Orridge stepping down as CFL Commissioner today; TSN

[AngeloV]

What the league needs is fair and balanced reporting, already enough media types who love bashing the league.

I agree with you on this. I don't think Burke would be a bad choice, but in reality is he going to leave a job that pays millions for a job that pays a few hundred grand? I highly doubt it.

[ArgoGabe22]

I agree with you on this. I don't think Burke would be a bad choice, but in reality is he going to leave a job that pays millions for a job that pays a few hundred grand? I highly doubt it.

When Cohon left and they were doing interviews, I thought I read that the salary was around $1M.

[AngeloV]

When Cohon left and they were doing interviews, I thought I read that the salary was around $1M.

OK, I thought it was in the 500k range. Even at 1M, it would still be a large pay cut for Burke. I just don't see it. If he was out of work, then maybe. The bigger risk to me would be hiring a guy that might leave if another hockey opportunity would come up.

[Argo57]

I agree with you on this. I don't think Burke would be a bad choice, but in reality is he going to leave a job that pays millions for a job that pays a few hundred grand? I highly doubt it.

The media would immediately smell blood with a personality like Burke in charge of the CFL and it would quickly turn into a fiasco.
How about we apply for the job and split the salary😛

[AngeloV]

The media would immediately smell blood with a personality like Burke in charge of the CFL and it would quickly turn into a fiasco.
How about we apply for the job and split the salary😛

I'm all in.

[Gill The Thrill]

Good God, some of these suggestions are hilariously stupid, Brian Burke,...a guy who has no connection to Canadian Football and is an American to boot. This guy probably doesn't know there are 3 downs in the league.

I knew Orridge was a garbage choice who had no knowledge of the game when he only mentioned one player (Warren Moon) in all the so called years his father and him gathered around the TV in Queens, New York to watch the CFL. That response sounded so fabricated that it could have been written for him by a junior high student, that's how predictable it was. He never mentioned any other CFL player from that same era, none, no other player that may have even fit the cultural or social background that was similar to Moon's...God knows there were plenty of them in that era. If that didn't tell you this guy was a phony, nothing would've convinced you.

I'll add another suggestion that can't be any worse than the ones already mentioned, Rod Black. Some of you may like it because it would remove him from the broadcast booth...that may be an automatic ratings booster in itself.

[AngeloV]

Good God, some of these suggestions are hilariously stupid, Brian Burke,...a guy who has no connection to Canadian Football and is an American to boot. This guy probably doesn't know there are 3 downs in the league.

I knew Orridge was a garbage choice who had no knowledge of the game when he only mentioned one player (Warren Moon) in all the so called years his father and him gathered around the TV in Queens, New York to watch the CFL. That response sounded so fabricated that it could have been written for him by a junior high student, that's how predictable it was. He never mentioned any other CFL player from that same era, none, no other player that may have even fit the cultural or social background that was similar to Moon's...God knows there were plenty of them in that era. If that didn't tell you this guy was a phony, nothing would've convinced you.

I'll add another suggestion that can't be any worse than the ones already mentioned, Rod Black. Some of you may like it because it would remove him from the broadcast booth...that may be an automatic ratings booster in itself.

It's always so nice to see the joy you bring every few weeks that you decide to post.

[OV Argo]

The media would immediately smell blood with a personality like Burke in charge of the CFL and it would quickly turn into a fiasco.
How about we apply for the job and split the salary

Bourke is as big an @$$-hat, clown, moron as it gets in pro sports = total joke to have this guy anywhere near the CFL; let him stick to hockey and maybe he can screw-up another franchise in the idiot Bettman led NHL - maybe he could even replace Bettman.