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The CFL has blown the whistle on a sweet deal that could have cheesed off a few football fans who have already shelled out top dollar to cheer on the RedBlacks at this weekend’s Grey Cup.

Sixteen Hamilton-area Pizza Pizza locations were offering 15 pairs of first-come, first-serve tickets to the Grey Cup at Toronto’s BMO Field for a paltry $30 in a package that also includes a three-topping large pie, 10 wings, four cans of pop and dipping sauce.

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Grey Cup tickets alone on StubHub currently range from a reasonable $75 for nosebleeds to an average of $300 for mid-level seating, all the way up to $1,400 for premium seats.

And if the few hungry football fans who were lucky enough to swing through Steeltown Thursday thought the deal was too good to be true, it turns out they’re right.

By 5 p.m. Thursday, after Hamilton Pizza Pizza locations reported the tickets were already moving faster than a Greg Ellingson sprint down the sidelines, the CFL stepped in and put a stop to the promotion.