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Ottawa pair organize bid for Ottawa franchise
Courtesy Winnipeg Free Press:
Two sources said Wednesday that the CFL continues to negotiate with an Ottawa group headed up by Jeff Hunt, the owner of the OHL’s Ottawa 67s. Neither source would confirm a report in Wednesday’s Globe and Mail that a deal to award Hunt’s group a conditional expansion franchise for 2010 was close, but each agreed that talks have progressed since Hunt confirmed in September he was heading up a group of local investors that was interested in a CFL expansion franchise.
CFL spokesman Jamie Dykstra said the league had no comment on the negotiations with the Ottawa group.
One hurdle remaining is a stadium. Last year, the city of Ottawa recommended the lower tier of the south-side stands at Frank Clair Stadium be demolished due to structural concerns.
