The ultimate goal of every CFL player is to get their name on the Grey Cup, and the cup itself was at the Yorkton, accompanied by Scott Schultz and Matt Dominguez, former players for the Saskatchewan Roughriders who were part of the team that brought the cup to Saskatchewan.
Dominguez believes that the tour is important because it gets the cup out to people, instead of keeping it locked away. They want to get it out to get to fans and reach people who might not otherwise have the opportunity to see it.
“There are fans everywhere, and they show appreciation. They drive in six, seven hours to games, and I believe that we should do a little more to get out and see them.”
The players were just as excited to see the cup as the fans themselves, right down to searching for their own names on the cup. Dominguez says that the chance to be near the cup itself is rare for players as well as the fans.
“We don’t see it very often! You try so long to achieve something, then you achieve it, and then the fruits of it, you don’t see very often... We all get 24 hours with it, my 24 hours was relatively tame by standards, but it’s back here and I like to get another picture with it.”
Dominguez was also happy to get back to Yorkton itself, and while he has been in town coaching football and for speaking engagements, he’s glad to be back again with the Grey Cup itself.
“I like Yorkton, it’s a great town, so when they ask about come out with the Grey Cup and Schultz to a great city, it’s been awesome.”
