Friday Commentary: 3 Or More Thoughts
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A coupla three or more thoughts entering the weekend …
#1 – Fall is for football, as they say. Actually, I think I said that first but here we are, in the throes of it. Week 2 in the NFL opened Thursday with Buffalo taming Detroit 31-21 and Saturday’s Week 3 in College Football has some real juicy match-ups, highlighted by coach Lane Kiffin’s return to Ole Miss with his new team, LSU. But the league we’re following the closest is, as always, the CFL …
#2 – We’d prefer to focus on the games but the biggest topic at the moment is BC Lions defensive back Josh Hagerty – a Regina product – being suspended two games on Thursday for repeated punches below the belt to Montreal player Liam Talbot, ending his season and reportedly causing surgery. The biggest question around it is — is the suspension long enough?
The CFL’s in a real pickle here. No matter what they decided, it would be criticized. But I wouldn’t have minded if Hagerty was suspended for the rest of the season too, just like the damage he caused to Talbot.
#3 – The much better news is that last Saturday’s CFL quadrupleheader produced two of the most-watched games of the season — Montreal at BC, and the Banjo Bowl. From the outset I’ve applauded the league’s first four-game day since 1995, and apparently my fellow Canadians did as well.
And #4 – It’s a wayyyyyy bigger topic than we have time for here but NHL training camps opened Thursday and the Winnipeg Jets opened theirs without star goalie Connor Hellebuyck, who’s forcing a trade. At the Panthers news conferences, GM Bill Zito was asked how these players have acquired so much power? The NHL’s best GM seemed surprised by the question and said the only thing he could come up with is great work by the players union.
I’m all for employees having more power in the workplace. I can’t imagine what life would’ve been like if that was the case in my day.
That’s today’s Rod Pedersen Commentary.
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