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**BCWWF** · 06-05-2006, 02:51 AM

Other 'name' players the CFL could try to lure:
Maurice Clarett
DJ Shockley
Marcus Vick
Jason White
Mike Stima
JJ Arrington (is he out of a job in Arizona yet?)
Chris Rix
Aforementioned Eric Crouch
Tommy Chang

And then there are other factors, like if you are the Toronto Argonauts, why not cater to former Big 12 players or something? I mean if you can put a couple guys from the same programs together, you might get some fans down there. Like people from kansas are going to be looking for Nick Reid and Charles Gordon in years to come. Neither will make the NFL, but they were a big deal at ku and will probably end up in the CFL, why not sign both of them? Little things like that wouldn't hurt the competition in the CFL, and maybe if done right it could help the league make some more money. Make the money and then you could even start attracting the deep NFL reserves. Right now, if you can make 100,000 not playing a second in the NFL or 50,000 as a CFL starter, players will likely take the 100,000. But there are a lot of players that were good in college that are just taking their time on the third string of NFL teams. If you could get some of those guys to go and star in the lesser league it would be tremendous, methinks.

06-05-2006, 02:51 AM	#35
BCWWF The People's Member Posts: 18,092	Other 'name' players the CFL could try to lure: Maurice Clarett DJ Shockley Marcus Vick Jason White Mike Stima JJ Arrington (is he out of a job in Arizona yet?) Chris Rix Aforementioned Eric Crouch Tommy Chang And then there are other factors, like if you are the Toronto Argonauts, why not cater to former Big 12 players or something? I mean if you can put a couple guys from the same programs together, you might get some fans down there. Like people from kansas are going to be looking for Nick Reid and Charles Gordon in years to come. Neither will make the NFL, but they were a big deal at ku and will probably end up in the CFL, why not sign both of them? Little things like that wouldn't hurt the competition in the CFL, and maybe if done right it could help the league make some more money. Make the money and then you could even start attracting the deep NFL reserves. Right now, if you can make 100,000 not playing a second in the NFL or 50,000 as a CFL starter, players will likely take the 100,000. But there are a lot of players that were good in college that are just taking their time on the third string of NFL teams. If you could get some of those guys to go and star in the lesser league it would be tremendous, methinks.