May the Fourth Be With You
So the CFL draft is on Sunday and the question is: what other fines can Chris Jones incur as GM/Head Coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders?
The latest fine last week was for violations last season, including bringing in a junior player from outside Saskatchewan, trying him out and adding him to the roster and for practicing two players on the suspended list.
The infractions were committed in 2016, which begs the question of why the fines were announced now. So after finding out what the ruckus was all about, including former TSN reporter Gary Lawless saying Jones has run of room and needs to win or else, is it wrong to just shrug?
The interesting thing is that Jones either was unaware of the rules or didn’t care, either attitude is scary in a GM. However it appears the Edmonton Eskimo South approach of practice squads and stashing players here and there is hopefully over. I remember stories in the 1970s and 1980s when the Eskimos had their taxi squads of guys working all over Edmonton until their time came on the roster.