MONDAY COMMENTARY – TURN UP THE RADIO!
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IT WAS QUITE A WEEKEND OF SPORTS! IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE WE’RE GETTING BACK TO NORMAL.
THE HIGHLIGHT? UFC 264 ON SATURDAY NIGHT FROM T-MOBILE ARENA IN LAS VEGAS. I WITNESSED WITH A GROUP OF FRIENDS AT THE FOUR SEASONS SPORTS PALACE AND LIKE EVERYONE, WAS ALL GEEKED UP FOR THE MAIN EVENT BETWEEN CONOR MCGREGOR AND DUSTIN POIRIER IN THEIR RUBBER MATCH.
I GUESS MMA PEOPLE CALL IT A “TRILOGY” MATCH.
WELL, THE HYPE WAS ALL FOR NOT AS MCGREGOR SNAPPED HIS ANKLE IN THE FINAL MINUTE OF ROUND 1 AND THE VICTORY – AND WINNER’S PURSE – WAS AWARDED TO POIRIER WHO ELOQUENTLY EVISCORATED MCGREGOR IN HIS POST-MATCH INTERVIEW ON ESPN.
THEN AT MIDNIGHT, ALL THE PLEXIGLASS IN THE FOUR SEASONS CAME DOWN AND THE MASKS WENT IN THE GARBAGE.
HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN.
SUNDAY WAS SPENT WATCHING THE EUROPEAN SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP BETWEEN ITALY AND ENGLAND, PLUS A REPLAYED BROADCAST OF THE SASKATCHEWAN RATTLERS ON ACCESS TV.
LIKE A GOOD NBA GAME, I ONLY HAD TO TUNE IN FOR THE LAST FEW MINUTES OF THE SOCCER GAME AND AS YOU MAY KNOW … ITALY WON 3-2 ON PENALTY KICKS.
I HAVE TO SAY, I DIDN’T HATE IT!
AND THEN IT WAS ENJOYABLE READING THE REPORTS AND COVERAGE OF THE OPENING FEW DAYS OF ROUGHRIDERS TRAINING CAMP AT MOSAIC STADIUM.
FROM ALL OUTSIDE APPEARANCES, YOU’D THINK THINGS ARE HUNKY DORY. CODY FAJARDO’S THROWING PASSES, BRETT LAUTHER’S KICKING FIELD GOALS, AND GUYS ARE RUNNING AROUND.
HOWEVER THERE’S A LOT OF DISDAIN WITHIN THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION OVER THE POTENTIAL OF ILLEGAL WORKOUTS AND THE LATEST NEWS TODAY OF TEAMS DENYING PLAYERS THEIR RIGHTFUL WAGE SUBSIDIES.
TRUST ME, I’M TRYING MY BEST TO STAY OUT OF IT BUT PLAYERS & AGENTS ARE FORWARDING ME THE INFO AND ARTICLES AND SOMEBODY HAS TO BE THEIR VOICE. 3DOWNNATION.COM IS DOING A GREAT JOB OF THAT!
BUT AS FAR AS THE CFL GOES, TURN UP THE RADIO AND LET’S GO! I’M SURE THAT CLANKING NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD WILL GO AWAY ON ITS OWN.
THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY
Which teams are NOT paying the subsidies?
Have you ever practiced labor relations from the management side? ……E.I, CERB…..there ain’t a Russell Crowe/Jim Braddock Cinderella Man from 1935 in the bunch. They are as all unions will tell you; entitled to their entitlements. You see what you asked for them to find out; is akin to them trying to learn astro physics with a grade 8 math level. They are to dumb to simply find which guys are not paid and then just go an ask for resolve. Who is going to be unreasonable? Now when these unions/associations make a big production to hell with ’em. You… Read more »