Commentary: Three Or More Thoughts
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What a week! Here are a coupla three or more thoughts entering the weekend …
#1 – Storylines are spilling over heading into Super Bowl Weekend. Absolutely every pundit I’ve seen has picked Kansas City to win the NFL title so you know what that means! Philadelphia will probably take it.
Other fun notes this week include the fact this is the cheapest Super Bowl ticket in six years, as you can get in for under $4,000. There are many theories for the drop.
Meanwhile we’re enjoying NFL officials’ tapdancing around the “Chiefs favoritism” story, and former Head of Officiating Mike Pereira called the idea of referees favoring K.C. a “myth” on Thursday.
Tough to deny when there’s video evidence boys …
#2 – Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin is now 17 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s career record and the critics are howling that Ovie is doing it with a string of empty-netters.
RP Show viewers have been sending in the stats which show Ovechkin has far more empty-netters than Wayne did. It’s not really close.
Not sure about you but I give a really big “Who cares?”
They all count.
God bless the oldtimers who came up with lines like, “They don’t ask how, they ask how many.”
The NHL career goals record is Exhibit A.
And #3 – It’s been fun appearing on Canadian talk shows discussing the CFL’s pre-Free Agency window this week. Didja know the actual Free Agent Market doesn’t open till next Tuesday?
Yesterday on TSN 1200 Ottawa, I asked host A.J. Jakubec – the Voice of the RedBlacks – what’s left after the flurry of signings this week?
He answered, “Not much”.
But that’s okay! I think this fairly new process has satisfied teams, players and fans.
But the most interesting question I heard this week was from a fan who wondered why, if the CFL made so much money last year that they can afford to bump the salary cap substantially, are they skidding Commissioner Randy Ambrosie?
To that I’ll reply … “Good question.”
That’s today’s Rod Pedersen Commentary.
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