What would happen if the CFL was late in paying back the NFL? "I don't know," Tory said. "I don't think they would send the bailiffs off to seize my car." (2000)
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"I'd be absolutely delighted, I've always felt the best people should be hired and, if the best people happen to be black, that would send a positive signal to those who have been concerned about the [lack of minority hirings] in our league." John Tory on the prospect of Danny barrett being hired by Regina. (2000)
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Outgoing John Tory on the salary cap. "Overspending by teams is one of the factors that brought us to the brink of disaster in the mid-90s," Tory said, adding that "a haphazard expansion [to the U.S.] because we were trying to survive" is a mistake that will definitely not be made again. "People can't think that because things are better that we can go back to the way things were. It's more important than ever. We want to run this like a business. The [success] of the past two years have maybe convinced some people that teams can begin to overspend again. This is no time for backsliding." (1999)
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More on the salary cap. "This has been the most difficult year (in the last three years) for salary-cap enforcement," Tory said. "This is no time for backsliding. "It's a cancer that threatens the whole league." (1999)
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