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If Saturday was confusing for CFL fans, it was frustrating for players.

Late Saturday morning news broke that the CFL and the CFLPA were back at the negotiation table because of a disagreement over language in the tentative collective bargaining agreement that had been agreed upon earlier in the week.

For a while, it seemed possible that players from some teams might not report for the start of training camp on Sunday morning, although by the time the day was over an agreement was back in place.

That was obviously good news, although it made for a difficult Saturday for the Stampeders’ CFLPA player representatives, Rob Maver and Jamar Wall.

“Basically, just getting the information as it became available and communicating to the guys about what’s going on just so that they heard the information directly from Jamar and I rather that hearing it second, third or fourth-hand on Twitter, which sometimes is damaging,” Maver said. “Managing expectations and just keeping everyone in the loop.”