Friday Commentary: The Fact Remains

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A coupla three or more thoughts entering the weekend:

#1 – I’m shelving the “Death, Taxes & Cody Fajardo winning” line this week for obvious reasons but the fact remains; don’t doubt the Edmonton CFL QB. The Elks got the ball back with a minute to go in Saskatchewan last night and Victor Blanchard hit a 57-year field goal with four seconds left to give the Elks a 36-34 victory in the game of the year.

The Riders showed no signs of a team dealing with the death of teammate less than a week ago – and the circumstances around it – and let this be more evidence that after a tragedy you need to get back to your routine as soon as possible.

But what a game. And Edmonton sits atop the CFL at 6-1 while the Riders fell to 4-2. Oh, and Fajardo threw for 510 yards and four touchdowns.

#2 – Couldn’t wait to get to this point: for the first time ever I sat down to watch a WNBA game this week. The Jays were sucking, so I thought I’d give the Indiana-Connecticut game a try. But within 10 seconds, I saw Indy star Caitlin Clark getting absolutely abused on the court with pretty much no protection from the officials.

I took this injustice to social media and was quickly told that’s just the culture of women’s basketball and if I don’t like it, to stay out.

Oh? That argument doesn’t work with hockey. Sponsors have dictated the violence get cleaned up, so we did. If I was a sponsor of the WNBA, I’d be disgusted. Why do they get a pass?

Not sure I’ll watch again.

And #3 – Weren’t we all shocked to see the Chicago Blackhawks sign Patrick Kane to a two-year deal at $8-million per on Thursday? I had to sit down and digest it for a minute and realized this is a move by GM Kyle Davidson to cover his butt with a team that’s finished 31st in the league in each of the past three seasons.

Overpaying for a franchise great – well past his prime – to appease the fans and give the young superstar Connor Bedard at least somebody to play with.

I’ve never seen it work before. In fact, I don’t think I’ve seen it at all.

That’s today’s Rod Pedersen Commentary.

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