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Those who decry the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ recent spending spree may find themselves humming “Greed Is The Colour.”

After all, it wasn’t sufficient for the Roughriders to use their riches to entice Chris Jones to leave the Edmonton Eskimos only one week after he had coached them to a Grey Cup championship.

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The Roughriders went one shocking step further by hiring John Murphy to serve in a vice-presidential capacity and oversee the CFL team’s player personnel.

Jones and Murphy were both on the short list when president-CEO Craig Reynolds went shopping for a general manager. Reynolds ended up hiring both of them, and not inexpensively.

Hence the objections from people who feel that the Roughriders are using their vast financial resources to play Fantasy Front Office.

It is evident that the figurative playing field is tilted favourably toward Saskatchewan after nearly a decade of perennial seven-figure profits.