Cool to have a local owner like that

I hope he manages to find a GM that can make the team appealing to watch for Vancouverites... It SHOULD be pretty easy to entice people to going to see a game after being locked down, but is anyone going?

Not me. I’m fully vaccinated and shit, but not taking any chances. Football fans are a little different breed of Homo sapien. Yes, the Homo is capitalized. High school biology class. Binomial Nomenclature. Genus species. Also watched Roadrunner a lot, gulolol.

Anyway, you have a bevy of beauties, a gaggle of geese, a murder of crows, etc, etc, etc……… oh, a pride of lions. We now have a gang of Elks. Can be referred to as a herd of elk, but I like the gang mentality.

^ :lol:lol:lol

The only way you’re gonna get people in is $20 admission and $5 beers

The product and inside presentation will never draw people in. They’ve lost that draw permanently no matter what they do. The lions could go undefeated and you won’t draw

I found out that CFL games draw like 600-700K viewers for big games. That's equivalent to NFL's monster ratings in the US.

So if the Lions aren't doing anything wrong, there's something about the culture in Vancouver that causes them to be totally different from the rest of Canada when it comes to CFL. Canadians fucking LOVE it in most of the other markets.

Too many Hondaracers in bc.

It’s raining at BC Place.

Rainey is a game breaker. Cooper can get it done, too.

Glad that Yamazaki kid is gone.

The Elks are hungrier than our boys. Still lots of football left. That field goal. Damn. Argo bounce or what?

I’m actually semi-into going to games just as somthing to do

The crowd you will never get is the downtown yuppy who would take whitecaps or Canucks tickets in a heart beat but couldn’t care less to go to a free lions game.

On top of the generational gaps I mentioned before female fans are virtually non-existent

I'm seeing some young fans in the crowd. Still lots of old timers. Listening to the new owner, it sounds refreshing to hear someone that's really into it.

I'm hopeful now

Not the outcome we were hoping for, but some exciting plays on both sides. Gotta stop getting those undisciplined penalties, That JWJ is gold.

Back to the owner.......... he said he looked for Lions swag and couldn't find any. He's bang on. I wanted to get some decals and Lions memorabilia. There's really nothing out there. You need to get your logo out there. I see Save-On-Foods has their million dollar touchdown contest, but other than that, it's slim pickings. Get the team out there.. ...... schools, organizations, etc.

I think owner's gonna make all that, and more, happen.

I grew up watching the Lions with my dad and I still keep an eye on the team. But I'm probably the only one I know who does.

I heard the new owner speak and he said all the right things. It's 100% a marketing exercise in order to get fans in seats. But it's going to take a LOT of money, a lot of time, a lot of luck, and a lot of league support.

The CFL, as a brand, is so disheveled, I think that alone means this guy won't be able to make it work any better than the last guy, unless the Lions are willing to completely reinvent EVERYTHING. Even a new team name and logo would help. But that takes money and you can't survive on $20 tickets, hence the catch 22. No fans means no big sponsors, you get the idea. It's a viscous circle.

For any pro sport to work, you need to find a way to draw in fans who don't care so much about the sport but are there for the experience. NFL, NHL, MLS, NBA, Rugby7s, they all found a way to do that. Rugby7s is a great example. Try and guess how many fans are there for the actual game vs there just to party and have fun. The CFL experience is so bad that unless you really want to be there for the football, there's no reason to go. That's the biggest problem.

The league also has no money. It's broke. TSN broadcast revenue keeps the lights on.
That's why I say nothing will change in the future and eventually it will collapse once this last generation of fans moves on.

We know where the CFL fans exist, so cut your losses and focus on those markets and forget about Toronto/Vancouver/Montreal. Let's get a regular season NFL game to Vancouver and Toronto. Not easy obviously, but that one game will generate more money and interest than an entire CFL season lol. There's a reason why the Briar and the Scotties are always in places like Camrose AB and not downtown Vancouver.

Whatever happened to the possible CFL/XFL merger, is that dead now?

For now, yes. They killed it right before the season started

XFL won't be back until 2023

Edmonton Elks have 14 team members that have tested positive for Covid. They played the BC Lions last week. So far, no reported cases on the BC Lions organization.

https://globalnews.ca/news/8146751/e...cination-rate/


BC Lions play the Redblacks in Ottawa, Saturday. 4:00 pm start.

Kickoff in the nation's capital.

Roar, Lions, ROAR!!!

Where did this kicker come from? Night and day difference compared to the high school kid that played for BC in game one.

Punter for BC is pretty decent, too. Angled the ball to the Redblacks' 10 yard line. Shit like this wins you games.

they released that Japanese kicker. Couldn't handle the pressure I guess. He was good in training camp. What they need is Lui Passaglia or Paul McCallum to be the kicking coach.

Even the new kicker missed a convert. He can successfully kick field goals from anywhere on the field, even 50+ yarders, but misses a convert. Makes you really appreciate Lui Passaglia. He went how many consecutive? And, he’s a local boy. Notre Damn. We had to face those Jokers. They were an awesome team.

Just looked it up. 560 consecutive. 1045 total career converts and only missed three. Field goal statistics, equally impressive.

https://americanfootballdatabase.fan.../Lui_Passaglia

I ran into him at UBC, of all places (he was a Clansman). He came around the corner and as soon as I saw that nose, I knew it was him, lol. Really down to earth kind of guy.

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia..../lui-passaglia

Finally, Rainey finds daylight. Almost returned it all the way. Leone, the punter hunted him down.

Touchdown! Rainey's kickoff return big reason.


Roar, Lions, ROAR!

BC up 14-0. Damn, they're looking good tonight. Defence just as good.

Hory cow, Whitehead returns it for a touchdown. Was it Save-On-Foods that has the million dollar return twice contest?

A strip sack, lol. BC has ball on one yard line. This after BC was forced to kick the ball away. Good kick, BTW.


Oh, shit. Reilly throws an interception in the end zone. Geez............. get out of the half with the 28-13 lead.......


WTF? BC runs it in for a TD. Interception by Bo. 35-13 BC lead at the half.

Not a fan of the announcers on TSN. Play by play and colour commentators not up to par. Never noticed it before. What changed?

Lions up 42 to 13.


Edit: Not as bad as I first thought. Got used to them.

MG1, your thoughts on the crazy ending to the game between the Lions and Saskatchewan?

I'm steaming mad at B.C.'s kicker. A 26 yard punt set up the winning touchdown for the Roughriders. What the heck was that kick by Flintoft?? The kid cracked under pressure.

Why can't this team beat Greenies from Saskatchewan? B.C's last win against Saskatchewan was in 2017. :facepalm:

A hard loss tonight. 31-24.