Any person that stoops to bias radical statements that ONE nation is better then another —- especially a nation with a very similar values system etcis a very flawed and dangerous person IMO. Regarding your statement surrounding slavery — we as Canadians are Very selective how we portray our roles in that — refer to the early stuggels of Afro-American peoples in the martimes — their expertices are not that rosey from what I have read during that period . AS well as large as a role Canada played in the 2nd world war , Canada didn’t exactly roll out he RED Carpet and invite DROVES of Jewish refugees to Canada during that time ( we infact turned away boatloades of jewish refuges from our shores, during the Mckenzie King years, in redard to the Chineese/Japanees that were settled in Canada for a generation after helping build therailroad , WE just sent them to internment camps— confiscated their property without legal recourse, as well as interming many people of Germanic decent. And finally reading aboriginal people we just took the best land , thru them on marginal lands and finched them in making it Illegal to leave the reserve until the 1960’s , nawwwww that isn’t kind of slavery is it !!!!!! ohhhhh don’t forget we also just scooped the kids out of the familys without conscent and put them in residential schools , beat them for speaking their language , practicing their religion, and sexually abused them !!! So tell me Again HOW MUCH BETTER WE ARE then AMERICANS !!!!!! —– we have more then our share of warts !!!! And yes I am proud of this great country Canada/being Canadian , I just know an honest Canadian dont look at others and SAY WE AER BETTER then YOU !!!!!! More come join us and make us a better people and country !!!! Some of that is looking at who you invite inot oyur hosue to make you better !!!! is what I am saying !!! called Vetting !!!!!!

GEEE and all this coming from a person that has trashed Chris Jones for thinking of giving Vince Young a shot !!! this year and the trash talking Vince , etc etc, wow I guess you have suddenly become a uber altruist !!!! and are in the running for beatification as the champion of lost causes !!!

In Manzels case we are at CHANCE 5, 6, 7, and counting , eventually rational people call a spade a spade. In the Catholic religion we have a Saint that is dedicated to the redemption of lost causes , Our Lady of Perpetual HOPE , I suggest you uber Manzel supporters try to hook Jonney up with her —- tell him she looks good in a bikini and he will be there in a heart beat !!!!! worshiping at her feet as long as she has wine on her !!!!

yep Jonney looked REAL serious abrout changing his life style on the Maui beach 30days ago , faunting his current girl friend in a thong bikini to TMZ and Pavarozzi reporters and lol not partying at the exclusive party resort they were staying at !!!!! in Maui, fools like Manzel that play to the media about being serious about substance abuse recovery and then doing the crap he is currently doing gives those that are serious about recovery a bad name !!!!!! I grew up in a household where substance abuse by a parent was a HUGE issue leading to the drinking death of that parent —— hats off to those who are SERIOUS about recovery — but in my personal and private life I have encountered a large number of addicts that have often promised being committed to recovery but took the easy out of claiming alcoholism is a disease!!!! Learn more about the model as what your claim is has very LIMITED support of the entire health care, its a that some support that is all, there are theories also that anyone growing up in a alcoholic/drug abusing family will eventually become an addicat themselves or be more prone to it . I have 4 siblings and myself who are at worst social drinkers to that addiction theory seems very thin to me , as a adult human being I am responsible for my actions and choices —- not looking to blame my pros and woes on some disease model excuse … But that is just the NAZZI in me talking , lol what an imbissal you are jackass !!!

Totally agree Garcia98. The game is different in more ways than they think and the talent is much better than they expect. Any US player or ex NFL star coming to the CFL is in for a surprise.

I agree Marko but how many of the haters on here were screaming about Art Briles! Manziel has his issues and did assult his girlfriend. Briles has been found guilty of nothing! But he doesn’t deserve a chance at earning a living? Makes no sense to me! In a country like #Merica!” where they sue you for serving hot coffee if Briles had any guilt or anything could have been pinned on him there would have been a dozen lawsuits against him but not one!

So you’d rather the team say how shitty he is. If you want to improve your ability to trade a player especially one with Johnny’s issues and out of football for three seasons you talk him up as much as you can. Build up hype so you can get more than he’s worth. In my opinion!

That comment only works for me if we were trading Collaros to MTL. I could careless about Johnny. I will support whatever decision the team makes but I would much rather see Zach get a shot under Jones offence. We’ve seen what Zach can do. This past season was a disappointment to everyone and true Cats fans know that if anything Collaros is a competitor. I think he will come back strong this season unfortunately that’s usually true for players in the last year of there contract. I only see Manziel coming to the Hammer if he is willing to sign for 3 or more seasons otherwise its a waste.

You also have to understand that other Heisman trophy winning QBs such as Troy Smith, Eric Crouch, and Andre Ware have also played up here and have had amazingly underwhelming CFL careers. Just because a guy plays well in U.S. college doesn’t automatically mean they will do anything in Canada. Its understandable if we lack enthusiasm for this kid until he shows something.

Thank you for the detailed history lesson. I don’t think anyone will deny Manziel an opportunity to play up here. Football is football. If he can help a team, he will be offered a contract. Its certainly within OUR right though to ask some intelligent honest questions about his ability to play at a high level. We are the ones paying for the tickets and spending our free time in front of the TV. The main issue with many of us is the continued hype as if he actually is Doug Flutie or Warren Moon. These guys proved themselves. Until Mr. Football does, he deserves as much skepticism as any other prospect trying out for a pro football team.