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Jamie Koe will not attend the Brier due to possible suspensions.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/...id-19-1.5870086

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Good for them. The requirements of the organization was not well thought through.

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14 prov and terr reps team Canada and 3 wildcards for the brier and scotties.

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Honestly, at this point cc is annoying me so much I doubt I'll even watch. Poor decision making all around

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Honestly, at this point cc is annoying me so much I doubt I'll even watch. Poor decision making all around

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I guess that’s it Mike McEwen. Oh, and Dunstone, you’re done also.

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Wild card article

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/...anada-1.5871684

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Based on that article - logic tells me that Robyn SIlvernagle will attempt to finagle her way into the Scotties, loading in Chelsea Carey as her import 3rd - and somehow getting Kurl Kanada to turn a blind eye to the rules cuz Robyn is a known glamour curler!

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Can't wait for Wildcard #2 vs Wildcard #3 game. Why not just let all the pro teams in and assign them provinces and keep out the riffraff. Using covid as an excuse to change things up is a joke. The CC explanation that it's because of covid and the upcoming olympic trials is a joke. The CC is a joke and now the Brier and Scotties are a joke slam.

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I mean, let's be honest here. Common sense would dictate that you don't run a team sport during a pandemic. So vreallyvthis shouldn't be happening. Hockey, basketball, football..n9ne of that should be happening right now. But common sense isn't in play here.they don't give a **** about athlete safety , they want to make some money. And, let's be honest the athletes, if asked would want to play. They don't want to follow the rules though. We all know they think they should be exempt. Athletes as a general group are some of the most spoiled people on the planet

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I mean, let's be honest here. Common sense would dictate that you don't run a team sport during a pandemic. So vreallyvthis shouldn't be happening. Hockey, basketball, football..n9ne of that should be happening right now. But common sense isn't in play here.they don't give a **** about athlete safety , they want to make some money. And, let's be honest the athletes, if asked would want to play. They don't want to follow the rules though. We all know they think they should be exempt. Athletes as a general group are some of the most spoiled people on the planet

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So, 18 + 18. (two pools of 9 for each Scotties and Brier).
What are the dates of the bubbly events and do we almost know who is in, yet, and who is in which pool? Playoff format? What is in limbo and what isn't? Asking for a friend.

Scotties: Feb 19-28
Einarson, Brown, Jones, Burns, Eddy, Homan, WC1, WC2, WC3, AB, NT, PEI, SK, Yukon, NB, NS, NL, QC - So, no firm list yet. Time is getting pretty tight to get this lineup in place. Sheesh.
Brier: Mar 5-14
Gushue, Gunnlaughson, Jacobs Mackey, Epping, Fournier, Mikkelsen, WC1 WC2, WC3, SK NT, NS, PEI, NB, NL, AB, BC

Covid permitting.

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To be honest this is a disrespectful reply. Lumping in curling athletes as a spoiled group with comparisons to professional million dollar making athletes is ludicrous! I'm sorry, but you don't know these people and making a call like that is unwarranted.

If the bubble can be run safely, which I strongly believe it can, then do it. Governments (federal & provincial level) have approved it. It's not a money-making venture... it is a sport preservation move. If you are a curling fan and care about the future of our sport then I can't see reasons strong enough that get in the way of supporting these events. I care about them and the health of all the people involved. I trust they are going above and beyond with measures for everyone's safety.

As per the extra teams being included I think it's commendable what Curling Canada is doing. They are finding a way to identify worthy teams that did not have the opportunity to compete, but that will add legitimacy to a Canadian championship. What is wrong with that given the unprecedented and inconsistent qualifying we find ourselves in across all provinces and territories?

While satisfying everyone is impossible, this is a great move imo that curling is making for their 2021 championships. A high level of fairness and consideration for who will be there, and still in keeping with representation across our country intact. Get ready for Brier and Scotties fields like never seen before. What an opportunity!

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Need a "like" button. I agree. IF and only IF you hold these events, do the quarantine prior and then hold the events where there are single digits per day of covid. Atlantic bubble excluding NB having a rough go lately, would be much better suited than the AB hot spot. Use Halifax as an example. 4 hotels to choose from all connected to the arena by pedways. Minimal outside contact and minimal local infection.

IMHO I think they should just shut er down for the year. Start fresh in the fall......hopefully.

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you are right. I will concede i shouldnt't have grouped them in with pro athletes and I do apologize.. However I will not back down in the belief that this just shouldnt be happening right now and especially not in Calgary

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Most of the curlers who compete in our national men's and womens championships are aged 22-45 (95% or more)

That group has one of the highest survival rates in the Covid-19 world. Also an age group thats fairly low in picking up the virus in the first place.

So if the curlers want to compete and sign waivers against the risk - SO BE IT.

Its their lives, their careers. CC just doing something to stop the bleeding and cash the biggest cheques (Bell Canada/CTV/TSN)

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Walker and Bottcher for AB.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/...id-19-1.5877467

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Happy to see Sherry Anderson back in for Sask. Would like to see Zacharias in as well.

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Happy to see Sherry Anderson back in for Sask. Would like to see Zacharias in as well.

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Your wish is my command. 4 Manitoba women's teams in the Scotties:
Einarson - Canada
Jones - Manitoba
Fleury - Wild Card
Zacharias - Wild Card

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Originally posted by IN-OFF-FOR-2 That's provided Suzanne Birt wins PEI. If she loses then she would get the 3rd wild card spot.

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McCarville will always have my respect as the best defensive skip I've ever seen in the women's game - slightly better than Connie Laliberte, just without Laliberte's offensive surges.

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I see team Harty posted that they were disappointed that Alberta curling association chose not to take the opportunity to have mens teams at the brier. I was annoyed initially, like " why do you think they would or should have done that". However I kind of get their frustration. This has been a hard year for everyone. They are a young team on the rise and maybe thought they had a legit chance at a breakthrough in provincial. They are facing the same reality all young teams, all teams are.

But I feel.more for younger teams because this makes me stop and think. How many young teams not only in Canada but globally will this destroy. Losing a year in your development that's hard. And for juniors who would have just been transitioning this year its worse. You just wonder how many this will derail permanently and how will it set others back.

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The record shows clearly that the best defensive skip of all time is Coleen Jones. But as McCarville has found out, playing a defensively simple game and waiting for a miss like Jones and Laliberte did doesn't cut it at the elite level anymore.

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Weagle in for the pregnant McEwen.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/...jones-1.5879379

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