The Ottawa Canadian Football League team is an unnamed conditional CFL franchise that has been awarded in the city of Ottawa. On March 25, 2008, an ownership group led by Ottawa 67's owner Jeff Hunt was awarded the franchise. The team is expected to play at Frank Clair Stadium if the stadium can be remodeled, and would play in the 2012 CFL season and has been conditionally awarded the right to host the 2014 Grey Cup game. A Can $7 million fee was...
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The Ottawa Canadian Football League team is an unnamed conditional CFL franchise that has been awarded in the city of Ottawa. On March 25, 2008, an ownership group led by Ottawa 67's owner Jeff Hunt was awarded the franchise. The team is expected to play at Frank Clair Stadium if the stadium can be remodeled, and would play in the 2012 CFL season and has been conditionally awarded the right to host the 2014 Grey Cup game. A Can $7 million fee was reported to have been paid. The team originally planned to begin play in 2010.
This will be the third CFL team to play in the city. The Ottawa Rough Riders, founded in 1876, was a founding member of the CFL in 1958, playing until 1996. The Ottawa franchise was reborn as the Renegades in 2002, but only lasted until the end of the 2005 season. This new unnamed franchise is a continuation of the Renegades franchise. The situation of Ottawa has been compared to that of Montreal, which went nine years without a team and had its franchise fold...
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