Quote Originally Posted by OV Argo View Post
And yet, the community ownership group in Winnipeg has been a very successful franchise - posting a big profit this past season; playing in 4 straight GCs, having league best attendance in a nice newer stadium.

I doubt anybody involved in running the league in the past would have tried diligently to apply that community model to any of the struggling franchises over taking whatever buck$ they could gouge out of new sugar daddy - regardless if it was a clueless clown of a bizness man who should not be involved with the CFL and Canadian football. Simple & easy seems to be the main m.o. of the CFL BOGoofs a lot of the time.
Ti-Cats tried community ownership in the late 80's or early 90's and it was almost the end of the franchise. Just because it worked out west for many years in 3 communities, doesn't mean it would in any other markets.