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Buckle up.

The ride might be over for the Edmonton Eskimos after missing the playoffs in a year when the Grey Cup is being played at Commonwealth Stadium.

But what will follow is shaping up to be the wildest off-season in Canadian Football League history.

The introduction of a new league, the American Alliance of Football, in early 2019 – not to mention another version of the XFL also coming down the pipe – combined with a host of big-name contracts that were timed to expire at the same time a new collective-bargaining needs to be struck in the three-down league, and you’ve got the makings of a perfect storm set to entirely recreate the CFL landscape.

“It’s going to be an interesting off-season, for sure,” Eskimos middle linebacker and player representative J.C. Sheritt said following exit interviews at Commonwealth Stadium on Sunday. “That’s where we as a CFLPA with Brian Ramsay, we’re very fortunate to have a leader like that and we’re hoping that the CBA gets solved, all the deals go good and we get what’s best for the players and what’s best for this league.”

As for all the potential moving parts on the rosters, Sherritt isn’t looking ahead to what next year’s Eskimos team might look like.

“I control what I can control and that’s where my worries go,” he said. “What’s out of my control, I’m not going to worry about it. I’m not going to affect it, so that’s not a concern for me.”

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