Group looking at buying Elks would bring 'passion' to ownership
The Edmonton Elks have spoken to the Canadian Football League's board of governors regarding its ownership.
The team is not divulging what was said.
The club is possibly looking at private ownership for the first time it was founded in 1949.
A five-person committee has been conducting an ownership review. It will put forward recommendations to the Elks' board of directors, which will then determine the best ownership structure for the club moving forward.
The club has not set a date for when it will release the findings of its special committee.
One group trying to buy the Elks is headed by former offensive tackle Garrick Jones, who played for the Green and Gold from 2008-09 and two other CFL teams along with stints in the NFL.
Jones owns a business that looks into sports acquisitions and entertainment districts.
His group consists of business owners and former players — among those on his the executive board, he says, are former Edmonton personnel such as Damon Allen, Fred Stamps, Calvin McCarty, Adam Rita and Dan Comiskey — something Jones says makes them competitive.
"That's that passion and that fire and that desire that is needed for an ownership group, because if you don't have passion, then it's just transactional," Jones told CTV News Edmonton on Friday.
"We're going to see if we can implement some of these practices we've done in our business and see if it works. It's something that we want to put our name on, it's about a legacy.
"We want to be able to have our names etched in stone, but at the same time, we want to bring that innovative format to the table."
With files from CTV News Edmonton's Connor Hogg and Craig Ellingson
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
More than 115 cases of eye damage reported in Ontario after solar eclipse
More than 115 people who viewed the solar eclipse in Ontario earlier this month experienced eye damage after the event, according to eye doctors in the province.
Toxic testing standoff: Family leaves house over air quality
A Sherwood Park family says their new house is uninhabitable. The McNaughton's say they were forced to leave the house after living there for only a week because contaminants inside made it difficult to breathe.
Decoy bear used to catch man who illegally killed a grizzly, B.C. conservation officers say
A man has been handed a lengthy hunting ban and fined thousands of dollars for illegally killing a grizzly bear, B.C. conservation officers say.
B.C. seeks ban on public drug use, dialing back decriminalization
The B.C. NDP has asked the federal government to recriminalize public drug use, marking a major shift in the province's approach to addressing the deadly overdose crisis.
OPP responds to apparent video of officer supporting anti-Trudeau government protestors
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) says it's investigating an interaction between a uniformed officer and anti-Trudeau government protestors after a video circulated on social media.
An emergency slide falls off a Delta Air Lines plane, forcing pilots to return to JFK in New York
An emergency slide fell off a Delta Air Lines jetliner shortly after takeoff Friday from New York, and pilots who felt a vibration in the plane circled back to land safely at JFK Airport.
Sophie Gregoire Trudeau on navigating post-political life, co-parenting and freedom
Sophie Gregoire Trudeau says there is 'still so much love' between her and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as they navigate their post-separation relationship co-parenting their three children.
Last letters of pioneering climber who died on Everest reveal dark side of mountaineering
George Mallory is renowned for being one of the first British mountaineers to attempt to scale the dizzying heights of Mount Everest during the 1920s. Nearly a century later, newly digitized letters shed light on Mallory’s hopes and fears about ascending Everest.
Loud boom in Hamilton caused by propane tank, police say
A loud explosion was heard across Hamilton on Friday after a propane tank was accidentally destroyed and detonated at a local scrap metal yard, police say.