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From: wjjordan@watdragon.UUCP
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Death of a CFL Team
Message-ID: <2989@watdragon.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 25-Jun-87 15:36:02 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 25 15:36:02 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 27-Jun-87 00:35:44 EDT
Reply-To: wjjordan@watdragon.UUCP (W. Jim Jordan)
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Organization: Canadian Coca-Cola Classic Consumption Centre, Waterloo, Ontario
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Farewell to the Montreal Alouettes.  They folded last night when their
new owners decided that selling 4000 season tickets was not enough to justify
keeping the team alive.  As a result, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers move to
fill the space held by Montreal in the CFL East Division.

What do people think of the CFL?  Will it stick around for a few more years
and then die?  Should it pack up now?  Do people
care about it?

I for one feel that the Blue Bombers now have a free pass to the Grey Cup
every year.  Of course, being a former Winnipegger, I can't complain about
this... still, it's not a good thing to have happen.

								Jim

Trivia:  The last Waterloo graduate to play in the CFL was Frank Kosec, with the
Montreal Alouettes/Concordes.