Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list inclu...
Bon voyage, Saskatchewanians!
Enjoy your trip to Winnipeg for tonight’s pre-season game between the Green Bay Packers and the Oakland/Los Angeles/Las Vegas Raiders.
If you wanted to buy a ticket at IG Field for $300, your loyalty to the U.S. league should be commended, even though you can likely get that ticket now for $50.
Watching NFL regular-season games is a ritual across North America, despite the NFL’s greed. The NFL sucks money from communities until there’s nothing left, then threatens to move elsewhere. St. Louis, Baltimore, San Diego and Oakland have lost their teams because they wouldn’t pony up the cash demanded by carpet-bagging owners.
Plans to hold this pre-season game in Regina couldn’t overcome the game’s costs and logistics, plus Mosaic Stadium’s primary tenants, the Saskatchewan Roughriders, weren’t very happy. So the game moved to Winnipeg, where ticket sales are predictably underwhelming for a meaningless pre-season contest, and Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers arrived wearing a denim jacket and blue jeans, comically known as a “Canadian tuxedo.” This whole thing is pretty funny.
