VANCOUVER, BC (SBP) – Rumours abound that longtime Saskatchewan Roughrider kicker, Paul McCallum, has accepted a handshake offer with the British Columbia Lions and will be off to the wide-left coast within the month.\u00a0 McCallum, a loyal player who was also dedicated to the local community, had spent the past 12 years with Saskatchewan.\u00a0 Details of McCallum’s departure apparently revolve around the team’s offer of a pay cut to the veteran kicker.<\/p>\n
Fans reaction to the news was mixed.<\/p>\n
“Wow, what a brilliant move by the Rider GM to let him go!” said longtime Rider fan Marcia Polonesky, “There’s such a surplus of kicking talent out there right now so it’s not like the position won’t be filled adequately by someone off the street.<\/p>\n
“Look at the BC Lions last year.\u00a0 They had adequate kicking, didn’t they?\u00a0 Isn’t that why they went after McCallum?\u00a0 To have even more depth at the kicking position?”<\/p>\n
Other fans were utterly dismayed.<\/p>\n
“What are we going to do with this truckload of manure now?” bemoaned a zealous Rider fan, “Now that the Riders are bringing in a new kicker, we’ll have to find out where they live in order to dump this stuff on his neighbor’s lawn.”<\/p>\n
The zealous fan continued:\u00a0 “And, it’s not like this new kicker is going to have his home openly listed for us to find easily him.\u00a0 It’s going to take work to do that now!\u00a0 We’re sure this new kicker isn’t going to be as trusting for some reason.\u00a0 We don’t know exactly why the new kicker won’t trust us fans but that’s just a feeling we have.”<\/p>\n
“This is truly a sad day in Rider-ville.”<\/p>\n
McCallum joins many former Riders including Ron Lancaster, Kent Austin, Jeff Fairholm, Dave Ridgeway and recent hall of famer Bobby Jurasin of community dedicated players who met with unceremonious ends with the team.\u00a0 Thus, continuing a long and proud tradition by the football organization of dishonouring former players.<\/p>\n
Even though McCallum is a native of British Columbia, he will have to go through an adjustment period with the Lions.\u00a0 His new duties will include the exhaustive task of kicking many more extra points than field goals, learning how to deal with the pressures of an actual home playoff game, and always being a contender for the Grey Cup.<\/p>\n
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