WINNIPEG -- When the Canadian Football League announced a swath of rule changes in late September, the news took many onlookers by surprise.

Solomon Elimimiam wishes the Canadian Football League Players' Association wasn’t one of them -- and at the annual state of the union on Friday morning, the CFLPA president vowed that it would never happen again.

The annual event coincides with the CFL’s state of the league -- which was delivered by commissioner Stewart Johnston earlier in the day -- and offers the players’ union an opportunity to give their view of how things are shaping up for the Canadian game.

And while there were plenty of positives to talk about, the rule changes and the lack of CFLPA consultation was a major thorn, to the point that Elimimiam addressed them in his opening re

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