Hard as it is to get the media to pay attention to football, in the hockey trading frenzy these days, the CFL has at least attracted some notice. Announcing today that the 2005 Grey Cup game will be played in Vancouver. The first time the game has been back to Vancouver since 1999. It will join a high profile list of sporting events about to land in Vancouver in the next few years.
It should be a reward for David Braley's continued sponsorship of Canadian Football in Vancouver, a situation that at times must have seemed futile to him. Over the last couple of years, Braley has made some great moves to bring the team back to the publics attention.
Bringing back Bob Ackles to run the team on a day to day basis, was the first move that showed positive results. Ackles re-connected the team with it's fan base and has begun to build upon that foundation. He in turn brought in Wally Buono, who is in the process of turning the Lions into the type of power house team that he had in Calgary.
A Grey Cup at BC Place should end up as another Lions Home Game, should all go according to plan. Of course the Lions would prefer it to be a defense of their 2004 Grey Cup championship, the one they hope to win later this year in Ottawa.
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