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The appearance, at least from a distance, is there’s trouble brewing — yet again — within the ranks of the Canadian Football League’s Players’ Association, barely two years after a collective agreement was signed.

But Alouettes safety Marc-Olivier Brouillette, the team’s first player representative, views the situation somewhat differently.

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“I don’t think we’re necessarily fighting. There’s been a lot of discussion recently about people at least challenging for the different positions,” Brouillette told the Montreal Gazette. “I think it’s healthy. Let’s have some options. Let’s see what someone else has to say, what direction they think the players’ association should go.”

Brouillette, who has been an Als player representative for two years, will be in Las Vegas when the association begins its three-day annual general meeting on Thursday. A published report by TSN last Sunday indicated the tenure of president Scott Flory, a former Montreal guard, was being threatened by Jeff Keeping, a vice-president who will run for the position. The report indicated Keeping, an offensive lineman signed last month by Winnipeg as a free agent, had the support of fellow vice-presidents Marwan Hage and Jay McNeil.