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People are rarely ever happy with the work of the officials in the CFL.

Right or wrong, fans of the game often point to the job done by the men in stripes as a reason to tune out from league games.

New CFL senior director of officiating, Darren Hackwood, is hoping to change that and one plan of attack will include having the league’s best officials work more games.

“We’re talking about going away from assembled crews to fixed crews,” CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie said Tuesday. “In a conversation that Darren has had with the NFL — they’ve done some research on this and were willing to share it with us — they said crews that work together all the time have fewer errors. They seem to get into a rhythm with one another. They can kind of feel the way they’re going to officiating a game. So I think Darren is looking to more of a crew strategy for the 2018 season.”

The CFL rules committee, made up of a mix of head coaches, general managers, officials and representatives from the CFL Players Association, began meetings in Winnipeg Tuesday night, as part of CFL Week. They are expected to make recommendations for rule changes for the 2018 season on Thursday.