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• Reminder to the Saskatchewan Roughriders: A 30-year reunion of the 1989 championship team would be a fitting way to commemorate the milestone. Such a large-scale celebration could only enhance the team’s brand.

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• Memo to anyone who insists that American-born CFL players are vastly superior to Canadians: Did you see the Roughriders’ alleged receiving corps last season? A series of dropped passes and imprecise pass routes destroyed plays that a reliable Canadian such as Rob Bagg would have made in his sleep.

• Controversy continues about a possible change to the national/international ratio that would reduce the number of Canadian starters from seven to five. Here’s a compromise: Bring back the naturalized-Canadian provision that would grant national status to any American who spends at least five consecutive seasons with the same team. Keep the number at seven, but factor in the naturalized Canadians. The Roughriders last applied such a designation in 1978, which was Ron Lancaster’s final year as a player. He has been considered a non-import, according to the terminology of the day, for a decade.