Report: Wayne Parrish a candidate for CFL commissioner job

According to Dan Ralph of the Canadian Press, one of the candidates for the CFL commissioner position is Wayne Parrish.

Ralph writes:

League chairman Jim Lawson will serve as interim commissioner until Jeffrey Orridge’s replacement is hired. Lawson feels a new commissioner will be appointed sometime in July. Not surprisingly, Lawson wouldn’t divulge who some of the leading candidates are but one name that keeps coming up is Parrish, a former sports columnist and Sun Media executive who also served as Canada Basketball’s executive director and CEO. TSN’s Glen Suitor and Duane Forde – both former CFL players – have expressed interest in the job.

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The news comes as the league announced that Orridge is leaving his position effective today, which was two weeks earlier than originally planned. June 15 marks the final day with Orridge as commissioner of the Canadian Football League.

– with files from CP