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Flags are falling thicker than ticker tape during the Charles Lindbergh trans-Atlantic-crossing parade down Fifth Avenue into lower Manhattan in ’27.

Up, according to the CFL, 32 per cent over the entirety of the 2014 season and 14 per cent over the opening three weeks of a year ago.

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“It’s tough,” admitted Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell, “to get any kind of rhythm going.”

During Monday’s Stamps-Toronto Argos fracas at McMahon Stadium, 29 aggregate infractions, 18 walked off against locals for a near-fatal 147 yards.

Everything from recently installed transgressions such as being illegally downfield on a punt to age-old standbys such as illegal blocking, procedure and offensive holding.

It made for a disjointed, unsatisfying evening. And Monday has been far from a one-off.

Fans are grumbling. Players are grumbling.

The reasons behind the barrage of linen aren’t difficult to list: