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Chris Jones didn’t leave any doubt about his thoughts on the CFL player awards.

“I couldn’t care less,’’ the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ head coach and general manager said. “It’s the last thing that crosses my mind because it’s a voted-on individual award.’’

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Ballots for the 2017 team nominees were distributed to representatives of the Football Reporters of Canada and each team’s head coach Wednesday.

The first stage of voting takes place with the team nominees for most outstanding player, lineman, defensive player, special-teams player, Canadian and rookie.

The team nominees are to be announced Nov. 1 with conference nominees to follow Nov. 9. The award winners are to be revealed Nov. 23 in Ottawa, the host city for the 2017 Grey Cup game.

“There are a lot of very deserving guys on every single team,’’ Jones said. “It’s just a voted-on award. When you come back 20 years from now, people on the Grey Cup teams are who they honour. That’s what matters.’’