Riders sign Grice-Mullen and flagrantly abuse the IR again

[Luke]

Yeah. That's wrong. I hope the league investigates this.

[Belize City Lion]

Dorsey has been diagnosed with a deep bruise to his ego after the team doctor observed him severely choking on Sunday

[Luke]

Dorsey has been diagnosed with a deep bruise to his ego after the team doctor observed him severely choking on Sunday

[Luke]

The reaction on Rider Fans is hilarious. The binary nature of it is amazing. Some people think its the greatest thing ever, others think its nothing at all.

[Rammer]

The Riders announced the signing of Ryan Grice-Mullen today. They also released P. Rodriquez and moved D. Dorsey to the 9-game injury list. The only problem is Dorsey isn't injured, unless the ball bruised his shoulder when he missed it in the sun on Sunday. Being a veteran, Dorsey's contract was likely guaranteed for the rest of the season, so the Riders are using the IR to hide his salary from being counted towards the salary cap for the rest of the season. The league should come down hard on the Riders for their flagrant disregard for the rules. If they get away with this it makes a mockery of the leagues rules and regulations.

http://www.cfl.ca/article/riders-releas ... ame-dorsey

It isn't like the rest of the league hasn't used the same 9 game IL to hide players and the league isn't about to do anything about it. More interesting is to see how RGM is an upgrade for the Riders, I think that their return blocking schemes are the weakest part of the team. If RGM succeeds it will surprise me.

[Vern Halen]

The Riders announced the signing of Ryan Grice-Mullen today. They also released P. Rodriquez and moved D. Dorsey to the 9-game injury list. The only problem is Dorsey isn't injured, unless the ball bruised his shoulder when he missed it in the sun on Sunday. Being a veteran, Dorsey's contract was likely guaranteed for the rest of the season, so the Riders are using the IR to hide his salary from being counted towards the salary cap for the rest of the season. The league should come down hard on the Riders for their flagrant disregard for the rules. If they get away with this it makes a mockery of the leagues rules and regulations.

http://www.cfl.ca/article/riders-releas ... ame-dorsey

It isn't like the rest of the league hasn't used the same 9 game IL to hide players and the league isn't about to do anything about it. More interesting is to see how RGM is an upgrade for the Riders, I think that their return blocking schemes are the weakest part of the team. If RGM succeeds it will surprise me.

This.

[WestCoastJoe]

If they can get away with it, go for it.

For years Wally sanctimoniously refused to do it, not taking advantage of the loopholes. He finally decided this year to do it.

Level playing field.

Taxi squads in the old NFL days. Injury lists nowadays. You are naive if you try to play it straight. And no matter what system is in place teams will find ways to get around it.

Example ... Lifetime contracts to age 45 or so in the NHL.

To me it is just a legal game. Play it to win. It ia not a morality contest. Not much of that to be found in pro sports.

[Migs]

If they can get away with it, go for it.

For years Wally sanctimoniously refused to do it, not taking advantage of the loopholes. He finally decided this year to do it.

Level playing field.

Taxi squads in the old NFL days. Injury lists nowadays. You are naive if you try to play it straight. And no matter what system is in place teams will find ways to get around it.

Example ... Lifetime contracts to age 45 or so in the NHL.

To me it is just a legal game. Play it to win. It ia not a morality contest. Not much of that to be found in pro sports.

Wrong. Wally has been doing it for years (ie your kicker Whyte)

[LFITQ]

If they can get away with it, go for it.

For years Wally sanctimoniously refused to do it, not taking advantage of the loopholes. He finally decided this year to do it.

Level playing field.

Taxi squads in the old NFL days. Injury lists nowadays. You are naive if you try to play it straight. And no matter what system is in place teams will find ways to get around it.

Example ... Lifetime contracts to age 45 or so in the NHL.

To me it is just a legal game. Play it to win. It ia not a morality contest. Not much of that to be found in pro sports.

Wrong. Wally has been doing it for years (ie your kicker Whyte)

You mean the same Sean Whyte who is listed on the ROSTER and getting paid a regular salary just not getting on the 46 man game-day roster?

[cromartie]

If they can get away with it, go for it.

For years Wally sanctimoniously refused to do it, not taking advantage of the loopholes. He finally decided this year to do it.

Level playing field.

Taxi squads in the old NFL days. Injury lists nowadays. You are naive if you try to play it straight. And no matter what system is in place teams will find ways to get around it.

Example ... Lifetime contracts to age 45 or so in the NHL.

To me it is just a legal game. Play it to win. It ia not a morality contest. Not much of that to be found in pro sports.

Wrong. Wally has been doing it for years (ie your kicker Whyte)

Whyte has i problems. Don't know what you're talking about.

[cromartie]

The reaction on Rider Fans is hilarious. The binary nature of it is amazing. Some people think its the greatest thing ever, others think its nothing at all.

Rider fan pre SMS era:

"We're a small town community team that is poor and can't afford to compete like those other awful teams (insert name of other eight CFL team, most often Edmonton, here) that cheat the cap regularly."

Rider fan in SMS era when found to be cheating:

"Everyone else does it, so why can't we?"

This isn't a surprise. And, truth be told, not unique to Regina.

[WestCoastJoe]

Wrong. Wally has been doing it for years (ie your kicker Whyte)

For a few years, I attended most of Wally's practices. He never had an over abundance of players around. The guys you saw on the practice field were all listed on the Lions' website roster in places that looked legitimate.

Now he does have more guys around. Much moreso this year. And more guys on the IR.

I have not attended any other team's practice. But I have certainly heard some of the discussion of their use of the injury list.

[sasklionsfan]

Seriously migs go back to ourbombers, and complain about the refs aiding the bombers of the destruction of your sucky riders

[Lionheart]

That is hilarious!

rgm to riders... heheh ... well at least there's a bit of a chuckle today.