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100th Grey Cup Festivities Announced

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100th Grey Cup Festivities Announced


Sports | 206637 hits | May 31 11:30 am | Posted by: QBall
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At a launch event at the Scotiabank Theatre in downtown Toronto, the 100th Grey Cup Festival committee unveiled details of the historic event coming to Toronto in November 2012. The Festival will be a celebration of Canadian culture and sport, longer in l

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  1. by avatar QBall
    Tue May 31, 2011 8:55 pm
    Apparently the CFL is budgetting between $30-$40 million for the week long celebration. Should be a kick ass party.

  2. by avatar raydan
    Tue May 31, 2011 9:49 pm
    I'll tell you right away how it ends... The Montreal Alouettes win. :D

  3. by avatar PimpBrewski123
    Tue May 31, 2011 10:04 pm
    Anything for the CFL.

    The good thing is that league is increasing in popularity and needs to be noticed even more. I tremendously enjoy the CFL.

  4. by avatar CDN_PATRIOT
    Tue May 31, 2011 10:13 pm
    "raydan" said
    I'll tell you right away how it ends... The Montreal Alouettes win. :D


    When pigs fly.


    -J.

  5. by avatar raydan
    Tue May 31, 2011 10:26 pm
    "CDN_PATRIOT" said
    I'll tell you right away how it ends... The Montreal Alouettes win. :D


    When pigs fly.


    -J.
    Do I detect a touch of jealousy... or envy?


    As if that would bother me. PDT_Armataz_01_27

  6. by avatar PimpBrewski123
    Wed Jun 01, 2011 12:28 am
    There is perhaps an issue about the CFL and that is expansion.

    As a fan, I would like to see more teams even in smaller but substantial markets.

  7. by avatar ShepherdsDog
    Wed Jun 01, 2011 2:57 am
    "raydan" said
    I'll tell you right away how it ends... The Montreal Alouettes win. :D


    When pigs fly.


    -J.
    Do I detect a touch of jealousy... or envy?


    As if that would bother me. PDT_Armataz_01_27

    no, just a dose of cold, hard reality

  8. by Smarkey
    Wed Jun 01, 2011 3:12 am
    I'll have to throw out ROUGHRIDERS VICTORY!!!!!!!!

  9. by avatar Freakinoldguy
    Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:16 am
    And why Toronto??????????????

    This is the City that is doing everything in it's power to forget it's true sports history, dump it's sports heritage and pander to a bunch of American billionaires who couldn't find Toronto as a destination on a map if they were using google, just so they can pretent they're a relevant metropolis. :roll:

    There are 6 other CFl cities that deserve this honour one hell of alot more than that mecca of losers, Toronto and their NFL money loving Mayor.


    "How can we bring tourism to Toronto? How can we create jobs? Great fit would be an NFL team," Ford told CBC News.

    Several fans who spoke with CBC News said they'd welcome the NFL, known for its exciting and hard-hitting play — even in Toronto's already crowded professional sports market."



    As far as I'm concerned give Toronto it's illusion of grandeur NFL team and move the Argo's to Halifax, this isn't the 1970's and the CFL's survival isn't linked to Toronto anymore, like some would have us believe.

  10. by avatar QBall
    Wed Jun 01, 2011 1:54 pm
    "Freakinoldguy" said
    And why Toronto??????????????


    Because the first Grey Cup game was played in Toronto. Plus being a transportation hub and the center of media and business in Canada it's the most logical choice.

  11. by avatar Freakinoldguy
    Thu Jun 02, 2011 12:37 am
    "QBall" said
    And why Toronto??????????????


    Because the first Grey Cup game was played in Toronto. Plus being a transportation hub and the center of media and business in Canada it's the most logical choice.

    Sorry, but other than the fact the first Grey Cup game was played there, there is no other really compelling reason to have the 100th played in Toronto future home of the NFL.

    But since they seem hell bent on catering to Toronto, hopefully this rejuvinates the CFL in Toronto and puts an end to Mayor Ford's dream of sitting in the cities newly purchased Luxury box on sundays and watching the Toronto Bills play an agonizingly slow game of 4 down football.

  12. by avatar QBall
    Thu Jun 02, 2011 7:04 pm
    "Freakinoldguy" said
    And why Toronto??????????????


    Because the first Grey Cup game was played in Toronto. Plus being a transportation hub and the center of media and business in Canada it's the most logical choice.

    Sorry, but other than the fact the first Grey Cup game was played there, there is no other really compelling reason to have the 100th played in Toronto future home of the NFL.

    But since they seem hell bent on catering to Toronto, hopefully this rejuvinates the CFL in Toronto and puts an end to Mayor Ford's dream of sitting in the cities newly purchased Luxury box on sundays and watching the Toronto Bills play an agonizingly slow game of 4 down football.

    I gave the other reasons why, reasons that no other city in Canada can boast. If you want the corporate sponsorship to help foot the bill for the festivities then you need to be where the decisions makers and power brokers live and work, and that ain't in Winnipeg.

    Before becoming mayor Rob Ford coached high school football and is still an assistant-coach for the Don Bosco High School football team even though he's also mayor. There is no bigger supporter of local football, which includes the CFL, than Rob Ford.

  13. by avatar Freakinoldguy
    Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:47 pm
    "QBall" said
    I gave the other reasons why, reasons that no other city in Canada can boast. If you want the corporate sponsorship to help foot the bill for the festivities then you need to be where the decisions makers and power brokers live and work, and that ain't in Winnipeg.

    Before becoming mayor Rob Ford coached high school football and is still an assistant-coach for the Don Bosco High School football team even though he's also mayor. There is no bigger supporter of local football, which includes the CFL, than Rob Ford.


    Love the center of the universe theory but the facts remain that despite Toronto being the center of business for Canada, most of these corporate sponsors you talk about don't sponsor the CFL little own care about it.

    The whole thing comes down to David Braley and the fact that he is the real power in the CFL. Owning the Argo's and the Lions means when Braley speaks the board of Governors and commisonaire listen and I suppose it's rightly so, since he's kept the Lions and Argo's afloat when both should have been in a pine box because of poor fan support, poor management and a less than stellar product on the field.

    So, as Braley goes, so goes the CFL, since he owns the Argo's combined with some obscure CFL history are the real reasons Toronto is getting the 100th Grey Cup.

    And as for Ford and his brother loving the CFL, well, here's an article you might want to read. If half of what this guy wrote is true then the CFL may already be dead in Toronto and the hundredth festivities are it's wake.

    http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/ ... 11161.html



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