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The University of Regina Rams have their player back, but not their victories.

It was announced Thursday that a player who had been declared academically ineligible has been reinstated by a U Sports committee. However, the three wins that Regina forfeited for using the unidentified player will not and cannot be restored.

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“I know there’s a lot of people who are pretty disgruntled with that and they’re having a hard time wrapping their brain around the decision,” said Rams head coach Steve Bryce, whose team is to oppose the host University of Calgary Dinos in a must-win game Friday.

“It’s something that right now I can’t really focus too much on because we’ve got a big game versus Calgary here that does require 100 per cent of our focus and we can’t be distracted from that.”

Following the Oct. 5 announcement of the sanctions, the U of R prepared an appeal to the national governing body of university sports. The player was declared eligible for the remainder of the season, but that is not of any imminent benefit to the Rams since he is away from the team while dealing with a family situation.