The Canadian Football League (CFL) miscalculated the result of voting on the composition of its regular season’s star teams and revealed the identities of the bad players on Wednesday.
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In the morning, the first selection of the racetrack caused wide eyes across Canada. This was particularly the case with the Alouettes when only two players were part of Eastern’s star team.
Those two Sparrow representatives were wide receiver Eugene Lewis and defensive back Najee Murray. If the first fully deserves this honor, the same cannot be said of the second.
After practice, several members of the Alouettes didn’t seem to really understand the logic of the CFL.
“I think it’s crazy,” Lewis said. Take it and leave it with that kind of honor because there’s a lot of people who deserve it and get snubbed. What’s special is that we only have two guys on the all-star team. Many of my teammates on defense, offense and special teams have had a very good season.
“The CFL offers its sincere apologies to everyone who participated in this project, particularly those players who were incorrectly identified as stars and those who should have been,” the league said in a statement.
“The CFL also apologizes to its supporters for this unacceptable error.”
Eventually, four Alouettes footballers were named to their section’s all-star team. They are Lewis, offensive lineman Landon Rice, defensive back Wesley Sutton and kick return specialist Chandler Worthy.