CFL TAKES OVER MONTREAL ALOUETTES FRANCHISE
TORONTO – The Canadian Football League has taken over operating the Montreal Alouettes.
The CFL made the announcement Tuesday, adding former Alouettes president Mario Cecchini has been appointed interim president
In a statement, the CFL said Cecchini will lead the franchise’s day-to-day operations under supervision from the league office. General manager Danny Maciocia will continue “to focus on the important work of building the team’s roster for the upcoming 2023 season.”
The announcement comes on the first day of CFL free agency.
This marks the second time in roughly four years that the CFL has taken over operating the Alouettes. It did so May 31, 2019 from Robert and Andrew Wetenhall.
The CFL sold the Alouettes to Ontario businessmen Sid Spiegel and Gary Stern, Spiegel’s son-in-law, in January 2020. But Spiegel died in July 2021 having never seen the club play as the CFL didn’t operate in 2020 due to the global pandemic.
(The Canadian Press)
Hi Rod, Any free agency surprises you have intel on?
Psst I do! The Roughriders signed thee Shea Patterson former Michigan Wolverine (Before they got good), Montreal Alouette, and as of recent Michigan Panther of the USFL. …….you’d need to have glaucoma on top of cataracts to avoid what is obviously on video/film to provide that guy a camp invite or signing. J’Mar Smith and/or Kyle Sloter were literally the only 2 USFL guys you’d even consider bringing into camp for a lookieloo and don’t have your hopes up. Between the CEO letter we got as a season ticket holder of how important we are as fans, and the recent… Read more »
I’m calling for the immediate dismissal of the Commissioner of the Canadian Football League. Admittedly this has triggered me. Montreal/Toronto are my 1A, 1B CFL teams. If we truly love this league; then things need to change and instimatically. It will not be CFL 2.0 and looking for offensive linemen from Bangledesh, Oz, Shangra La or whatever area in fantasyland he thinks. The attendance is plummeting. The television presentation sucks. The coaching staffs are capped. There is no growth in the 18 to 35 year old demographic and then you have 3 pigmy community organizations dictating to private organizations what’s… Read more »