Bombers want to remain in Eastern Division upon return of Ottawa franchise
Courtesy Winnipeg Free Press:
So naturally, if the Ottawa Rene-Riders return to the CFL, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers will be the dutiful son and obediently return to the West Division, right?
Well, not so fast.
“We aren’t the foster child that’s going to bounce around from home to home anymore,” Bombers president and CEO Lyle Bauer insisted yesterday. “There’s no other team in this league that has bounced around back and forth for the betterment of the league. And we’ll still do things for the betterment of the league, but not to the detriment of our club.”
Indeed, the Bombers have been quite the nomads over the last two decades. When the Montreal Alouettes met their maker in 1987, it was the Bombers who were shunted east to fill the void. In the second year of the CFL’s disastrous foray into the U.S., Winnipeg’s new digs were in the North Division (1995).
Then it was back to the West in 1996, then off to the East again in 1997 when the Rough Riders tanked the first time. In 2002, when the Renegades were born, it was back to the West… until 2006, when those crazy Glieberman cats finally ran out of lives.
August 25th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Why do we need an East-West in this day and age?
If and when a 10th team is added (Maritimes, or Quebec City), then each team plays the other team twice (home and away)
The top 8 make the playoffs
Canadian Football fans will go to the Grey Cup no matter who’s playing!