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The Saskatchewan Roughriders are disputing a report that they opposed an NFL pre-season game being held at Mosaic Stadium.

John Gormley said on his CJME/CKOM open-line show Tuesday morning that “much of the force of stopping the game was done by the Saskatchewan Roughriders.”

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Gormley added: “Two different sources confirm to me the game which was to have been in Week 3 of the NFL pre-season in mid-August will not happen here, and in part (because) the Riders didn’t want any of it and they prevailed.”

The Roughriders issued a statement regarding the matter on Tuesday afternoon.

“The proposed date of the game was to be held on the evening of Friday, August 23,” the statement read.

“The Club worked collaboratively with Evraz Place, the City of Regina, the Canadian Football League and the National Football League around the potential event.

“The Canadian Football League and the Roughriders raised concerns that a Friday evening game would not allow for Mosaic Stadium to convert back to the CFL playing standard in time for the Riders’ regular-season game on Saturday, August 24 at 5:00 p.m.