and our insistence on having CANADIANS play. Reducing CDN starters from 7 to 5 would diminish this great CDN institution and all it has stood for. Shameful.
While we are three weeks away from Vanier Cup, numerous sources are telling me that there *should* be an agreement in place for an English broadcast of the game. Candidly, I can’t imagine a national championship without one.
Rosters announced for 2023 East-West Bowl, and three Simon Fraser players are invited for the first time since 2009. A great gesture of solidarity from Canada's University Coaches!
#SaveSFUFootball
🇨🇦🏈 via
@usportsca
Johnny Augustine.
Mercer Timmis.
Sean Thomas-Erlington...
Canadian RBs given time to develop and now they are contributing. Imagine if the same patience and opportunity was afforded to Canadian QBs.
#CFL
The solution for a more aligned Canadian Football calendar? A 10th CFL team. Earlier finish to pave the way for uni and junior to have their own playoff stage. It’s also up to those parties to produce broadcast-worthy events.
In the wake of whatever is going on at Sportsnet 650, let's take a moment to be thankful for
@GlobalBC
and the partnerships they've made with the
@BCLions
and
@WhitecapsFC
. It's allowed that department to continue reporting on
@BCHL
,
@WHL
, uni sports and other local content.
At noon,
@SFUFootball
will be officially cancelled for the 2023 season. Alumni are working to ensure this does not happen. This decision, with the lack of stakeholder engagement and the timing around it does not put student athletes first. A sad day no matter the result.
Here are some personal thoughts from someone on the front lines of amateur football in Canada after the news broke yesterday regarding the CFL and XFL discussing possible alignment paths. /1
Being at tonight’s game at
@BCPlace
isn’t just great because it’s football. It’s emotional because it’s three hours of life in BC that normal as possible given all the challenges our province faces. A together moment!
Here's a prediction no one in BC wants to hear. Road tolls will be reestablished on the Coquihalla to pay for the rebuild since it cost about the same as building a new highway.
Players went to spring camp, coaches were hired, players were recruited.
@TheresaHansonAD
and
@drjoyjohnson
KNEW they were killing SFU football. The lack of care for student-athletes is a dereliction of duty.
#SaveSFUfootball
One thing continues to impress me with the vast majority of 🇨🇦 university 🏈 coaches: If a Canadian kid gets a D1 shot, they are supportive and happy to see the player get the opportunity. It tells me our coaches are in it for the right reasons.
Thrilled that after our transition, our executive leader is front and centre promoting
@FootballCanada
on
@CFLonTSN
, a national platform. This has been absent for decades. Let’s grow this sport!
I'm prepping a story for CBC on the state of football at the U SPORTS level. I'm open to any and all feedback. Here's some research that should set off a series of alarms.
At a time when we wonder if 🇨🇦 is drifting apart, especially when it comes to 🏈 along comes
@SFU
to remind us that we can rally to the support of others. The response to the "Mountain Massacre" has been swift and national in scope. I've had responses from every part of the /1
So, since the 10th I was told to isolate with a series of COVID-19 symptoms. The doctor informed me today that I have Influenza B with a bacterial bronchial infection. I never thought I’d be elated to have the flu and an infection for two weeks, but here we are.
Major league sports crowds during COVID at half-capacity: "It's nice to have fans in the stands."
CFL with less than capacity crowds during COVID: "Look at those empty seats."
-Signed Canadian Twitter and Media.
One of my favourite guys to work with at
@SFU
was Jay Triano. If not him, I would not have worked for FIBA for four years. SFU Athletics was a family and a place where sports crossed over and supported each other. And Jay supports
#SaveSFUFootball
🇨🇦🏈
Let’s move forward with confidence in what we’ve developed in over 150 years of Canadian football. Let’s dialogue with those globally who respect what we’ve achieved in our sport. And, if a visiting team wants a game here, stand proud & invite them to play our game.
#playourgame
The
#VanierCup
would have been played today if not for COVID. What do you miss most about the game? How do you reset it in 2021? There hasn’t been a lot of social discussion on it today, so let’s start.
Inside the CFL: Alouettes coach Tyrell Sutton has embraced Quebec culture: American came to Montreal in 2013 as a running back and is now married, comfortably speaks French and is seeking Canadian citizenship. via
@HerbZurkowsky1
@MarinerMuse
Sorry as a play-by-play guy I disagree. Letting the opposing crowd tell the story is a great use of sound after a walk off home run or a game-winning goal in overtime. It lets the listener associate with the pain of losing. I think it was a great call For an announcer who was on
Joe Burrow, the son of 1977 Grey Cup champion Jim Burrow gives us our first Canadian connection at the
#NFLDraft
. Duke Tobin, Director of Player Personnel for the Bengals is the nephew of former
@BCLions
DC Vince Tobin, and son of former
@EdmontonEsks
player Bill Tobin.