OT: Parabola Memorial B.C. Lions 2023 Thread

[Gurn]

Lions lost today, their first pre season game, against Calgary.
Game was in Langford- outside Victoria.

 

[VanJack]

Lions lost today, their first pre season game, against Calgary.
Game was in Langford- outside Victoria.

Highlights are up on TSN, and almost don't recognize a single player. And I assume some of them won't be around long.

Nathan Rourke took only four snaps.....Chase Brice and Jerimiah Masoli divided most of the QB time. I'd forgotten Masoli was still in the league, or that he'd signed with the Lions.

Stands were packed in Langford, but they could only seat 6,000. They really love their football on Vancouver Island.

If they ever got a proper stadium, I'm wondering if CFL football could ever make it there? There's a lot more people living in Victoria and on Southern Vancouver Island than there used to be.

 

[Gurn]

Highlights are up on TSN, and almost don't recognize a single player. And I assume some of them won't be around long.

Nathan Rourke took only four snaps.....Chase Brice and Jerimiah Masoli divided most of the QB time. I'd forgotten Masoli was still in the league, or that he'd signed with the Lions.

Stands were packed in Langford, but they could only seat 6,000. They really love their football on Vancouver Island.

If they ever got a proper stadium, I'm wondering if CFL football could ever make it there? There's a lot more people living in Victoria and on Southern Vancouver Island than there used to be.

I have wondered if a franchise going into the B.C. Interior Kamloops/Kelowna area would have worked.
Aslo iirc the league was going to start a team in the Maritimes. Wonder what ever happened, they had covid delay, then crickets on that front.

 

[StreetHawk]

I have wondered if a franchise going into the B.C. Interior Kamloops/Kelowna area would have worked.
Aslo iirc the league was going to start a team in the Maritimes. Wonder what ever happened, they had covid delay, then crickets on that front.

League does need a 10th team to balance out the schedule so that they don't have a bye each week.

I get that they need the revenue from an 18 game regular season but even in a 10 team league, that's basically the old Pac-10 and Big-10 (pre PSU joining). Home and away for each club basically. Season can drag on when you have a terrible team that wins 4 games like EDM recently.

So, it would be a 20 week season with 2 bye weeks for each team. First wouldn't occur until after 4-5 games (weeks 6-10) are played for each team. Get to week 11 then no byes for a week til week 12-16 or something like that.

Also scheduling wise, they can't be doing 4 days a week for games. Like Fri to Sun only. Too taxing on the players to play on Thur-Sun. Unless it's teams coming off a bye week. But, that would only be for a limited time during the season.

 

[Tables of Stats]

I have wondered if a franchise going into the B.C. Interior Kamloops/Kelowna area would have worked.
Aslo iirc the league was going to start a team in the Maritimes. Wonder what ever happened, they had covid delay, then crickets on that front.

Kelowna is weird about sports. The Rockets haven't sold out Prospera Place since the pandemic, and the Okanagan Challenge and Okanagan FC have both left the PCSL. There's also no arena for a CFL team, though the Apple Bowl site and old Dr. Knox school footprint could be used to build something if the team were locked in and provincial-level funding were on the table. A nice 10,000 to 12,000-seat bowl, no roof needed, another large event venue, so promoters aren't locked to Prospera... It could work, but I don't see where the money comes from.

 

[FilHronek Orchestra]

Kelowna is weird about sports. The Rockets haven't sold out Prospera Place since the pandemic, and the Okanagan Challenge and Okanagan FC have both left the PCSL. There's also no arena for a CFL team, though the Apple Bowl site and old Dr. Knox school footprint could be used to build something if the team were locked in and provincial-level funding were on the table. A nice 10,000 to 12,000-seat bowl, no roof needed, another large event venue, so promoters aren't locked to Prospera... It could work, but I don't see where the money comes from.

Jetskis and barbed wire ink.

 

[Tables of Stats]

Jetskis and barbed wire ink.

I was thinking of a long-term partnership with the HA, but that could work too.

 

[Chairman Maouth]

If anyone has a stream they can share for Lions games I would appreciate it. Only via private message though. Thanks.