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The Alouettes don’t have an owner, but general manager Kavis Reed said it’s business as usual for the team as it prepares for the coming CFL season.

“It’s exactly the same as it has been for the last few months (since) this all started,” Reed said after the Alouettes practised at Molson Stadium Monday. “We have a mandate to make certain we operate this franchise as efficiently as we can regardless of the situation with the ownership.”

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Robert Wetenhall, the American businessman who rescued the franchise in 1997, and his son Andrew have been trying to sell the franchise for more than a year. On Friday, they handed it over to the CFL, which is now tasked with finding a new owner. The announcement Friday was a formality because the league has been closely monitoring the team’s management for several months.

In recent months, there have been at least three groups that kicked the tires. Montreal businessman Clifford Starke expressed interested with help from former Alouettes president Larry Smith and his son Brad. Vince Guzzo, who has interests in movie theatres and construction, was interested. And so was a group of investors headed by former Alouette Éric Lapointe.