Watchmen Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 5 minutes ago, Ansem said: I would add that it's cheaper to take a chance on the talent in Canada that MLS have not touch who might turn up to become gems than paying premium of MLS bencher/USL guy where you know exactly what's their max potential. If a USL guy or MLS bencher ceiling is maybe one day making the starting XI in MLS or gettting sub minutes at a premium, I'll give a 1+1 contract to 2 or 3 guys with strong stats between age 17 to 19 instead who might develop into something better since they'll be paying way more minutes with adults while not having such a short leash preventing them to play to their full potential. This is the reality of CPL 1.0 - go through the un-scouted, unknow int he pool, find the good one, create your local stars that you bought low but will sell high and surround them with increasingly better internationals to push them with the wage increase. Once we have a PROPER Division 2 under the CPL, then the league might go more elite and pursue better Canadians at a premium with stronger internationals + the better youth players. The rest will have a proper D2 to play in and try to develop further. That will be CPL 2.0 I think you've been arguing a different point here. I think most people understand the realities of a new league and what the finances are. Rather, the discussion is that there's a reason some younger MLS players aren't willing to drop down to the CPL just for the playing time, and it's that the gap in pay is just too large. It's not a criticism of the players or the CPL, it just is what it is right now. Kent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjack15 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 Trois Reds, m-g-williams, Kent and 6 others 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 New sponsor who's logo will be on a CPL jersey this season...hopefully replacing the onesoccer or Macron johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 (edited) 57 minutes ago, Ansem said: New sponsor who's logo will be on a CPL jersey this season...hopefully replacing the onesoccer or Macron Company name Co-Gaming Ltd. Address: Spinola Park, Level 3, Triq Mikiel Ang Borg, St Julians, SPK 1000, Malta Licences: MGA/B2C/178/2009 They say this is a legit, recognized platform based in Malta, the MGA is supposedly an indication of validity. I see they have a lot of gaming options as well as betting. I don't bet on sports as I actually like sports a lot more than losing money, which is what the vast majority of those betting do. I frankly find it pathetic that you could actually bet on the results of a sport you like. What sort of pleasure can you get from hoping for anything but the result you want as a fan? And why would being a fan not be enough to enjoy the game? I'll add another opinion: as long as we have players at a subsistence or below wage in CPL, we are seriously exposed to fraudlent behaviour. By we I mean the players. I am not making this up: lower league and semi-pro players from all over the world have been found cheating. We need to bolster salary structure at CPL, as well as prize money (!!!) for trophies, results, to shield our league from this risk. Edited June 7, 2021 by Unnamed Trialist Nello, The Real Marc, youllneverwalkalone and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youllneverwalkalone Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Cheeta and dyslexic nam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Unnamed Trialist said: ...we are seriously exposed to fraudlent behaviour. By we I mean the players. I am not making this up: lower league and semi-pro players from all over the world have been found cheating... Especially when the OPP and RCMP were reported in the past to have not viewed what happened in the Trois-Rivières Attak vs Toronto Croatia and other CSL games that were highlighted by the media as a priority in investigation terms: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/exclusive-canadian-soccer-match-fixed-by-global-crime-syndicate-1.1277810 ... In an exclusive story led by CBC's senior investigative reporter Diana Swain that airs tonight on The National, CBC News reveals evidence of the match-fixed Canadian Soccer League game that surfaced in hundreds of hours of police wiretaps obtained by CBC News from a German court case on one of the largest sports-fixing scandals to hit Europe... Wiretaps show the crime syndicate targeted a Sept. 12, 2009, game in Trois-Rivières between its home team, Attak, and the Toronto Croatia. Court documents show that €15,000 ($18,000 Cdn) in bribes were paid to several players on the Toronto Croatia team ... https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/12/12/semi-pro-canadian-soccer-league-a-hotspot-of-match-fixing.html ... These accusations of Canadian sports corruption are not about TFC but rather a small, obscure soccer league based in southern Ontario — the Canadian Soccer League, a little league that punches above its weight when it comes to controversy. Largely based on suspected corruption in the CSL, Canada has been featured in reports of companies that monitor suspicious game activity, including in 2016 when three countries were specifically mentioned in one company’s report for high levels of corruption: Albania, Malta and Canada. ... https://www.570news.com/2016/01/07/sc-waterloo-implicated-in-soccer-match-fixing-allegations/ ...A Vice Sports report quotes several of Niagara’s players as accusing Waterloo of intentionally throwing the game, going as far as allowing Niagara to score on them, and then preventing Niagara’s players from scoring on their own net in an attempt to spoil the alleged fix. “We don’t want to give them their money, forget it,” United midfielder John Bahdi told the outlet. “The ball goes out for a goal kick, our keeper quickly plays it to our right back and basically tells him, ‘Put it in our net, shoot on our net, put it in our own net.’ Our right back goes to put it in our own net, by the time he got to shoot it, they had three guys on our goal line and the ball gets kicked off our goal line.” ... Think CanPL would have enough sense to steer clear of any would be team ownership group or sponsoring company with organized crime links so not too worried about this becoming a major problem like it did with the CSL. Unusual betting patterns are something the league should monitor closely though so they can quickly nip any issues that do start to emerge in the bud. Edited June 7, 2021 by Ozzie_the_parrot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 4 hours ago, Ansem said: New sponsor who's logo will be on a CPL jersey this season...hopefully replacing the onesoccer or Macron Sweet. Never heard of them but I guess that's the point of advertising isn't it? Feels like every league on this planet has at least one on-line gambling sponsor and I personally don't have a problem with that. Vice sells. Go figure. johnyb, CDNFootballer and RichV 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Ah good ol’ offshore online gambling. Not strictly illegal but quite an effective tax dodge, especially where Malta is concerned. But I suppose you wouldn’t set up an operation like that in Norway or Japan (or Canada). The Real Marc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 34 minutes ago, JamboAl said: Ah good ol’ offshore online gambling. Not strictly illegal but quite an effective tax dodge, especially where Malta is concerned. But I suppose you wouldn’t set up an operation like that in Norway or Japan (or Canada). We have government run casinos for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-g-williams Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) Well, I guess we know where the lads are getting their food from in the soon-to-begin Winnipeg bubble. 😛 Edited June 8, 2021 by m-g-williams Ruffian, ted, narduch and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) A meal kit delivery partner as a sponsor for the CPL? I hope if I pay to watch a game they dont decide to only play 60mins but tell me it was an entire game of soccer Edited June 8, 2021 by SpursFlu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aird25 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 3 hours ago, SpursFlu said: A meal kit delivery partner as a sponsor for the CPL? I hope if I pay to watch a game they dont decide to only play 60mins but tell me it was an entire game of soccer Wut Greatest Cockney Rip Off, Kent, Watchmen and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 On 6/9/2021 at 2:57 AM, Aird25 said: Wut I totally missed that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SadOnMondays Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) ... Edited June 10, 2021 by SadOnMondays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnina10 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 https://twitter.com/cplsoccer/status/1402996475219505154?s=21 narduch and MtlMario 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, dnina10 said: https://twitter.com/cplsoccer/status/1402996475219505154?s=21 Interesting I wonder what this is about. The league could use some buzz as the MNT has sort of stole its thunder. Edited June 10, 2021 by narduch toontownman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-g-williams Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 1 hour ago, narduch said: Interesting I wonder what this is about. The league could use some buzz as the MNT has sort of stole its thunder. Media partnerships for the season, maybe? Or another sponsorship deal? toontownman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 4 minutes ago, m-g-williams said: Media partnerships for the season, maybe? Or another sponsorship deal? Would be kind of lame to do a tease for a sponsorship deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 26 minutes ago, narduch said: Would be kind of lame to do a tease for a sponsorship deal. Like this? narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, toontownman said: Like this? I think that is unrelated. The announcement is 2pm ET Edited June 10, 2021 by narduch toontownman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 The big announcement is that they hired Kristian Jack. I guess he's the Molinaro replacement. SadOnMondays, johnyb, toontownman and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SadOnMondays Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 ^ I think it's an excellent move. I like Molinaro as a journalist and his writing, but I think what Kristian Jack offers as a personality on-air represents an upgrade. nfitz, Cheeta, Greatest Cockney Rip Off and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavemTFC Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Great get for the league. I'm still pissed that TSN essntially traded him for a bumbling JDG but glad KJ has a regular job again, he certainly deserves it Aird25, nfitz, Club Linesman and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 1 hour ago, DavemTFC said: Great get for the league. I'm still pissed that TSN essntially traded him for a bumbling JDG but glad KJ has a regular job again, he certainly deserves it Actually, I think they replaced (or are trying to replace) KJ with Matthew Scianietti, who seems young and enthusiastic, but also seems to have a lot to learn about the world game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Observer Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Now with the bubble announced and only a couple of weeks away, I wonder if we are going to see some loans from TFC and the Whitecaps to CPL sides. FC Montreal has already loaned a bunch so I don't expect anymore there but guys like Dunn, Facchineri, Metcalf, Romaro, and possibly Rutty would be great to get them some playing time in a professional environment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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