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Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group president Jeff Hunt says he is “disappointed” that the Ottawa RedBlacks have lost a dispute with the Edmonton Eskimos.

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The RedBlacks were seeking compensation from the Eskimos, who hired Ottawa’s offensive co-ordinator, Jason Maas, to be their head coach early in December. While the RedBlacks initially granted permission for the Eskimos to talk to Maas, they later asked for compensation if Edmonton decided to hire him.

Hunt got written notice on Friday that the CFL had ruled in the Eskimos’ favour.

“I know the commissioner (Jeffrey Orridge) put a lot of time and energy into it,” said Hunt. “But I know what happened, I always will. I don’t feel that it was a respectful exchange (with the Eskimos).

“We’ve reached the end of the line with the judgment. At the end of the day, the league didn’t believe compensation was in order. We will move on.”

For the RedBlacks, there’s not a lot of consolation that the league will move forward and put in new rules regarding tampering.