Elks to announce LeLacheur as interim president, CEO
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The Edmonton Elks are expected to announce the hiring of Rick LeLacheur as their interim team president and CEO on Tuesday, according to TSN Football Insider Dave Naylor.
This comes after the firing of Victor Cui last week.
LeLacheur was president of Edmonton from the 2002 campaign until 2011 and of the BC Lions for four seasons, ending last year.
Naylor notes that a key challenge for LeLacheur will be coming up with a plan to raise capital this off-season, including possibly using methods beyond the traditional community ownership method. Naylor tweets that he expects LeLacheur will try to begin a discussion among other teams and the league about the punitive nature of the CFL's salary operations cap and its effect on rebuilding teams like the Elks.
Naylor adds it is a conversation that has been brewing for a while.
The Elks are a CFL-worst 1-9 this season, though they are coming off their first win of 2023 last week, defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 24-10 at Tim Hortons Field. Edmonton has still not won at home since 2019 and holds the record for the longest home losing streak in major North American men's professional sports at 22 games. They will look to snap that streak when they host the Ottawa Redblacks at Commonwealth Stadium in Week 12.