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As a former Alouettes player and alumni president, Éric Lapointe is happy the Canadian Football League team finally resolved its ownership issue.

On the other hand, Lapointe says he can’t understand why his repeated offers to purchase the team never gained any traction with CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie.

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Lapointe said he originally was approached by Ambrosie last February — three months before the league assumed control of the financially struggling team from previous owners Robert and Andrew Wetenhall.

Lapointe also can’t understand why Ambrosie claimed this week — after Ontario steel magnates Sid Spiegel and Gary Stern were introduced as the new owners — he didn’t want to deal with a conglomerate of potential investors, fearful of what might transpire should the team continue struggling financially.

“This is the opposite of what (Ambrosie) told us at the beginning,” Lapointe said. “He asked me to build a group.”