Policy. Politics. Law. Basketball coach. Winnipeg sports fan. Alumnus of @umanitoba, @CU_NPSIA & @westernuLaw.
Selkirk, MB
Joined November 2009
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Peak Minnesota @vikings is trading away JJ McCarthy for a 5th round pick, then giving up a 3rd round pick to get Kirk Cousins back. What's next, Sam Darnold?
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Boils down to: @vikings moved down 2 draft rounds and traded JJ McCarthy for Kirk Cousins, who is 15 years older.
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Hey @cbcsports your webcast of Carleton vs TMU @USPORTSca has no audio, just the music endlessly looping
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@cbcsports @USPORTSca switched to YouTube stream and all is fine there, but check your feed on the Gem app
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Blake Hamm 🇺🇦 retweeted
I’m holding a wake ⚰️for the death of the 55-yard line, the 20 yard end zones and the missed FG/punt thru the end zone rouge(hello NFL), but otherwise I see the argument for the other changes. Crucial that the 3-downs, the waggle, the wide field, Cdn ratio all stay. Onward.
Blake Hamm 🇺🇦 retweeted
I'm all for goal posts changing spots (especially for safety reasons as a
Minor football coach)
Losing the Rouge just feels unCanadian, though 🇨🇦 🏈
A long, long time ago
I can still remember how that rouge
Used to make me smile
And if the kicker had his chance
That single point could make fans dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
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But the new Commissioner made me shiver
With every sentence he’d deliver
Bad news on the livestream
I couldn’t make one more meme
I can't remember if I cried
When I read the goal posts were now offside
But I was more than tongue-tied
The day the #CFL died
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Blake Hamm 🇺🇦 retweeted
Nathan Rourke’s full comments - calls new @CFL changes 'garbage' says players, coaches weren't consulted tsn.ca/cfl/video/2025/09/22/…
@SportsCentre
Blake Hamm 🇺🇦 retweeted
This is disgusting. Dress it up how you like, but it's simply Americanization of the CFL. Worse than I expected. One of history's greatest acts of vandalism. Who even is this guy? First time I've ever seen him. Smaller field, tiny end zones, USA goal posts, fewer rouges. Yuck.
Blake Hamm 🇺🇦 retweeted
BIG changes to the CFL.
2027:
- Goalposts moved from the goalline to back of the end zone
- End zones to be a standard 15 yards from 20.
- CFL fields to shrink to 100 yards from 110.
2026:
- Auto 35-sec play clock
- Team benches on opposite side.
- Rouge is modified...
3 downs and 65 yard width are the two untouchables, but they touched everything else. No reason to shorten field to 100 yards other than to go NFL-lite.
Endzone seats in newer stadiums suddenly 20 yards further removed.
They could have tweaked the rouge in a less radical way.
Today's CFL rule changes are official.
The game is still three downs. The field is still 65 yards wide. Those were the two sacred cows, in my opinion.
I think these changes are smart.
Full details: 3downnation.com/2025/09/22/c…
#CFL | #Canadian | #Football
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In 7 years we've adopted the NFL ball, the NFL field length, severely curtailed the rouge, and we're halfway to the NFL endzones. @JohnDHodge How long until the two untouchable sacred cows are touchable?
Today's changes are palatable, but CFL trending in wrong direction IMO
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CFL keeping 3 downs, motion/the waggle, and a limited rouge, but otherwise going NFL-lite.
The CFL is moving the goal posts to back of endzone beginning in '27. End zones are moving from 20 yards to 15 yards. Also, the field will be shortened from 110 yards to 100. No change to its width. #CFL
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Blake Hamm 🇺🇦 retweeted
That little is being reported on this topic outside of cryptic tweets, insiders telling us to be patient, should tell you everything: massive changes are on the horizon.
People know what's going on and it's going to rock the CFL as we know it. Stewart Johnston making his mark.
CFL fans…. For goodness sakes, can we let the commissioner make the announcement first before jumping to conclusions. The conversations on here are utterly ridiculous. We have no clue what is coming.
Stewart Johnston is a Canadian through and through. The man is born and raised in Canada, went to Queens, then spent (I think) 28 years at TSN. Pretty sure he started as an intern!
I don’t know the commissioner super well but all of my interactions with him, while he was at TSN, were always very enjoyable and pleasant. Everyone that I know that speaks about him, sing his praises.
As he has stated, he has been on his “tour” gathering information.
I don’t believe this man to be a shill. I believe he wants the best for the Canadian football league.
Let’s give him a chance tmw. See what he says.
This feels very "4-down"-esque to me. I can't see any "Americanization" of the CFL being good for its long-term viability. People who don't care still won't care, people who prefer the NFL won't be attracted to a formalized tier 2 game.
CFL Commissioner Stewart Johnston will make a major announcement regarding significant changes to the game.
Tune in at 1pm ET on CFL+: cfl.ca/2025/09/21/commission…
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Meanwhile people like me - or future versions of me - who genuinely like the quirks and differences in the Canadian game, are devoid of a unique product. Making future generations less inclined to the CFL, not more, because the NFL will have the same rules but better athletes.
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