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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers continued to misrepresent their financial position this week by reporting a profit of $2.6 million for 2018. The community-owned club, in fact, lost $104,403 last year, a figure not found anywhere in the team’s press release Tuesday on the state of its finances.

When asked about it, Bombers’ spokesman Darren Cameron said the team excludes its annual stadium loan payments when reporting its operating profits.

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“The operating profit is before our annual excess cash payment to Triple B (Stadium),” Cameron said in an email. “Actual loss is after the annual excess cash payment to Triple B.”

Trouble is, Bombers brass didn’t include the “actual loss” anywhere in its press release.

The $2.7-million stadium loan payment last year to Triple B, which owns the facility, is an operating cost. It shows up as an operating cost in the club’s audited statement of operations. The overall profit or loss is calculated after all operating costs, including the stadium payment, are included. The bottom line in the team’s audited operating statement shows a loss of $104,403.