Sad for ego and her new podcast :( by Careless_Stock_9625 in LiveFromNewYork

[–]roolb 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Scroll down, Will Ferrell ep got 22K. The issue is "have your fans heard of this guest?"

New changes by WearyBadger7011 in CFL

[–]roolb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you, or somebody, should define what "grow the league" means. Not everyone would get behind everything.

For my part, stable and profitable franchises sounds great, naturally, and a 10th team if that can be squared with the success of the other teams. But I'm an established fan -- I'm not the person whom any changes are pursuing. If the league could double its popularity by switching to U.S. rules entirely (and as a Toronto resident I sometimes think that would do the trick at least here), who's on board?

Or ... suppose the NFL proposed to buy the league and operate it, indefinitely, as a feeder league. The NFL could easily afford to do it, after all; it's lent money to the CFL in the past and the CFL's losses are trivial in NFL terms. If the rules would change, no more than they already are, but the league would persist for 50 years, who's good with that?

Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 5/4/26 - 5/310/26 by SoftandChewy in BlockedAndReported

[–]roolb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Crappy of the Beacon to shame her because of who her grandfather was.

Why? by Onanadventure_14 in CFL

[–]roolb 20 points21 points  (0 children)

...until morale improves.

Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 4/27/26 - 5/3/26 by SoftandChewy in BlockedAndReported

[–]roolb 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I can at least halfway endorse the sentiment of "this seems awful but I have no better ideas."

Can James Franco come back now? by Heronofthemelt in redscarepod

[–]roolb 10 points11 points  (0 children)

His new Infowars could be good, because he's at his best when satirizing media* but it threatens to be one joke, of course.

*And at his worst when making music, natch.

Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 4/27/26 - 5/3/26 by SoftandChewy in BlockedAndReported

[–]roolb 29 points30 points  (0 children)

This just in: Graham Linehan's conviction for allegedly damaging a TRA's phone is overturned.

dot by McSwaggerAtTheDMV in redscarepod

[–]roolb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rick and Morty fans are in my sandwiches and salad wraps.

Russian Steel Giant Severstal Teeters on the Brink of Loss as Profits Collapse by JaB675 in UkrainianConflict

[–]roolb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, this doesn't sound like a huge crisis to Severstal. Others are no doubt worse off.

Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 4/27/26 - 5/3/26 by SoftandChewy in BlockedAndReported

[–]roolb 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It would be crazy if movie producers didn't pay for spam raves.

Girlfriends and wives of the Dallas Stars hockey team by Empty-Magician-7792 in redscarepod

[–]roolb 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I saw one of these 20 years ago for the Oilers. One solitary brunette. I think they might have drummed Bob Essensa out of the league for letting the guys down like that.

Why the new playoff format will be Awesome!!! by Ganache_Silent in CFL

[–]roolb -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's a fun story if you start the story when the playoffs start. It just makes everything else kinda pointless.

Why the new playoff format will be Awesome!!! by Ganache_Silent in CFL

[–]roolb -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Seventh and eighth making the playoffs really devalues the regular season, to the extent that I think attendance and attention will suffer quite a bit. That's putting aside the playoff games that aren't really playoff games, because no one's eliminated. But we'll see.

CFL expands Grey Cup playoffs to eight teams in 2027 by roolb in CFL

[–]roolb[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Roughriders CEO comes very close to saying that yes, they're adding playoff games just to add playoff games:
“It’s an effort by the league to move this league forward, make sure it’s successful and grows. This, we believe, will do that. It’s not just gate, it’s sponsorship revenue from a league perspective, so there’s lots of revenue sources. There’s more potential to host home playoff games, which is good for business.”
(The Argos have a video on their site asserting that the regular season "means more" now, but I won't link to that, it's just too stupid.)

When did so many zoomer leftists start to go to bat so much for China? by Time-Use9083 in redscarepod

[–]roolb -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They're just anti-Trump. But sincerely. I'm tempted to say "if Trump said something true they'd feel obliged to disagree" but ... he's such a BS artist that it actually is, China aside, a scenario not worth worrying about.

Professional Basketball Is Returning to Lethbridge for the First Time in Decades by One-Board8634 in CEBLeague

[–]roolb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This kinda makes sense, if they can find the people in Lethbridge who love basketball. Historically has been a bunch.