MONDAY COMMENTARY – GREY CUP UNITE IS HERE!

(Listen daily for the Rod Pedersen Commentary at 9:50 am and 5:20 pm on Cat Country 98 FM)

WELL, IT’S FINALLY HERE. AND HOW YOU REACT TO IT, IS UP TO YOU.

IT’S GREY CUP WEEK AND IF ALL THINGS WERE EQUAL, WE’D BE GETTING SET TO HOST CANADA’S BIGGEST PARTY THIS SUNDAY AT MOSAIC STADIUM, NOT TO MENTION A WEEK’S WORTH OF EVENTS WHICH WAS BILLED AS THE BIGGEST GREY CUP EVER.

BUT A VIRUS TOOK CARE OF THAT IDEA.

SO THE CFL IS ATTEMPTING TO DO THE NEXT BEST THING, AND THAT’S HAVE A “VIRTUAL” GREY CUP WEEK. THEY’RE CALLING IT GREY CUP UNITE, AND IT STARTS TODAY.

COMMISSIONER RANDY AMBROSIE WILL HOLD A STATE OF THE LEAGUE ADDRESS THIS AFTERNOON, AND THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION WILL DO THE SAME. THESE THINGS OCCUR DURING ACTUAL GREY CUP WEEK, BUT THIS TIME WE’LL HAVE TO TUNE IN ONLINE TO WATCH.

THEN EVENTS ARE PLANNED ALL WEEK LONG INCLUDING A RACIAL INJUSTICE ROUNDTABLE FEATURING THE BIGGEST CFL STARS. THERE WILL BE COACHES NEWS CONFERENCES, PLAYER NEWS CONFERENCES, TAILGATE PARTIES AND THE WEEK WILL CULMINATE WITH THE CFL SIM GREY CUP GAME FEATURING OTTAWA AND SASKATCHEWAN SATURDAY NIGHT!

THAT’S RIGHT … THAT E-SPORTS LEAGUE WE’VE BEEN TELLING YOU ABOUT ALL SUMMER AND FALL HAS BOILED DOWN TO THE CFL TITLE GAME FEATURING THE RIDERS AND REDBLACKS AND YOU CAN WATCH IT FROM THE LEAGUE’S WEBSITE AT GREYCUPUNITE.CA, OR FROM OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.

I TRULY HAVE TO THANK CFL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOSS LEO EZERINS FOR BEING THE BRIDGE BETWEEN OUR SHOW AND THE LEAGUE, BECAUSE HE FELT WHAT WOULD GREY CUP WEEK BE WITHOUT A GAME?

FOR ALL THESE EVENTS, GO TO GREYCUPUNITE.CA AND FILL OUT A QUICK REGISTRATION TO TAKE PART.

WHEN’S THE LAST TIME YOU GAVE AN OVATION TO ANYONE?

I BELIEVE THE CFL IS WORTHY OF ONE HERE.

ENJOY THE WEEK.

THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY ON CAT COUNTRY 98.