, never having seen the Als play. His estate controls the team’s majority 75-per-cent ownership.
Neither Stern nor Ambrosie were available for comment on Monday, although the commissioner tweeted he had been in touch with the executors and had been assured it was “business as usual.” While it’s unlikely Stern grew tired of losing money — he’s not walking away from his stake for now — he might have butted heads with the CFL or Spiegel’s estate. For now, however, Stern rekindles memories of Jim Speros, the U.S. businessman who claimed he owned the Als in 1996, upon their return to the league, when in fact it was Dr. Michael Gelfand paying the bills until Robert Wetenhall rescued the team from insolvency.
In a text message to the Montreal Gazette on Monday, Lapointe, who was returning from vacation, made it clear his love affair with the Als hasn’t waned, but was reluctant to speculate on what remains a hypothetical scenario.Article content