Complete Homer Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 2 hours ago, matty said: The Voyageurs should all pitch like 50 bucks to get a Shield made and gift it to the CPL I'm pretty sure part of the t-shirt sales is to fund the shield/trophy. That said, I'd definitely be game to chip in 50 or more in addition to t-shirt sales. We want this league to last a century, investing in doing the shield right is a vote of confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi Oakey Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Just use the people's sheid. As cool as Canadian shield is, imagine bring the people's shield back. Symbolic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSM Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 So... you want to jail-break it out of the BC Sports Hall of Fame? (Somebody write to The Sunday People and see if they'll chip in to it's restoration.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Complete Homer Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 10 minutes ago, LSM said: So... you want to jail-break it out of the BC Sports Hall of Fame? (Somebody write to The Sunday People and see if they'll chip in to it's restoration.) 2 hours ago, Levi Oakey said: Just use the people's sheid. As cool as Canadian shield is, imagine bring the people's shield back. Symbolic. More like a recreation with the permission of the current owner...assuming the BC Hall of Fame is holding it in trust for someone else. Even if they were willing to part with the relic, it looks to be in pretty bad shape, and the restoration costs are probably prohibitive. Well, actually I am just guessing that, might be worth getting a quote if said owners are indeed willing to part with it First step would be to figure out who owns it I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex D Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Not to be narcissistic, but what about the Voyageurs Shield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopherbashi Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 13 hours ago, matty said: The Voyageurs should all pitch like 50 bucks to get a Shield made and gift it to the CPL Only if it gets to be presented by a member of the winning team's supporters group. I'm sure such an agreement would last forever and never be broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 The Peoples Shield? I am assuming its the maple leaf with a raised eyebrow and we are getting the rock to present it given he is part canadian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 On 23/12/2016 at 11:17 AM, shermanator said: Since this could impact a Calgary CPL club, Ken King (CEO of CSEC) mentioned today that the CalgaryNEXT project is on pause, while the Flames and the City of Calgary discuss an alternative option. Personally, I think it's been DOA right from the start but the Flames have always insisted it was the best proposal until now. There has been talk that the fieldhouse (which would be located where the Foothills baseball stadium is today) could be an appropriate venue for soccer, but I don't really know yet. http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/calgarynext-project-on-pause-says-ken-king Back in 2014 the word was that Hamilton and Calgary could be fielding NASL teams in 2015 in anticipation of an eventual Canadian division and CSEC were the presumed owners. 2026 World Cup related infrastructure money could have helped fund part of the CalgaryNEXT project in a similar way to how being the soccer venue for the PanAm games helped fund THF in Hamilton leaving the Ticats on the hook for some kind of pro soccer legacy. If CSEC were still interested in launching a pro soccer team in a league that is launching in 2018, they would probably already be taking season ticket deposits, running a name the team contest and would have their GM in place. Given that's not happening, I suspect the absence of a viable standalone World Cup bid from the CSA, has killed the momentum for an Alberta entry in CPL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 1 hour ago, toontownman said: The Peoples Shield? I am assuming its the maple leaf with a raised eyebrow and we are getting the rock to present it given he is part canadian. It doesn't look like it's in super bad shape. Some cleaning up and it would look great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Complete Homer Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 50 minutes ago, baulderdash77 said: It doesn't look like it's in super bad shape. Some cleaning up and it would look great. True, but I assume a condition of any Hall of Fame/quasi museum would want any work done by a proper restorationist if they were handing it over (as would I), and I don't really know what kind of costs we would be looking at. Specifically talking about the missing border pieces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grande Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 My Christmas wish is for all league prognosticators to stop throwing out dates for announcements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Complete Homer Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 36 minutes ago, grande said: My Christmas wish is for all league prognosticators to stop throwing out dates for announcements. Pretty sure everyone who attended the BSB meeting sighed collectively at that tweet Regardless, Merry Christmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowsweatygorilla Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 13 hours ago, Complete Homer said: Pretty sure everyone who attended the BSB meeting sighed collectively at that tweet Regardless, Merry Christmas! As someone a little late to the game in terms of following CPL news on the voyageurs forum, where might I go to read up on what was discussed at BSB meeting? Or were discussions under wraps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Complete Homer Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 14 minutes ago, yellowsweatygorilla said: As someone a little late to the game in terms of following CPL news on the voyageurs forum, where might I go to read up on what was discussed at BSB meeting? Or were discussions under wraps? http://bartonbattalion.ca/2016/11/23/pre-league-launch-meeting-notes/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRM Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Maybe they meant Orthodox Christmas? Well whatever you celebrate do it safely and have a great holiday time everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grande Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 On 12/25/2016 at 9:51 AM, grande said: My Christmas wish is for all league prognosticators to stop throwing out dates for announcements. No! Noooooooo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Just the usual attention seeking fom Anthony Totera. If anything, it's actually beginning to look like the CSA held off for now on sanctioning them (note the phrasing here implies that I expect they will eventually) as I'm sure either him or Duane Rollins would have tweeted something about that by now, if they had got the final rubber stamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopherbashi Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Yeah, Totera's almost comparable to CNN at this point with his urgent breaking non-news stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob.notenboom Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 If they have an announcement prior to Ukranian Christmas, I'll likely have a private little ironic chuckle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuillermoDelQuarto Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 2 minutes ago, Gopherbashi said: Yeah, Totera's almost comparable to CNN at this point with his urgent breaking non-news stories. I'm torn. I like how fired up he gets and definitely want him involved in some capacity, but it's getting ridiculous. All is forgiven if an announcement comes soon though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 2 hours ago, Gopherbashi said: Yeah, Totera's almost comparable to CNN at this point with his urgent breaking non-news stories. Cnn meets infowars = totera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi Oakey Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 From the structure of the league I am hearing, there is intense collaboration amongst all sporting owners in Canada. Collaboration takes time and compromise. I don't want to rush that because I think this will be huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopherbashi Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 16 hours ago, Levi Oakey said: From the structure of the league I am hearing, there is intense collaboration amongst all sporting owners in Canada. Collaboration takes time and compromise. I don't want to rush that because I think this will be huge. Collaboration takes time and compromise, but results require action - something that we're unfortunately seeing very little of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Talk of having a Canadian pro league tends to heat up whenever the D2 level league in the Unites States looks like it is about to unravel. Ottawa and Edmonton both still seem to have USSF leagues to play in for next summer and beyond with the CSA providing sanctioning in each case, so that has probably complicated matters considerably where the CPL concept is concerned as there is no obvious void to step in and fill and five of the six metropolitan areas with over 1 million people already have a pro soccer team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopherbashi Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Yeah, it's going to be painful from that aspect if this league ever launches. I was playing around on the Canadian pyramid page on Wikipedia to see how it would look with separated Canadian and American pyramids, and it's going to be incredibly shitty if we end up with pro teams competing over four separate leagues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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