Bede out; Hajrullahu in

[OV Argo]

Clearly the org has no plan at all, and was caught completely off guard by this. That'll teach 'em.

If you find it hard to believe a player would try to maximize his earnings, especially at this stage of his career and after a superb season, I have no idea what would convince you. I guess you might also find it hard to believe that an organization that went 16-2 with a bunch of key guys on cheap first contracts might have to make tough decisions all over the roster in order to put together another competitive team and comply with the salary cap.

Ok - I;ll just have to wait to find out. Bede might get signed to a mega buck$ contract by another CFL team in the near future.

No doubt you will provide all the right answers and the truth though. ;o)

[Skilz]

All the best to Bede moving forward.

What his forward did do however, is torpedo his negotiating value even before the negotiation period has ended.

How is another CFL team to know, whether their offer could be matched by the Argos?

By letting the cat out of the bag so early (he could have easily dropped this post on Super Bowl Sunday!) all he did arguably lower his value among the remaining bidders.

The Argos aren't stupid. The gist of his post reveals, that the Argos chose not to make him an offer. Whose going to play that kind of roulette without a backup plan? Do they allocate the funds they saved on Jordan Williams and attribute them to Liram H.? Thats good business.