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While it doesn’t solve a problem of sub-par officiating, the Ottawa Redblacks are giving a big thumbs up to a CFL video review system rule change introduced Wednesday that limits coaches to one challenge per game.

It certainly should speed up the games.

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Prior to this change, each team had two challenges a game and a third was earned if a coach was successful with their first two challenges.

A team will still need to have a timeout to initiate a challenge, and, if their challenge is not successful, they will still lose a timeout.

“I like it,” said Redblacks coach Rick Campbell. “I’m for less challenges. You won’t have coaches and players on iPads on the sideline fishing for calls. I don’t think that’s what the game is intended to be about.”

When asked if he thought it was a good fix, Redblacks GM Marcel Desjardins said: “I think so. Less challenges means less of an ability to try and correct something. Human error will play a bigger part of the game, which is the way it used to be. We’re going back to how everybody was comfortable with it before, just not all the way back. The flow of the game will be better for the teams and the fans.”