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It appears the CFL may be rethinking their policy on offering option years on player contracts. Ed Reed Womens Jersey . According to the Vancouver Province, members of the CFLs competition committee have had discussions on allowing teams to sign players to option years and opening a window for them to test the waters in the NFL, if they so desired. Under the current Collective Bargaining Agreement, the minimum contract is two years in length with no window to seek employment south of the border. Some feel this represents too much of a commitment for American players who want to come north and develop their skills before taking another shot at the NFL. The previous CBA allowed for option years. "All players want a chance to go back," Lions general manager Wally Buono told the Province. "Players would choose the UFL (United Football League) over the CFL, not because of the quality of the league, but because if they go (to the UFL) theres no limitations." Some player agents have suggested allowing players in their final year to shop their wares in the NFL before their contracts expire on February 15. "Not allowing players to work out for NFL teams will make the free agent market less predictable and inevitably encourage player movement," agent Dan Vert-lieb told the Province. "Essentially, reverting the (option-year) rule back to its previous form would decrease player movement, give CFL clubs greater cost certainty and encourage roster continuity." Ed Reed Camo Jersey . Devin Setoguchi and Erik Christensen scored in a shootout to help the Wild beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 on Sunday night for their third straight victory. Terrell Suggs Youth Jersey . 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CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Corrie Sanders, the South African southpaw who knocked out Wladimir Klitschko in one of the great upsets in heavyweight boxing, has died after being shot by robbers at a restaurant during a family celebration. The former WBO and WBU champion was 46. Sanders was shot in the hand and stomach at a family members 21st birthday gathering at the restaurant in Brits, in South Africas North West province, on Saturday night, police said. He died in a hospital in the capital city Pretoria in the early hours of Sunday morning. "Its very sad," Sanders former trainer Harold Volbrecht told a South African radio station. "My heart is broken. Its just terrible. I cant believe it happened." Police Brigadier Thulani Ngubane said three armed men entered the restaurant with the apparent intention to rob it and shot randomly, hitting Sanders. No other injuries were reported. The robbers took a cellphone and a bag from customers, Ngubane said. No arrests had been made but a murder investigation has been opened. Renowned for his impressive hand speed, the 6-foot-4 (1.93-meter) Sanders was one of South Africas most successful and popular fighters after a near 20-year professional career that included the South African, WBU and WBO heavyweight title belts. He retired in 2008 with a 42-4 record, with 31 knockouts, but was remembered for the shock second-round knockout of Klitschko in Germany in 2003 that earned him the WBO title and respect across the world as a wily, fast and clever fighter as well as a powerful puncher. He then lost to Wladimirs older brother Vitali for the vacant WBC titlee the following year, Vitalis first fight for the title he still holds. Torrey Smith Pink Jersey. Sanders had earlier relinquished his WBU crown in a seventh-round stoppage by Hasim Rahman after being ahead in their fight in 2000. South African sports figures, television personalities and entertainers all paid tribute on Sunday to the popular Sanders, who also was a single handicap golfer. "Shocking news about Corrie Sanders death, gonna miss u Corras," South Africa limited-overs cricket captain A.B. de Villiers posted on Twitter from the World Twenty20 tournament in Sri Lanka. South African rugby player Morne Steyn wrote: "All the best for Corrie Sanders family and friends! We lost one of SAs legends! God Bless!" Olympic swimming champion Cameron van der Burgh added: "RIP Corrie. A champion of the World." Born in Pretoria, Sanders began his professional boxing career in 1989 with a first-round TKO of King Kong Dyubele. Eighteen of the fast-starting Sanders 31 career knockouts came in the first round. He claimed the South African heavyweight title in 1991, but his demolition of Wladimir Klitschko in Hanover in 2003 -- when he knocked the champion down twice in the first round -- was by far his best and most famous fight. It is one of only three losses for the Ukrainian and current WBO champion. Sanders only agreed to the fight at short notice, was a 40-1 underdog and the result was voted as the upset of the year by Ring Magazine. Sanders hung up his gloves in 2008 after being knocked out by Osborne Machimana for the South African heavyweight title -- ironically in the first round. ' ' '
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