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Manitoba's public health officer sees merit of Winnipeg CFL hub idea

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The CFL still hasn't approached the Manitoba government about Winnipeg being a hub city for a potential 2020 season, but the province's chief public health officer thinks the plan could work.

"I think there could be benefits," Dr. Brent Roussin said Monday. "We have to learn to start living with this virus.

There were reports Friday that the CFL had settled upon Winnipeg as a hub city for an abbreviated 2020 regular season. But a league spokesman later denied the suggestion, saying no decisions have been made either on a hub or if the league will play this year. CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie has stated the earliest a shortened 2020 season would begin is September, but that a cancelled campaign is also possible."We haven't had a specific discussion with the CFL on that," he said. "Certainly, we've provided some risk mitigation strategies to many of our professional sports teams, including the Winnipeg football club, so we still have ongoing discussions.

 

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