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Originally posted by hab_in_exile
I have one more concern about the development angle with the Canadian rules. There was a time when the Canadian game was unique enough to be considered almost its own sport. I don't think that is the case now. Therefore, we are training our kids to be minor league football players. I think we owe it to the kids to train them to become major league players (despite the incredibly long odds). The CFL can then do whatever it wants. They are their own thing.
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Why do you think the Cdn game is not unique,
now?
You used the word 'therefore'. I don't see a correlation between whether or not the Cdn game has lost some of it's uniqueness and what the football playing goals of our children are. Please, explain your reasoning.
To be major league players, one might concede that the only league to play in is the NFL, and it seems that is what you're saying. I disagree. The CFL is just a viable league for considering a successful playing career. (Why is that? I would do ANYTHING to be a player in the CFL.)
If the Cdn game has lost it's uniqueness, then it is more like football played in the USA, in which case you'd figure that Cdn athletes have a better chance to succeed south of the border - they're more familiar with the American game.
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Originally posted by hab_in_exile
Being frustrated with the rules I don't like are the product of loving what I do, not hating it.
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You're frustrated with the rules because you like the Fed rules better. Again, I'm sorry but the message that you're sending is that the glass is half-empty.
Without a doubt the rules will change because the skill set of the players increases. The game has to change with the times. But I think a big part of the uniqueness of the Cdn game is our penalty application. It hasn't changed in a long time. At leat 40 years anyways. (I own a 1966 Cdn rulebook.)
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Originally posted by hab_in_exile
I just go out there and do my thing, learn the Cdn rules better, and do a better job of the game whenever I can. When I am the field, my disagreement with rules does not matter, I call what the book says, and I work the game the way the book says. Off the field (and on message boards) I vent a little.
Canadian football is in good hands. Your passion is impressive.
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Merci beaucoup. When I work my first Grey Cup, you can't imagine the emotion attached to my blood. The history: the men who have previouslly excelled at the same game I'm about to adjudicate. Damn, that's enough to bring a tear to a man's eye. At least I hope it is. It was when I did my first minor final, my first HS final, and my first provincial final.