Incapable officiating proves player safety not a CFL priority

[Neely2005]

http://3downnation.com/2017/07/14/in...-cfl-priority/

[matthew]

Shouldn't this be in league room?

[ArgoGabe22]

Shouldn't this be in league room?

Relates to last nights game.

[Wobbler]

http://3downnation.com/2017/07/14/in...-cfl-priority/

A link & run is not a great way to start a thread. I think Madani makes some good points, but you should at least explain why you posted the link

[Argo57]

Damn Argos once again getting preferential treatment from the CFL scheduling department.
Clueless asshole!!

[paulwoods13]

Damn Argos once again getting preferential treatment from the CFL scheduling department.
Clueless asshole!!

Yeah, what the league did to the Redblacks with the schedule is simply unconscionable and unprecedented.

[Neely2005]

A link & run is not a great way to start a thread. I think Madani makes some good points, but you should at least explain why you posted the link

I posted it because it was a good article and I thought that other Argonauts fans would appreciate it too.
:-)

[Neely2005]

Yeah, what the league did to the Redblacks with the schedule is simply unconscionable and unprecedented.

Lol, my thoughts exactly when I was reading the article!
:-)

[matthew]

Tenuous but I will accept that answer lol

[ArgoRavi]

Yeah, what the league did to the Redblacks with the schedule is simply unconscionable and unprecedented.

Arash has issues with the league as a whole but he especially hates the Argos and does have a soft spot for Ottawa.

[Neely2005]

Arash has issues with the league as a whole but he especially hates the Argos and does have a soft spot for Ottawa.

Didn't he use to work for the Renegades and/or Rough Riders?

[ArgoRavi]

Didn't he use to work for the Renegades and/or Rough Riders?

He worked for the Renegades and Blue Bombers.

[Argo57]

He worked for the Renegades and Blue Bombers.

Lucky for them??

[AngeloV]

Yeah, what the league did to the Redblacks with the schedule is simply unconscionable and unprecedented.

Lost in the RedBlacks current stretch is the fact that the Argos once again have a 3 in 11 days stretch starting with the next game against Ottawa next Monday. 5 days later in Saskatchewan (Saturday) and again 5 days later against the Stamps (the following Thursday). Interesting how this only seems to happen to Eastern teams, and seemingly annually to the Argos. The good thing is that after that stretch they have no more short weeks with all but 1 game on Saturdays.

[doubleblue]

This thread mentioned about player safety at the start, although not much more has added since. I know I am concerned at the future of Football because of the concussion issues and other severe injuries, and the effect it will have on the younger generation not being allowed to play the game. The League has tried some what with calling (sometimes) head shots etc. But I feel they should go a step further and put in a rule for an ejection not just 15 yard penalty for attempt to injure on unnecessary hard hits not only on the QB but other players especially in blind side hits. QB's are very vulnerable to serious injury during the throwing motion and defensive players are allowed to just unload on them as hard as possible. That's called just a good football play. But we all know it is an attempt to injure and take a star player out of the game. Same thing on a receiver that is vulnerable going up for a catch. It's time IMO to start cutting down on these kind of "attempts to injure" for the sake of the game going forward. I know I hate to see this rule given to officials that leaves it to their discretion, as common sense and some football officials doesn't always line up. But something should be done because a 15 yard penalty for unnecessary roughness doesn't have any affect on player safety, and we all know it. So IMO it is time the owners started changing the rules to protect the players that we fans pay to see. The game originated from rugby and there is no reason a rugby tackle can't be used in most cases. But until we see disqualifications for blatant attempts to injury nothing is going to change except turning off more people from the game.

[ArgoRavi]

This thread mentioned about player safety at the start, although not much more has added since. I know I am concerned at the future of Football because of the concussion issues and other severe injuries, and the effect it will have on the younger generation not being allowed to play the game. The League has tried some what with calling (sometimes) head shots etc. But I feel they should go a step further and put in a rule for an ejection not just 15 yard penalty for attempt to injure on unnecessary hard hits not only on the QB but other players especially in blind side hits. QB's are very vulnerable to serious injury during the throwing motion and defensive players are allowed to just unload on them as hard as possible. That's called just a good football play. But we all know it is an attempt to injure and take a star player out of the game. Same thing on a receiver that is vulnerable going up for a catch. It's time IMO to start cutting down on these kind of "attempts to injure" for the sake of the game going forward. I know I hate to see this rule given to officials that leaves it to their discretion, as common sense and some football officials doesn't always line up. But something should be done because a 15 yard penalty for unnecessary roughness doesn't have any affect on player safety, and we all know it. So IMO it is time the owners started changing the rules to protect the players that we fans pay to see. The game originated from rugby and there is no reason a rugby tackle can't be used in most cases. But until we see disqualifications for blatant attempts to injury nothing is going to change except turning off more people from the game.

Winnipeg's Poop Johnson should be suspended for a game for what he did to Ricky Ray near the end of the game last Thursday. That would send a powerful message.

[gilthethrill]

Winnipeg's Poop Johnson should be suspended for a game for what he did to Ricky Ray near the end of the game last Thursday. That would send a powerful message.

Ambrosie will come out with a statement "It could have gone either way".

[mchesher03]

We all know nothing will come out of this unfortunately. Lucky it wasn’t kevin glenn in rider green, they’d be in an uproar.Since it’s ricky ray and the argos it will just disappear, very unfortunate.Dirty dirty play.

[Argo]

cf. CFL thread "CFL Officiating Is Ruining The Game"

The problem is chronic and the term ruining may lack sufficient emphasis.

[Antwon]

Ambrosie will come out with a statement "It could have gone either way".

Hopefully Ambrosie will push for a suspension to send a message....New sheriff in town, cut the cheap shots!!!!!
The hit makes me furious when I think back to last year and Foley's hit on Nichols that got called!!