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Sometimes I think we as Canadians are a wee bit thin-skinned. We seem to take anything that doesn't glowingly extol the virtues of something like Canadian football to be a slight on Canadian football. We can be like Bob and Doug McKenzie versions of Rev. Jesse Jackson. Hey hoser! That hoser doesn't eat back bacon, drink Molson's or wear a tuque. He must be anti-Canadian.Rammer wrote:Funy how people read what they want to, not always what is written.
Hambone wrote:Sometimes I think we as Canadians are a wee bit thin-skinned. We seem to take anything that doesn't glowingly extol the virtues of something like Canadian football to be a slight on Canadian football. We can be like Bob and Doug McKenzie versions of Rev. Jesse Jackson. Hey hoser! That hoser doesn't eat back bacon, drink Molson's or wear a tuque. He must be anti-Canadian.Rammer wrote:Funy how people read what they want to, not always what is written.
One point on which Flutie, Ayanbadejo and most current and former American players agree is that the CFL is fun. Flutie says he's never had so much fun playing football. That's a great sellnig point for prospective players and fans alike. When the players have fun, the entertainment value rises.OV - 54:40 wrote:I don't think Ayanbadejo's comments should be taken as a put -down of the CFL - he didn't say the game or players up here sucked or anything like that. And the volume of positive comments from Doug, Flutie, Warren Moon, Jeff Garcia, Nick Harper types, to name a few - guys who have played in both leagues - that demonstrate respect for the CFL, should be a good testament to the quality of football up here and could be used to sooth those who see a lack of respect, plus shut-up the clueless wannabes who like to put-down the CFL or Canadian ball.
I have heard the "fun" comment about the CFL time and again from players who have also been in the NFL. I think that the shorter days in the CFL and absence of mini-camps are also good selling points for our league.B.C.FAN wrote:One point on which Flutie, Ayanbadejo and most current and former American players agree is that the CFL is fun. Flutie says he's never had so much fun playing football. That's a great sellnig point for prospective players and fans alike. When the players have fun, the entertainment value rises.OV - 54:40 wrote:I don't think Ayanbadejo's comments should be taken as a put -down of the CFL - he didn't say the game or players up here sucked or anything like that. And the volume of positive comments from Doug, Flutie, Warren Moon, Jeff Garcia, Nick Harper types, to name a few - guys who have played in both leagues - that demonstrate respect for the CFL, should be a good testament to the quality of football up here and could be used to sooth those who see a lack of respect, plus shut-up the clueless wannabes who like to put-down the CFL or Canadian ball.
Yeah - maybe; not going to trump, - too often anyways i bet - a huge disparity in salary or the desire to play in the big league in your home country though.Ravi wrote:I have heard the "fun" comment about the CFL time and again from players who have also been in the NFL. I think that the shorter days in the CFL and absence of mini-camps are also good selling points for our league.B.C.FAN wrote:One point on which Flutie, Ayanbadejo and most current and former American players agree is that the CFL is fun. Flutie says he's never had so much fun playing football. That's a great sellnig point for prospective players and fans alike. When the players have fun, the entertainment value rises.OV - 54:40 wrote:I don't think Ayanbadejo's comments should be taken as a put -down of the CFL - he didn't say the game or players up here sucked or anything like that. And the volume of positive comments from Doug, Flutie, Warren Moon, Jeff Garcia, Nick Harper types, to name a few - guys who have played in both leagues - that demonstrate respect for the CFL, should be a good testament to the quality of football up here and could be used to sooth those who see a lack of respect, plus shut-up the clueless wannabes who like to put-down the CFL or Canadian ball.
It may be enough to trump a job in the "real world" though.OV - 54:40 wrote:Yeah - maybe; not going to trump, - too often anyways i bet - a huge disparity in salary or the desire to play in the big league in your home country though.Ravi wrote:I have heard the "fun" comment about the CFL time and again from players who have also been in the NFL. I think that the shorter days in the CFL and absence of mini-camps are also good selling points for our league.B.C.FAN wrote: One point on which Flutie, Ayanbadejo and most current and former American players agree is that the CFL is fun. Flutie says he's never had so much fun playing football. That's a great sellnig point for prospective players and fans alike. When the players have fun, the entertainment value rises.
