WEDNESDAY COMMENTARY – UPON REVIEW …

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IN YESTERDAY’S COMMENTARY I SAID RANDY AMBROSIE’S KICK WENT WIDE.

UPON FURTHER REVIEW, THERE WAS A FLAG ON THE PLAY AND THE DOWN WILL BE RE-PLAYED.

IF YOU MISSED IT, I SAID THE STATE OF THE FRANCHISE ADDRESS BY THE CFL COMMISSIONER ON MONDAY MISSED THE MARK AND IT BASICALLY ADDED UP TO ONE GIGANTIC PRAYER THAT A NEW VACCINE WILL ALLOW THE CFL TO PLAY IN 2021.

WELL, RANDY WAS ON THE ROD PEDERSEN SHOW TUESDAY ON GAME+ TV AND I ASKED HIM ABOUT IT.

TO MY RELIEF, THE COMMISH SAID THEY ARE LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS BUT HIS INTENTION WAS SOLELY TO BE POSITIVE AND OPTIMISTIC, AND NOT BOG THE NATION DOWN IN DETAILS.

IF THAT’S THE CASE, THEN HE TRULY HIT THE MARK.

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE.

TSN’S MATTHEW SCIANITTI WAS ALSO ON OUR SHOW AND DROPPED THE BOMB THAT THERE’S A REAL POSSIBILITY THE CFL WON’T PLAY NEXT YEAR AT ALL.

I’M NOT SURE HE HAD ANY INSIDE INFO, BUT SCIANITTI FEELS IT MAY VERY WELL PROVE TOO COSTLY FOR THE CFL TO PLAY WITHOUT FANS NEXT YEAR.

THIS WAS THE PART THAT WAS MOST DISTURBING TO ME. BECAUSE I’VE BEEN AROUND THIS GAME A LONG TIME AND I KNOW- JUST LIKE A SASKATCHEWAN FARMER DOES – THAT IF THERE’S A WILL, THERE’S A WAY.

SCIANITTI’S THE FIRST TO SAY THERE MIGHT NOT BE A CFL IN 2021 WHICH WOULD MARK TWO YEARS WITHOUT PRO FOOTBALL IN CANADA.

AND NOW YOU KNOW WHY THE LEAGUE CAN’T GIVE THE PLAYERS THE ANSWER THEY’RE BEGGING FOR RIGHT NOW.

NOW, GO HAVE A NICE DAY.

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