Friday Commentary: Works For Me
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A coupla three or more thoughts entering the weekend …
#1 – My TV remote control hovered between the NFL Draft and Stanley Cup Playoffs on Thursday night. In the end, it settled on the Draft and it didn’t disappoint. Yes, the Las Vegas Raiders took Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza with the #1 pick, but the drama didn’t stop there. Watching several players break down after hearing their names called is theatre you just can’t recreate.
#2 – I’ll leave the draft analysis to the hardcores but what Canadian football fans need to know is that Miami Hurricanes defensive end Akheem Mesidor of Ottawa went #22 to the LA Chargers which, I believe, makes him the highest-ever drafted Canadian in NFL history. Quarterback Mark Rypien is the greatest Canadian NFL’er ever, but he didn’t get drafted till the sixth round. There’ve been many go higher than that since, but none higher than Mesidor Thursday night.
Also, he’s the #1 prospect in next Tuesday’s CFL Draft but methinks him going so high to the Chargers changes that.
#3 – I always need to know why. It’s a curse, but it’s also why I’ve been in business so long in sports media. This week the NHL trumpeted that the TV ratings for Round 1 games are the highest in 14 years and selected games enjoyed the highest ratings ever. I wanna know why! We put that to RP Show viewers this week and they suggested that since NBA ratings have dropped through the floor, that’s where the new eyeballs are coming from.
Works for me.
And #4 – There’s some unreal stuff going on in Junior Hockey. The Flin Flon Bombers won their first SJHL title in 33 years by sweeping Yorkton and are now off to the Centennial Cup in Summerside, PEI. Meanwhile the WHL Conference Finals open this weekend with PA taking on Medicine Hat in the East and the expansion Penticton Vees facing Everett in the West.
What a time to be alive! Enjoy it all.
That’s today’s Rod Pedersen Commentary.
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