CFL cancels coach Kelly’s quarterback get-together
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WINNIPEG — New Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach Mike Kelly has had his knuckles rapped by the CFL for a planned get-together with his trio of quarterbacks.
Stefan LeFors, Ryan Dinwiddie and Bryan Randall were set to attend one of the teams U.S. free-agent camps next month, but the league contacted the club to remind it that the collective bargaining agreement doesn’t allow CFL players under contract to take part in any off-season workouts.
That was news to Kelly.
"I was always under the impression that three veterans were allowed to be at an off-season workout," he said this week from his Philadelphia home. "I’m extremely disappointed. I think this affects the product that can be put on the field all across the CFL by not allowing this type of activity."
The Bombers are holding four camps beginning this weekend in Long Beach, Calif. They also have camps planned for San Diego, Monroe, La., and Deland, Fla. Dinwiddie, Randall and LeFors had voluntarily agreed to throw the ball to hopefuls at the final Florida camp next month.
"I wanted to have all of our three quarterbacks there to get a jump-start on learning our terminology and our schemes and see how they operate and be able to work with them one-on-one," Kelly said. "I think its a huge injustice to the quality of play that could be in the CFL by not allowing veterans to voluntarily come to these types of workouts."
He plans to bring up the issue when the CFL Players Association and the league negotiate a new contract. The current deal expires in May 2010.
— The Canadian Press
