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I鈥檓 just a little bit concerned.

Like, who is making these deals and signing the contracts for the Saskatchewan Roughriders? You know, the deals that don鈥檛 seem to work out in Saskatchewan鈥檚 favour?

It鈥檚 not like the Energy East pipeline, it鈥檚 football contracts, but I鈥檓 starting to get worried.

The 鈥楻iders wouldn鈥檛 sign Weston Dressler for $250,000 including a bonus that was due to him. The team reneged on the bonus portion and Dressler, who later said he would have signed for $170,000, wasn鈥檛 offered anything new. So he left.

But, the team found $170,000 to give to the guy named Lemon who was supposed to be the replacement for the $150,000 John Chick. His contract apparently included an upfront bonus of $85,000 which was paid before he showed up. Lemon saw action for eight snaps of the football in the 鈥楻iders season opener and was then shipped out because, apparently the team now has two other defensive ends who are superior. I don鈥檛 know what their salaries are, but they are on top of Mr. Lemon鈥檚 expense to the Roughriders which amounted to over $10,000 per play, that he was engaged in while wearing the Green. Eight plays, $85,000 bonus. No longer with the team. Lemon got his bonus money, Dressler didn鈥檛.

Next.

A Mr. Sewell, an offensive lineman was to come to Regina for Mr. Lemon. That was 60 per cent of the trade. Mr. Sewell decided not to come to Regina, announcing his retirement. Are the 鈥楻iders still owed a player by the Argos? I suppose that depends on the wording in the contract, which takes us back to my opening statement.

The other player was another QB, who has thrown about 20 passes in the CFL. He joins about six or eight other quarterbacks now in the 鈥楻ider camp, with only one of them, the starter, having had any kind of meaningful exposure to the CFL game. The others are raw rookies or injured raw rookies. It could get real interesting if Mr. Durant goes down with an injury, since the only QB, with any kind of experience, was let go before the season started. On Monday, they hired another third-string QB with scant experience. Add another salary to the QB growth chart.

Now the 鈥楻ider brass is saying they鈥檒l pay for fans to ride a bus to games, picking up the $3-per-fan cost when they leave their car at a mall and ride the bus to the game. That鈥檚 expected to cost them $165,000.

With a coaching staff that is expensed out at $1.5 million or more, plus having to still pay the departed coaching/managerial tandem for another year, and with about $900,000 tied up in quarterbacks alone, and another few hundred thousand spent on bonuses and salaries for players who didn鈥檛 show up, I鈥檓 wondering if I really want to go out and buy another 鈥楻ider green beer mug or T-shirt.

Now, after completing this rant, I declare that I remain a true Green and White fan and will not abandon this remade team since it could surface as a contender. An expensive remake, but a remake nevertheless. Good grief, it won鈥檛 take much to exceed the benchmarks established by last year鈥檚 version.

I鈥檓 just afraid the wholesale changes eliminated a few good parts that would have served the team well. But, I understand the lack of longevity in the football world, so I will keep my mind open.

Will five wins represent a successful turnaround worthy of the additional huge expenditures? Or will all these expenses demand a Grey Cup appearance to be deemed worth the investment?聽