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The news was greeted with surprise in the Bomber locker-room.

“Hey, that’s funny,” Adams said. “This is the first time I’m hearing it now. But it’s good. It allows guys to entertain and have fun.”

It doesn’t just allow it. It encourages it.

See something you could use in your celly? Grab it and go.

“Oh, wow – we have to start getting creative, then,” fellow receiver Drew Wolitarsky said. “I guess it depends on the venue. You’ve got to look at your surroundings.”

Wolitarsky already has four touchdown grabs this season, but has limited his cellies to a fancy handshake with a teammate.

Under the new rules, the next time he scores at home he could jump into Captain Blue’s airplane and go for a twirl.

“That might be extreme. I wouldn’t try that,” Wolitarsky said. “But I’d leave it to one of the vets. Let Darvin get in that plane. Maybe I’ll shoot the cannon or something. That would be cool.

“I think there will be some creative stuff going on this week. We’ve got to score touchdowns, though.”

That’s a good point. They play in Calgary, after all.

This new all-fun approach is the antithesis of the No Fun League down south, of course.

It’s also another example of trying to give fans of the three-down game what they want, with the backdrop of flagging attendance in several markets.

Find me someone who thinks Adams should have been penalized for grabbing the camera and filming his teammates and I’ll find you someone who hates cuddly puppies and ice cream.

Or Mike O’Shea.