FRIDAY CAT COUNTRY COMMENTARY: TEEPEE TALK AND XFL’S RETURN

(Listen daily for the Rod Pedersen Commentary at 9:50 am and 5:20 pm on Cat Country 98 FM)

TODAY: TWO THOUGHTS IN 60 SECONDS. LET’S GO …

NUMBER ONE: THE MOOSE JAW WARRIORS RELEASED A STATEMENT ON THURSDAY SAYING THEY’RE UNDERGOING A REVIEW PROCESS ON THEIR LOGO, WHICH YOU KNOW IS A STYLIZED NATIVE HEADDRESS UNVEILED IN THE EARLY 90’S.

THEY BASICALLY SAID THEY’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR AWHILE, AND NOW THEY’RE BEGINNING A FORMAL PROCESS TO SEE WHAT THEIR SPONSORS AND FANS THINK.

SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED WHAT I THINK ABOUT THIS AND MY ANSWER IS THIS: I DON’T CARE ANYMORE.

TEAMS USED TO STAND UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN AND WERE PROUD TO REPRESENT SOMETHING. THAT’S ALSO THE WAY I WAS RAISED TO BE.

SOMEHOW, SOMEWHERE, TEAMS LOST THEIR WAY.

I’M NOT SAYING THE MOOSE JAW WARRIORS ARE ONE OF THEM, BUT IF THEY END UP CHANGING THEIR LOGO, I GUESS WE’LL KNOW WHICH CATEGORY THEY FALL INTO.

NUMBER TWO: THE XFL ANNOUNCED ON THURSDAY THAT THEY’LL RETURN, BUT NOT TILL 2022.

ACTUALLY THE NEW OWNER OF THE AMERICAN PRO FOOTBALL LEAGUE – THE ROCK – MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT HIMSELF FROM HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT, FOR WHICH HE HAS 15-MILLION FOLLOWERS.

IT WAS A GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS SORTA DEAL. IT’S GREAT THAT MANY JOBS WILL RETURN FOR PEOPLE IN FOOTBALL BUT BAD NEWS THAT IT’S AROUND 16 MONTHS AWAY.

IT SENDS A MESSAGE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE CONNECTED TO THE PRO GAME AND THAT INCLUDES THE CFL AND THE TROUBLES IT’S CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH:

THE SPORT WILL ALWAYS BE AROUND. WHETHER YOU’RE A PART OF IT OR NOT, REMAINS TO BE SEEN AND IT’S NOT UP TO YOU.

THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY ON CAT COUNTRY 98.