11 Quotes by Ted Hellard

There is a recognition that there are other areas that will eventually need to be addressed to try and create an equitable playing field.

Maybe before things have not have the depth of planning that this had before they were brought before the owners. If you don't have that depth and thought behind things, it allows the political side to come forward.

From the information we have right now, it looks like it will be several weeks, but it won't be the season.

We're in the middle of the negotiating season and many clubs have already signed player contracts. It would be pretty unrealistic to tell those teams now that we will implement a new system.

We've formed three committees. One is actively searching for new ownership, one is working towards gathering as much data as we can so we can fully understand the impact and a third is a group to (find alternate solutions) by thinking outside the box.

We're going to be in a learning process. We're going to learn a tremendous amount and we'll make changes that allow us to keep the integrity of the league.

It wouldn't be unfair to disclose that the spread between the top and bottom was $700,000.

This isn't about revenue, but before you can focus on revenue, you have to have cost certainty. Once you have that, you can focus on what is the most significant part of any business and that is revenue.

In the past, the CFL has had great difficulty of where to place these players in terms of how do you give them legitimate tryouts.