In the wake of the purchase of the MTLAlouettes, one Montreal businessman felt he didn't have a 'fair shot' to buy the team.
Clifford Starke is happy for Montreal’s long-suffering football fans but feels the CFL didn’t give him a real chance to purchase the Alouettes.
“That was surprising news,” Starke said in a telephone interview from Colombia, where he was on business. “Overall I’m happy for the fans, it’s moving in the right direction and they seem like real guys.Starke, the chairman of Hampstead Private Capital, first expressed his interest in purchasing the Alouettes in April. He amended his offer two months later by committing $35 million complete with proof of funds, but rescinded it July 2.
Starke said he dealt exclusively with Ambrosie but admits the process soured him on the CFL commissioner. “As for being unfair, I hope we weren’t. We took everyone through the same process . . . we vetted all the potential offers with our governors, who was behind each of the bids and we got direction from the governors which bid to pursue and we followed that process.
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