Brandon Bridge to sign with the Argos

[paulwoods13]

You might well be right, Paul. We shall never know unless he is asked some day. Russ was (and is) a man who made decisions on his on terms. He turned down a Rhodes Scholarship to tryout for football. He also left while still in his prime in order become a Secondary School principal. Think we can agree he is a man of principles and much to be admired.

Yes, 100% agree.

[paulwoods13]

??? - higher draft picks maybe ?

Guess you don't get the point? The usual suspects are always pi$$ing and moaning about the "thin" Canadian talent pool for the CFL (and thus they bleat for more Americans and reducing Canadian content), yet outstanding college ball players like Boateng or Jordan Herdman get passed over by all CFL teams repeatedly in the draft; and yet when they get to play in the CFL it is clear they are very good, starting calibre players, and easily better than some imports playing the same position in the league; that dullard Desjardins in Ottawa could have selected both those guys in their draft year, and they would be solid starters on the RedBlacks D now (both better than what they had at the positions last season); but better to favor whatever imports he can find at those "import only" positions, and draft back-up H-backs or long-snappers instead ? Mind numbing myopia, IMO. Luckily for Desjardins, they stumbled across local kid place kicker in their own backyard (undrafted though) and he goes on to set all-time pro FG kicking accuracy #s; they might have ended up with an American kicker - with a name US college ball resume, and a "stronger" leg though.

Yes, I "get the point." I may or may not agree with it, but I understand the point you make continually and repeatedly, to the exclusion of all other subjects.

But every NAT player except the first overall pick in a draft is "passed over." Some guys do better than their draft positions would indicate (Boateng, for instance), and some do worse (Ekakitie, for instance), Neither result comes close to proving the proposition that Canadian players are habitually victimized by anti-Canadian decision makers. We know you believe that, and some of your arguments on the point actually make sense at times. But the notion that Boateng's draft position proves a lack of respect for Canadian talent simply does not make sense. And I say that knowing full well that you will disagree vehemently, and possibly in a demeaning and disrespectful way.