Why Michael Sam left Montreal
First off, apologies for not updating on Saturday. I was in Canada on a thing, and I was far too occupied on Friday to complete a comic. Sometimes life gets in the way. On the plus side I learned all about the CFL! Did you know there is a team called the REDBLACKS? No, I typed that correctly, it’s supposed to be all caps, and is named after two colors. They called it that because they couldn’t call them the Rough Riders, because there was already a team called Roughriders. At one point in the Canadian Football League there were two teams named after American Hero Teddy Roosevelt’s old brigade, in a war that had nothing to do with Canada. This is in a country that requires certain percentages of everything to be Canadian. Way to go with that one, Canada.
So Michael Sam requested to leave the Alouettes for personal reasons. No info has gotten out besides that. This seemed like his likely best chance to play professional football if the NFL wouldn’t take him, so it’s kind of a weird move on his part. I hope he didn’t face a whole bunch of harassment. Whatever the case is, it certainly feels like the end of Michael Sam. Kind of a bummer. Anyway, Chad Johnson Domestic Abuse joke in the year of our lord 2015. Aww yiss.
Apparently he left because he was throwing a fit over his poor camp performance. Come on man.
Here’s to hoping that being gay won’t matter because everyone accepts it because it really doesn’t matter what your sexual orentation is. What matters is that you’re a good person.
Also, did Ochocinco do anything in Montreal after he left miami for cussing (stupidest reason to cut a player ever) on hard knocks.
Last year Dave learned about arena football, this year he learned about Canadian football. Next year he’ll learn about Australian football (rugby)?
Nothing really, all I remember is that he had a TD celebration with a ref then got hurt
I hate to be the one to point this out, but Aussie Rules and Rugby are very different sports…
My bad, my only experience was the 30 for 30 that mentioned the effect that south African rugby had on unifying the country when Nelson Mandela became president
as an aussie fan, i’d be happy to help with any intro to australian football (AFL)
That’s what that thing was. When I looked up ‘afl’ on Google when i was trying to learn more about the history of Arena Football 3 years ago.
If you want to know more about arena football, then check out ArenaFan.com
“after he left miami for cussing”
Ochocinco got cut by the Dolphins for an arrest on a domestic violence charge.
Didn’t know that, thanks for the info
Dave has a CFL jersey in his post….
IT’S HAPPENING
In all seriousness, Montreal is probably the most accepting city in North America, It’s also the most Anglo-Friendly in Quebec, then again, the Training Camp was in Sherbrooke, which is much more French then Montreal. I have a (likely wrong) theory that this is a way of trying to get traded to an English city while saving some face
CFL-USA is making a comeback?
Damn, that’d be interesting, considering how poorly it was handled last time it failed. I think it’d have a shot in Northern and Midwestern cities with no NFL team or with a large enough population to have a second fiddle team
That title of the blog post gets to me.
I like how Sam’s jersey seemed to keep changing. Fighting for a roster spot in between panels.
Why is it that in the 5th and 6th panel, Sam’s jersey number is suddenly not 11?
the REDBLACKS wanted to have a plaid football helmet. i say they should’ve gone all the way and made their uniforms plaid as well.
Everyone should wear plaid
the green bay PLAIDckers
the cleveland PLAIDaliers
the nashville PLAIDators
the san diego PLAIDres
PLAIDchester united
Someone get this man a “Future H.O.F 20never” jacket.
Rumour has it that he left because he wasn’t good enough to make the roster and was trying to save face. Not sure I buy it but that’s the speculation going around right now.
I was really rooting for Michael Sam, but at this point, it seems like the only real conclusion that makes sense any more is that he isn’t very good at football. “Very good” of course being relative to other professional football players – he’s much better than I ever was or ever will be.
If Johnny Manziel did not somehow ruin Lebron James championship hopes than idk what happened. (Ahem Johnny and the King?)
That’s not JFF destroying things, that’s just Cleveland being Cleveland. You could put LeBron, Curry, Duncan, Harden, and Anthony Davis in as the starting five for the Cavs and they’d still lose, because that’s how Cleveland works. How else do you explain Kevin Love, and then Kyrie Irving when chances still seem good, both getting injured, leaving LeBron to have to work with J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert, two castoffs not good enough for the 17-65 Knicks, playing significant time? It’s not JFF, it’s Cleveland.
Calling it now, Jff will leave Cleveland to win the super bowl as a starter like Doug Williams and Steve Young did after Tampa. Or he’ll be like Vinny Testaverde and play forever, but never stay with one team for more than 4 years
that’s just because the Warriors sold the 49ers to the devil to make this all happen
“I hope he didn’t face a whole bunch of har*ass*ment. Whatever the case is, it certainly feels like the *end* of Michael Sam. Kind of a *bummer*.”
God I hope those were intentional
Now Ochocinco is in mexico