MONTREAL – The Montreal Alouettes would soon fill their presidency, vacant since Mario Cecchini’s contract was not renewed.
Canadian Football League commissioner Randy Ambrosie told reporter Herb Zurkowsky of the daily Montreal Gazette.
Ambrosie said he spoke with the estate of Sid Spiegel, the majority shareholder of the Alouettes who died a few months after acquiring the club along with his son-in-law, Gary Stern, who assured him that the position would soon be filled.
However, it is impossible to know whether the league commissioner spoke with the Spiegel children or the lawyer representing them.
These new shareholders, who own 75% of the Montreal club, have still not introduced themselves to Alouettes fans, nor to journalists covering their activities, even though they inherited the club when their father died in July 2021. Danny Maciocia, general manager of the Alouettes, only met his new bosses during the playoff game played in Toronto in November.
Spiegel and Stern bought the club in January 2020.
Also according to Zurkowsky, Ambrosie was unable to assure that the club was not for sale.
Stern recently said the group is open to a massive influx of local investors, saying “10 to 90%” of the club’s shares could be sold to Quebec interests.
Stern owns 25% of the club’s shares.
Cecchini was hired a week after Stern and Spiegel bought the team, along with Maciocia, who has made it clear he is not interested in taking on the chairmanship in addition to his duties as general manager.
Cecchini revealed on his social media that he would meet with the media after the holiday break, but no date has yet been set for this update.
