The Canucks Are Coming! The Canucks Are Coming!

[Pete Incaviglia]

The NCAA made an interesting decision today, allowing Canadian colleges to apply for NCAA membership - in Dvision II.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3196028

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Canucks, I beg of you, do not get yourself involved with the profit-fattened TV whores of the NCAA. Run. Run away. Run away fast.

 

[Flash]

Not surprised UBC and SFU are among the first to want an application. SFU is a former
NAIA member and UBC has been bleating for years about wanting to provide scholarships to athletes.

 

[JR]

Giant ho hum.

Canadian universities DO offer athletic scholarships. Two of my kids are on football scholarships: one gets about 3/4 of his tuition paid for for five years and the other about half. And they're both attending a university that's regularly ranked in the top three undergrad schools in Canada. And in beautiful Nova Scotia to boot.

But you also have to maintain academic eligibility i.e. 65%. You don't and you're out.

 

[Flash]

Yeah but that makes it unfair, JR ... You can't attract the big, pork-rind-eatin', dumbasses for the O-line that way.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Pork-rind eatin' dumbasses?
Hey, if your Canucks don't like America, why don't you go back where you came from?

 

[Flash]

Because our hockey players make too much money down there.

 

[Ace]

Giant ho hum.

Canadian universities DO offer athletic scholarships. Two of my kids are on football scholarships: one gets about 3/4 of his tuition paid for for five years and the other about half. And they're both attending a university that's regularly ranked in the top three undergrad schools in Canada. And in beautiful Nova Scotia to boot.

But you also have to maintain academic eligibility i.e. 65%. You don't and you're out.

65 percent? You Canucks are too lenient.

No wonder you're soft and love flannel.

 

[I love puppies!]

Giant ho hum.

Canadian universities DO offer athletic scholarships. Two of my kids are on football scholarships: one gets about 3/4 of his tuition paid for for five years and the other about half. And they're both attending a university that's regularly ranked in the top three undergrad schools in Canada. And in beautiful Nova Scotia to boot.

But you also have to maintain academic eligibility i.e. 65%. You don't and you're out.

Honestly not trying to be a smartass, but do they play American rules American football at the university level, or is it the Canadian football version? I'm too lazy to google.

 

[JR]

Giant ho hum.

Canadian universities DO offer athletic scholarships. Two of my kids are on football scholarships: one gets about 3/4 of his tuition paid for for five years and the other about half. And they're both attending a university that's regularly ranked in the top three undergrad schools in Canada. And in beautiful Nova Scotia to boot.

But you also have to maintain academic eligibility i.e. 65%. You don't and you're out.

Honestly not trying to be a smartass, but do they play American rules American football at the university level, or is it the Canadian football version? I'm too lazy to google.

Canadian. Rouge, baby, rouge.

However, some high schools play four down football with Canadian rules (and Canadian field). Great idea at that level.

 

[Flash]

B.C. high schools play American rules.

 

[JR]

B.C. high schools play American rules.

All American?

No rouge, the wussy fair catch rule, eleven men?

 

[Football_Bat]

Bring 'em on. Will Alberta follow? Or will they hold out for Division I?

 

[JC]

B.C. high schools play American rules.

All American?

No rouge, the wussy fair catch rule, eleven men?

Yes sir

 

[cougargirl]

Wow, I thought this would be a thread about scoring tickets to see Roberto Luongo and the Sedin twins. My bad.

 

[JR]

B.C. high schools play American rules.

All American?

No rouge, the wussy fair catch rule, eleven men?

Yes sir

So that explains why UBC & Simon Fraser suck big time at CIS football. They don't teach the kids the correct game.

No wonder they want to join NCAA. They can't beat anybody in the the Western Canadian universities. Take your pick: Golden Bears, Huskies, the Bisons.

Hell, any team in the Atlantic Conference--including Mount Allison could beat those pussies from BC.

 

[Flash]

B.C. high schools play American rules.

All American?

No rouge, the wussy fair catch rule, eleven men?

No rouge, 11 men, ground and pound ball ....

 

[JC]

B.C. high schools play American rules.

All American?

No rouge, the wussy fair catch rule, eleven men?

Yes sir

So that explains why UBC & Simon Fraser suck big time at CIS football. They don't teach the kids the correct game.

No wonder they want to join NCAA. They can't beat anybody in the the Western Canadian universities. Take your pick: Golden Bears, Huskies, the Bisons.

Hell, any team in the Atlantic Conference--including Mount Allison could beat those pussies from BC.

Thems be fighting words my friend

 

[DocTalk]

From my days at the U of A, all I can remember is that a Golden Bear is more than a good suntan.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

Not surprised UBC and SFU are among the first to want an application. SFU is a former
NAIA member and UBC has been bleating for years about wanting to provide scholarships to athletes.

Simon Fraser is still in the NAIA. Played in the NAIA softball tournament last spring, in fact.

Also in the NAIA1: UBC and the University of Alberta.

1That's the National Association of Ineligible Athletes.