CFL and Argos looking at solution for BMO end zone turf and attendance problems

[lazycro]

At taste of the Danforth and they have a combo deal booth set up for TFC and Argos game vs SSK for $28.

Great value deal

[AngeloV]

At taste of the Danforth and they have a combo deal booth set up for TFC and Argos game vs SSK for $28.

Great value deal

Excellent!!

[macspectrum]

Excellent!!

r u chanelling bill & ted ?

[paulwoods13]

Unprofessional end zones is the new Jerome Messam.

[macspectrum]

Unprofessional end zones is the new Jerome Messam.

does messam play for bc ?

[jerrym]

does messam play for bc ?

I think you mean didn't Messam play for BC?

Yes, he did. However, Wally Buono traded Messam for only a fifth round pick after many problems, including punching and breaking teammate Paris Jackson's jaw, caused the Lions' veteran leaders to ask Buono to get rid of him. But the problems didn't end there as the following article and voyeurism charges indicate.

The issue with Jerome Messam was never talent, because everyone from Wally Buono to Jim Popp to could see Messam was blessed with supernatural gifts.
But he was also blessed with a talent for self-destruction, casting light on why he played for six different organizations in five years. ...

The first sign of trouble occurred with the Lions in 2011 when, owing to a training camp indiscretion, some of the team’s veterans advised Buono that Messam was a problem. He was summarily traded to Edmonton for a fifth-round pick where he immediately won the Most Outstanding Canadian that year before the Eskimos traded him to Montreal for a sixth-round pick after a failed NFL tryout. The Als released him just before the 2014 season when he landed in Saskatchewan, who promptly traded him to Calgary at the CFL trade deadline last year.

https://vancouversun.com/sports/foot...earn-to-fit-in

[macspectrum]

I think you mean didn't Messam play for BC?

Yes, he did. However, Wally Buono traded Messam for only a fifth round pick after many problems, including punching and breaking teammate Paris Jackson's jaw, caused the Lions' veteran leaders to ask Buono to get rid of him. But the problems didn't end there as the following article and voyeurism charges indicate.



https://vancouversun.com/sports/foot...earn-to-fit-in

what i meant [and i was circuitous] was that bc place also had non standard cfl end zones
in ref to; "Unprofessional end zones is the new Jerome Messam."
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as i have been accused of promoting messam and his 2 td in 2017 gc [100 times] ..... lol

[AngeloV]

Why is this thread even still open? The majority of recent posts (by the same poster) are so ridiculous, and have nothing to do with the end zones. I'd say move those posts, but you would need to create a separate thread in which all stupid posts get moved to.

[Foxhound]

The posts aren't the problem anyway. It's the fact that MLSE is too cheap to extend the end zones by another three yards each.

[macspectrum]

The posts aren't the problem anyway. It's the fact that MLSE is too cheap to extend the end zones by another three yards each.

[paulwoods13]

You do not have reading comprehension problems, RJ. There is no possible interpretation of "Argos need to have ... berths in GC 5 years in a row" other than the one we both had. Yeesh, why do we bother?

[1971GreyCup]

BC coverage on that play had one player face down in the end zone.

Definitely turf. On review he transitioned poorly and went face down on the goal line due to the change from grass to turf.

That turf is a disgrace to the CFL!

[macspectrum]

BC coverage on that play had one player face down in the end zone.

Definitely turf. On review he transitioned poorly and went face down on the goal line due to the change from grass to turf.

That turf is a disgrace to the CFL!

yet some posters on here say that the field surface change doesn't matter to them nor the 17 yd endzones

[ArgoRavi]

yet some posters on here say that the field surface change doesn't matter to them nor the 17 yd endzones

I doubt that it mattered to any of the 18k on hand at BMO Field on Saturday.

[paulwoods13]

yet some posters on here say that the field surface change doesn't matter to them nor the 17 yd endzones

Is that similar to how some posters on here apparently think it's easy to get to the Grey Cup five years in a row?

[RB957]

BC coverage on that play had one player face down in the end zone.

Definitely turf. On review he transitioned poorly and went face down on the goal line due to the change from grass to turf.

That turf is a disgrace to the CFL!

All this talk about the turf issues at BMO is getting tiresome. It is what is for now. If something can be done, I am sure that they will look at it, but for now there is nothing you can do about it. Both teams face the same issue in the game, so it is not as if it is a home team advantage.

As for it being a "disgrace", how so? I recall watching football games played in multipurpose stadiums where the field was partly dirt from the baseball infield. That sucked too, I am sure, but the players had to adapt. Like other situations in other sports, be it the Green Monster, or bad ice at certain rinks for hockey games. As long as the conditions are the same for both teams, it is a fair contest. It's not disgraceful for the CFL.... the league had nothing to do with original design of the stadium. Lots of blame to pass around there, which has already been hashed and re-hashed. Unfortunately, it's history. So let's get over it.

[1971GreyCup]

For the time being, it’s our equivalent to Boston’s Green Monster. Not much can be done and I certainly won’t complain about the result. Was it a coincidence that the play called had the DB turn on the goal line? 狼狼