It “disgusts me,” was how B.C. Lions head coach Buck Pierce categorized death threats being sent to the wife or girlfriend of one of his players via social media channels after the team lost in the CFL’s Western final.

The Lions fell 24-21 to the Saskatchewan Roughriders Saturday in Regina, falling one game shy of their first Grey Cup visit since 2011. Offensive lineman Andrew Peirson posted on X after the game that “I usually keep my comments to myself but it’s completely unacceptable to message a wife/partner of a football player with death threats. They go through enough during the season and don’t deserve that.”

Pierce spoke to the media about the situation on Sunday during their team’s year-end media availability.

“It should never happen. It should never happen on any social medi

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