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Interesting quotes from the Commissioner:

Mark Noonan, CEO of Canadian Soccer Business and commissioner of the CPL, says the Edmonton and York are different cases.

"The difference here is that Edmonton didn't have a choice," Noonan said in an interview. "In this case, CSB saw what we thought was an underperforming asset in one of our best markets, relative to the other seven teams … And we felt — as did the former owners, the Baldassarra family — it would be better off in new ownership hands.

"So we proactively purchased back the asset so that we can re-market it and bring in a new ownership group that's going to bring in fresh energy and ideas."

Noonan says the league is in discussions with "multiple groups that have expressed interest and are going through various forms of (due) diligence right now."

The move is positive, according to Noonan.

"Building leagues is hard and we didn't have the right equation in this market, so we proactively — both us and the previous owners — decided it was better to be in new hands."

The league, on behalf of CSB, will operate the club until new ownership is found with Angus McNab continuing as York president/CEO and GM.

"It will be business as usual. We're not cutting staff, we're not changing staff," said Noonan. "We will be overseeing the current staff."

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/can...143626698.html