TUESDAY COMMENTARY – RING THE BELL!
(Listen daily for the Rod Pedersen Commentary at 9:50 am and 5:20 pm on Cat Country 98 FM)
IT’S POTENTIALLY THE MOST EXCITING NHL REGULAR SEASON EVER BUT SOMETHING’S PULLING ME TOWARDS FOOTBALL AS A TOPIC TODAY.
AND WHY NOT? TODAY IS THE MOST EXCITING NON-FOOTBALL DAY OF THE YEAR WHATWITH THE OPENING OF CFL FREE AGENCY.
IT’S NOT AS GLITZY AS PAST YEARS WHEN MIKE REILLY AND BO LEVI MITCHELL WERE SET TO HIT THE MARKET, AND DROVE SALARIES UP TO A NEAR ALL-TIME HIGH.
IN FACT MOST OF THE HEADLINES WERE MADE LAST WEEK WITH CHARLESTON HUGHES BOLTING SASKATCHEWAN FOR TORONTO, AND THE ARGOS AND REDBLACKS SWITCHING QUARTERBACKS IN A BIZARRE GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS.
BUT THERE’S STILL SOME DRAMA LEFT FOR TODAY.
YOU DON’T NEED TO BE TOO RABID OF A CFL FAN TO RECOGNIZE THE NAMES CAMERON JUDGE, HENOC MUAMBA OR LARRY DEAN. THAT TRIO OF LINEBACKERS ARE LISTED IN MY TOP FIVE OF AVAILABLE PLAYERS.
DEFENSIVE LINEMEN ALWAYS FETCH A FAIR PRICE AND MICAH JOHNSON AND ZACH EVANS FIGURE TO BE OFFERED BIG DEALS AS FREE AGENCY OPENS.
NO, THESE NAMES AREN’T SEXY. BUT AT LEAST ONE IS – KICK RETURNER LUCKY WHITEHEAD OF THE GREY CUP CHAMPION BLUE BOMBERS WHO MENTIONED ON TWITTER LAST NIGHT THAT HE’S HEADED TO THE BANK TODAY!
THAT’S THE CONFUSING PART. CFL GM’S HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO CHOP SALARIES AND WE’RE TOLD THE RIDERS LOST CHARLESTON HUGHES BECAUSE THEY’RE TIGHTENING THEIR BELT.
MEANWHILE TODAY THE BIGGEST NAMES WILL GO TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. CAN YOU IMAGINE GOING TO AN AUCTION WHILE WEARING HANDCUFFS?
THAT’S WHAT CFL FREE AGENCY IN 2021 ADDS UP TO.
THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY ON CAT COUNTRY 98.
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