Rhodes not to seek another term

[Looner]

Re: Rhodes not to seek another term

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

Would be nice if he had a firm grasp on the condiment industry

[GreatWhiteNorth]

Re: Rhodes not to seek another term

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.

Tough to break out a direct comparison on some elements, as the Bombers' statements don't break things down the same way or in as much depth, but it certainly reads that they have more revenue streams (other events at the stadium, through a stadium management deal), more premium seat/suite revenues and likely more concessions/merchandising revenues as well. Football operations expenses seemed very similar, with the EEFC spending about $200k more. Bombers Administration, Marketing and Game-day expenses were about $650,000 higher on the season compared to the EEFC. Corporate sponsorship in Edmonton was $5.8 million, and in Winnipeg was $5.68 million (17% of $33.4 million), so pretty close to the same.

Not a stretch to think that the Riders are doing similar, if not better financially - due to new stadium and associated revenues, but also higher merchandising. Calgary likely has their head above water, but with lesser profits than the community owned teams. Past that, Hamilton and Ottawa are likely in decent shape, BC probably struggling but with potential, leaving Montreal and Toronto as the financial hot-spots - where at least Toronto is on reasonably solid ownership footing now.

[pizmo]

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Would be nice if he had a firm grasp on the condiment industry

You're giving him the benefit of heinzite

[couchspud]

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You're giving him the benefit of heinzite

not one of your best shots Piz , but I do relish your posts

[Moon1]

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Tim Hortons. A Saturday morning in Ottawa.
Just had a morning coffee.
And a flash ... of shear brilliance, GENIUS.
Eskimos still looking for a President I believe.
But why?
Appoint a CEO, call him/her that, and above him - a King!!!
Yes - the Eskimos becomes a constitutional monarchy.
Each year, one deserving fan, is crowned - King, or Queen, of the Edmonton Eskimos!!!
Wow. Imagine it.
Think if it. The novelty, the worldwide publicity, the marketing/ revenue potential. The happy fans.
It’s absolute genius.
Am I glad I gave up decaf....

[ben_the_eskimo]

Re: Rhodes not to seek another term

Tim Hortons. A Saturday morning in Ottawa.
Just had a morning coffee.
And a flash ... of shear brilliance, GENIUS.
Eskimos still looking for a President I believe.
But why?
Appoint a CEO, call him/her that, and above him - a King!!!
Yes - the Eskimos becomes a constitutional monarchy.
Each year, one deserving fan, is crowned - King, or Queen, of the Edmonton Eskimos!!!
Wow. Imagine it.
Think if it. The novelty, the worldwide publicity, the marketing/ revenue potential. The happy fans.
It’s absolute genius.
Am I glad I gave up decaf....

I'd sign up to be King of the Eskimos for a year lol.

[GREYx14]

Re: Rhodes not to seek another term

For what it's worth, a very adamant poster on another forum presented an out-of-leftfield candidate to be the Esks' new team President & CEO. Edmonton native Victor Cui who currently owns the very successful (in Asia) ONE Championship MME organization is interested in the job and will apparently be in Edmonton for the game on Friday.

[adb]

Re: Rhodes not to seek another term

For what it's worth, a very adamant poster on another forum presented an out-of-leftfield candidate to be the Esks' new team President & CEO. Edmonton native Victor Cui who currently owns the very successful (in Asia) ONE Championship MME organization is interested in the job and will apparently be in Edmonton for the game on Friday.

So mixed martial arts halftime shows?

[GREYx14]

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So mixed martial arts halftime shows?

Potentially more entertaining than the parade of geriatric rappers we've had lately.

[Jtuck09]

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With the attraction of MMA, UFC, etc. that would not be a bad idea for half-time shows. That could potentially bring out some new fans.

[Bruce LeeRoy]

Re: Rhodes not to seek another term

For what it's worth, a very adamant poster on another forum presented an out-of-leftfield candidate to be the Esks' new team President & CEO. Edmonton native Victor Cui who currently owns the very successful (in Asia) ONE Championship MME organization is interested in the job and will apparently be in Edmonton for the game on Friday.

Bruce Leeroy approves.

[Maas_12]

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id say im very tapped into the MMA world... and let me tell you...its a very ruthless and volatile place (he coming from fight promotion where lies and whatnot are their game)...dont think that'd be a fit for the city of champions

although to be fair, i dont know a ton about this guy specifically, just that the fight game is well...yeah

[Moon1]

Re: Rhodes not to seek another term

id say im very tapped into the MMA world... and let me tell you...its a very ruthless and volatile place (he coming from fight promotion where lies and whatnot are their game)...dont think that'd be a fit for the city of champions

although to be fair, i dont know a ton about this guy specifically, just that the fight game is well...yeah

ugh. Are "we" indeed looking at candidates with zero pro football experience.

[Eskie54]

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ugh. Are "we" indeed looking at candidates with zero pro football experience.

I really would hope they learned their lesson with Rhodes.

[GreatWhiteNorth]

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I really would hope they learned their lesson with Rhodes.

Depends on what the lesson was though.

Was it that he was an outsider to Edmonton?

Was it that he was an outsider to Canadian Football?

Was it that he was an outsider to Pro Football as a whole?

Was it that he never well enough understood the fan base wants different things than the business community at large (where he seemed more accepted)?

Was it that he didn't understand/believe in the importance of tradition to the fan base?

I think there are plenty of lessons to learn from the whole Rhodes tenure... some of them positive and many of them not, but I hope that one of the lessons is not that there is no way to have success with hiring someone from outside of football circles if they have experience, skills and a cultural fit for the organization.