"The league has a responsibility and an obligation to protect the players of our game. The type of incident that occurred - blatant, helmet-to-helmet contact, which can lead to career-ending injuries for our star athletes - has no place on the field.
We are very fortunate this incident did not lead to a serious injury to our quarterback, Kevin Glenn. These types of violations and incidents need to be met with a succinct position that they will not be tolerated by the league. The decision made by the league has taken somewhat of a step in that direction.
In my leadership experience, strong actions result in very strong messages.
We truly hope the incident from Friday night involving a blatant helmet-to-helmet blow does not occur in future weeks in the Canadian Football League because of the precedent that was set today."
The Winnipeg Football Club will not be issuing further statements on this matter.
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