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Roughriders turn attention to financial troubles after cancelled 2020 season
The Saskatchewan Roughriders are now turning their attention to navigating through an impending financial crisis the team faces. The CFL officially cancelled the 2020 season on Monday after being deni...
Aug 17, 2020
2020 CFL season cancelled
The 2020 CFL season will not take place. The league announced Monday on its website the season has been cancelled and attention will now be turned to 2021 and the future. "We are absolutely committed ...
Aug 17, 2020 (DoubleBlue/Wikimedia Commons)
Jamie Nye: It's now about survival for CFL, not blame game
David Naylor's report Sunday that the CFL will not get the $30-million loan it requested from the federal government is a kick to the gut for all, including me, who were actually starting to feel good...
Aug 17, 2020
Federal gov’t turns down CFL request for $30M loan: Reports
Multiple media reports Sunday said the Canadian government had turned down the CFL's request for a $30-million, interest-free loan. The league approached the feds for the loan in hopes of staging a sh...
Aug 17, 2020
Federal gov't turns down CFL request for $30M loan: Reports
Multiple media reports Sunday said the Canadian government had turned down the CFL's request for a $30-million, interest-free loan. The league approached the feds for the loan in hopes of staging a sh...
Aug 16, 2020
Njoo positive about talks with CFL but cannot provide timeline for decision
TORONTO - Canada's deputy chief public health officer remains encouraged about the CFL's health-and-safety protocols but can't say when approval for a shortened season might come. "We've had very good...
Aug 14, 2020 CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
Jamie Nye: CFL fans' growing disinterest is a growing concern
We are now officially two weeks past the date I thought would be a drop-dead date for the CFL to get a season started in a bubble in Winnipeg. Timing-wise, to get a CBA done, to get federal health off...
Aug 14, 2020
Lone Grey Cup win tops list of accomplishments for Roger Aldag
Roger Aldag was a mainstay on the Saskatchewan Roughriders' offensive line for 18 seasons. And after it all, Aldag says he's lucky to have had the career he did. "With the teams we had, we had numerou...
Aug 07, 2020 (Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame)
Source: CFL would use federal government loan to cover hub, player costs
TORONTO - If successful in securing a $30-million, interest-free loan from the federal government, the CFL would use the money to cover such operating costs as player salaries, COVID-19 testing and hu...
Aug 04, 2020
Family death a catalyst for the career of CFL great Reggie Hunt
Reggie Hunt said he's blessed to have had the football career he did. But the event that turned the focus of the Saskatchewan Roughriders great to the sport was anything but a blessing. "I still remem...
Jul 24, 2020 Reggie Hunt sacks Edmonton Eskimos quarterback Ricky Ray in 2007. (Daniel Paquet/Wikipedia)
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