Rhodes not to seek another term

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Was Moddejonge being serious? What qualifications does Reed have to be a Pres of a team? The Pres of a football team IMO needs to have some experience football wise but also have some business experience. Reed was ZERO business experience and on the football side, he's lousy. He was at best a mediocre coach and has been a lousy GM. SO how on earth would Moddejonge think Kavis is a good idea? Rhodes was a lousy football Pres in that he had ZERO football experience but at least he had business and marketing experience so he could do some of the job to some degree.

3 Down Nation Podcast discussing Moddejonge article at about the 24 minute mark. See link below.

https://soundcloud.com/3downnation/r...-signs-combine

[GREYx14]

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3 Down Nation Podcast discussing Moddejonge article at about the 24 minute mark. See link below.

https://soundcloud.com/3downnation/r...-signs-combine

Thanks for the link. Dunk's & Edwards' reaction to Moddejonge's horse**** article, while understandable given the context of their discussion re. the Als' situation, only serves to piss me off at Modd even more.

[GreatWhiteNorth]

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^ Wasn't he taking money out of football ops to fund the concerts?

NO.

No matter how often people repeat that, it isn't true.

Marketing and promotion budgets were completely separate from football ops budgets.

[Diesel]

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NO.

No matter how often people repeat that, it isn't true.

Marketing and promotion budgets were completely separate from football ops budgets.

Money wan't being taken out of budgets once established. That is correct. But under previous leadership, budgeting requests that were deemed vital to on-field competitiveness were denied, and budgets for certain [sarcasm on/] well loved [sarcasm off/] marketing ideas received an increase. Semantics

[GreatWhiteNorth]

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Money wan't being taken out of budgets once established. That is correct. But under previous leadership, budgeting requests that were deemed vital to on-field competitiveness were denied, and budgets for certain [sarcasm on/] well loved [sarcasm off/] marketing ideas received an increase. Semantics

My understanding is that the football ops budget was on par with or higher than every other team other than Sask, where Jones had closer to a blank cheque at times.

[dealerd]

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Hey fellow Eskies any more talk of hiring our new president ,What's taking so long ? Is their any talk in Edmonton about who the front runners are fo team president? I hope and pray that the BOD aren't stupid enough to hire Kavis as I would absolutely vomit .Can anybody give me some good news?
Any talk about if we are interested in Jon Ryan as our punter or are we happy with Hugh O'Neil

[Hugoagogo]

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Hey fellow Eskies any more talk of hiring our new president ,What's taking so long ? Is their any talk in Edmonton about who the front runners are fo team president? I hope and pray that the BOD aren't stupid enough to hire Kavis as I would absolutely vomit .Can anybody give me some good news?
Any talk about if we are interested in Jon Ryan as our punter or are we happy with Hugh O'Neil

I believe Keith Gretzky is the frontrunner for every available position in the Edmonton sporting community.
Seriously though, I'm glad they are taking their time with the selection. Let's get it right.
Re: Jon Ryan - in my opinion we are better off with Hugh considering he can also double as a place kicker. He's not as "money" as Whyte, but I like having kickers that can handle the dual role in an emergency.

[popo]

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I am happy with Hugh O'Neill.
Great punter, local guy, and as Hugo pointed out, can place kick in a pinch.

[Section N]

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Bumping this thread... anybody hear whispers out of the Igloo at all? Getting pretty close to the season here, and no prez to be seen.

[Jtuck09]

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I saw yesterday that they won't be naming one at the annual general meeting.

Other than that, pretty quiet out there.

[GreatWhiteNorth]

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The EEFC's Annual Report from their AGM today is out and online - 3DownNation has a link in their story - https://3downnation.com/2019/05/07/e...e-2018-season/.

Of note - a preliminary scan does not see mention of Len Rhodes that I can find - neither in attribution of a successful Grey Cup that he was a part of, or in the financial success that the EEFC had in 2018 with him at the helm. I'm not left thinking that it is an oversight, but more so, whether it was an intentional omission due to tensions somewhere in the organization or just turning the page. Just curious, and no information one way or the others to create an assertion.

Ultimately, turned a profit of $2.8 million, with about half of that from Operating profits and half from non-operating profits (net of positive Grey Cup revenues, combined with a lousy year for the stabilization fund in the markets and some depreciation expenses on their assets).

In the report, it advises that Duane Vienneau has been named "Chief Grey Cup & Events Officer" for the CFL, and will now lead all Grey Cup planning and execution in future years across Canada. Hadn't seen this reported previously.

Mentions that they are expecting the search for the next President and CEO to be completed in the coming weeks.

Good, but non-specific report on the steps taken, and ongoing, about the name - consultation, stakeholder engagement, travel for meetings, outreach, etc. Will be including the Inuit community, both locally and in the north, in their community engagement program starting this year.

Gate revenues down 1% ($89,000) - blamed mainly on weather-related issues. Merchandise revenues down 8.5% - blamed on Grey Cup merch sales eating into it (could also be end of Adidas and knowing new provider coming). Concessions and Game Day revenues down 1.3%. Sponsorship up 9.3%, and now accounts for 23.1% of total revenues - second only to gate receipts at 38.3%, and higher than TV/CFL distributions at 17.4%.

Donated $845,000 to amateur football through 50/50 program - total of $4.5 million since 2012.

$8.55 million spent on players and coaches compensation. This is down $290,000 from 2017 - largely, presumably due to less long-term injuries (2017 was year of the Achilles). Under the $5.2 million salary cap, but did not say by how much.

$1.35 million spent on scouting and football administration. This is up $145,000 from 2017.

Telling that the Post-Season game in 2017 caused $30,000 in revenues and $237,000 in expenses.

Still $13 million in the stabilization fund - an absolute dream for most CFL clubs - even despite a rough year for investments. With the markets bouncing back through the first quarter of 2019, it's likely that most of 2018 losses in that fund have been regained.

[boydo]

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Maybe the Esks could buy the Lions...

[GreatWhiteNorth]

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Maybe the Esks could buy the Lions...

They lose enough money on their investments...

[popo]

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https://d3ham790trbkqy.cloudfront.ne...ual-Report.pdf

Winnipeg report for comparison. I think the only other publically available one.
Have to do a bit of analysis to make some numbers comparable. Overall they far outperform us in revenue - gates, sponsorship, concession.

[SandManFan]

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We should hire a marketing guru as our next club president. That should really help our revenue streams