CFL Commissioner Marc Cohon was a busy boy on Friday. In the morning, he gave the annual state of the league address. You can see what was in that and hear it by clicking right here.
A short time after that, Cohon had his state of the league for the fans event. Its something he started five years ago and as someone who went to this for the first time, it is just another example as to why the Commissioner (or the Commish as he asked TSN's Dave Randorf to call him) is perhaps the coolest commish in all of sports.
Cohon basically repeated what he had told the media earlier, but in a much more relaxed fashion. He then polled the audience on a number of different issues--some serious, some not so much. Amongst the questions
1) Most in the audience were men 35-49
2) Their favourite CFL on TSN personality was Sara Orlesky--much to the chagrin of Randorf
3) The convert remains as is
4) The rouge should remain after a missed field goal or a punt, but the ball should be scrimmaged at the 10 instead of the 35 as it is now.
5) Teams should be penalized more for kicking the ball out of bounds
6) Halftime shows need better entertainment
After the hour plus session, Cohon was more than happy to sign autographs, get his picture taken and talk to yours truly.
As I asked him off the top, I just can't see Gary Bettman doing this type of thing. Can you?
1 comment:
Interesting take on the rouge. I'm like you Mitch and think the league should do away with it.
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