Quote Originally Posted by rdavies View Post
Weekend Extra: History of CFL not kind to homegrown quarterbacks
Mike Beamish, Vancouver Sun June 1, 2013

Interestingly, the quarterbacks coach at Western is Jamie Bone, another Hec Crighton Trophy winning QB. He became a lightning rod for the Canadian quarterback controversy in 1980 when was released by the Tiger-Cats and contended he was being discriminated against solely because of his nationality. He was proven correct and won a $10,000 judgment from the Ontario Human Rights Commission.
Here's more on how Jamie Bone was treated by the Tiger Cats, who admitted in court they had decided what would happen to him before TC. However, the Dallas Cowboys thought enough of Bone to give him a tryout, making him in the process the first Canadian university QB to sign a NFL contract.

Bone attended Hamilton's 1979 training camp but was cut. He took the Tiger Cats before a Human Rights tribunal alleging that he had been denied a chance to work because of his nationality. The club admitted that they had made up their mind before training camp who would be the starters. Some won his case and was awarded $10,000. The Tiger Cats were ordered to provide him with a 14-day tryout in 1980. Instead he tried his luck with the Dallas Cowboys and when he was cut, returned to Canada without playing in the CFL.
https://books.google.ca/books?id=hUC...owboys&f=false