FRIDAY COMMENTARY — IF YOU CAN’T BEAT EM …
(Listen daily for the Rod Pedersen Commentary at 9:50 am and 5:20 pm on Cat Country 98 FM)
SO MUCH TO GET TO, SO LITTLE TIME …
FIRSTLY, WE CLOSE THE WEEK WITH NO MORE DETAILS ON THE PROPOSED CFL/XFL COLLABORATION OTHER THAN A WHOLE LOTTA PEOPLE MAKING A WHOLE LOTTA NOISE.
BUT OTHERS IN THE MEDIA LIKE TIM & SID’S (formerly) TIM MICALLEF AND GARY LAWLESS HAVE JUMPED ON THE TRAIN THAT THE CFL WAITED TOO LONG TO INNOVATE AND SIMPLY HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO MERGE WITH THE XFL FOR ITS OWN SURVIVAL.
HOWEVER THE CFL DIEHARDS – BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE LEAGUE – CONTINUE TO POUND THAT SQUARE PEG INTO A ROUND HOLE SAYING THEY’D RATHER SEE THE LEAGUE FOLD THAN CHANGE.
ON ANOTHER NOTE, THE NFL ANNOUNCED A NEW TV DEAL ON THE HORIZON THAT’S WORTH 10-BILLION DOLLARS PER SEASON.
ONE CFL PERSON SAID TO ME, “HOW DO YOU COMPETE WITH THAT?”
I SAID “YOU DON’T”.
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THE PHRASE “IF YOU CAN’T BEAT EM, JOIN EM”?
BUT I’VE ABOUT SAID MY PIECE ON THIS. YOU CAN ONLY ARGUE AND DEFEND YOUR STANCE FOR SO LONG.
TO THOSE OPPOSING PROGRESS, I SAY “GOOD LUCK”. I’LL BE OVER HERE DOING MY OWN THING AND AM READY TO HELP IF NEEDED.
LASTLY, THE HOCKEY CONTINUES IN THE REGINA HUB CENTRE AND ON THURSDAY THE WARRIORS SUFFERED THEIR FIRST LOSS, 5-2 TO WINNIPEG, WHILE BRANDON DUMPED SWIFT CURRENT 4-1 AND THEY GOT GOING OUT WEST WITH TRI-CITY WINNING 4-3 AT HOME OVER PORTLAND.
FOR THOSE BRONCOS, I BELIEVE, IT’S THEIR 22ND STRAIGHT LOSS GOING BACK TO LAST SEASON. IT’S IMPORTANT FOR SWIFT CURRENT CITIZENS TO REMEMBER THE BRONCOS WON THE ENTIRE LEAGUE JUST THREE YEARS AGO AND THAT TEAM WAS THE FIRST SASKATCHEWAN FRANCHISE TO DO IT SINCE 1993 (WHEN THE BRONCOS DID IT AS WELL).
PEOPLE HAVE SHORT MEMORIES.
I’M HERE TO REMIND YOU OF WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.
THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY ON CAT COUNTRY 98.
