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and peacefullyon March 1, 2020
atGuelph General Hospitalwith
loved onesbyherside.
Shewill be deeplymissed byher
sister NancyPullman, brother-
in-law Roy Pullman, nephew
DrewPullman (Jennifer), niece
Allison Watts(Geoff), and great-
niecesVictoria and Vera. She
waspredeceased byher parents,
Whitney andEvelyn Colbert.
Judywasborn in London, Ontario
and grewupinHyde Park, a
communityforwhichshe held great
pride, and onethatshe hadwritten
aboutinseveral non-fictionstories
abouther childhood and earlylife
onthe farm and inthevillage.
Judy graduated from the
Universityof Western Ontario
with a Ph.D. in Englishin1978.
Her career hasbeenspentasan
educator,writerand consultant
in language, communication,
and earlychildhood education.
In more recentyears,much of
herwork hascentered onyoung
immigrantand refugeesettlement,
including drafting legislation in
Canada andthe US andspeaking
internationally.Shewasalsothe
editor ofbusinesshealthmagazine.
Judywill be fondlyremembered for
hergenerosity,intelligence, love
ofthe arts, and asan enthusiastic
conversationalistand friend.
A celebration of Judy’slifewill
take place atthe Arboretumatthe
Universityof Guelph, on Saturday,
March 28 th, 2020 at1 p.m. In lieu
of flowers,Judyhasrequested
donationsbe madetothe London
& MiddlesexHeritageMuseum
and UNICEF. Donation cardsare
available atGilbertMacIntyre &
Son Funeral Home (519-8 22 -4731)
and condolencesmaybesentto
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TheGlobeandMail.The NFL Players Association sent ballots to
members Thursday for voting on the pro-
posed collective bargaining agreement,
giving the union a week to either ensure
another 11 years of labour peace or sending
the matter back to the drawing board.
The NFLPA announced that votes would
be accepted through March 12 at one min-
ute before midnight. The more than 2,000
members will have a window of about 7½
days to examine the 439-page document
and cast a yes or no vote. Ratification re-
quires a simple majority. So if only 1,000
ballots were returned, the union would
need 501 yes votes to approve.
Every player who was a dues-paying
member during the 2019 season received a
ballot, the NFLPA said. Votes will be confi-
dential and received by an independent
auditor.
“We encourage every NFL player to re-
view the full collective bargaining agree-
ment and exercise their democratic right
to vote,” the union said in a statement.
The distribution took place two weeks
after league owners voted their approval of
the agreement that’s a product of 10
months of talks between both sides. The
NFLPA’s 11-member executive committee
initially voted 6-5 against the proposed
terms, but last week in Indianapolis during
the NFL scouting combine the 32 team rep-
resentatives narrowly voted in favour of
sending the CBA to the full membership
for approval. The new rules, if accepted,
would be in effect through the 2030 league
year.
With the owners unwavering in their fa-
vour of a 17-game regular season, players
focused more on safeguards for the addi-
tional wear and tear and an increased share
of the revenue that would grow with the
extra game.
Plenty of high-profile players have ada-
mantly spoken out against the proposal,
including Green Bay quarterback Aaron
Rodgers, Seattle quarterback Russell Wil-
son, Houston defensive end J.J. Watt, Pitts-
burgh centre Maurkice Pouncey and Min-
nesota wide receiver Stefon Diggs.
Their primary contention with theterms is that they don’t go far enough to re-
ward and protect the players for the extra
game. Pouncey went so far as to announce
recently on social media he was arranging
a contingency fund with fellow critics Mike
Pouncey and Russell Okung that would as-
sist young players in the event of a strike.
There’s no telling how the full vote will
turn out, though, with lesser-known and
fringe players outnumbering stars. This
CBA would give a bigger boost to the rank-
and-file players than usual, with a roughly
20-per-cent hike to the minimum salary
right away, to US$610,000. That figure
would top US$1-million by 2029.
NFLPA executive director DeMaurice
Smith said last week he believed the pro-
posal would pass. NFL owners initiated a
lockout in 2011 that lasted more than four
months, but the two sides came together to
reach the current agreement right before
training camps were to begin.
The most recent time games were lost to
a labour dispute was during the player
strike in 1987.THE ASSOCIATED PRESSManyNFLplayers,includingAaronRodgersoftheGreenBayPackers,seenduringtheNFCChampionshipgameagainsttheSanFrancisco
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Teenage midfielder Antoine Coupland will
be juggling Grade 10 and pro soccer when
Atletico Ottawa opens play in the Canadian
Premier League this season.
Coupland, who turned 16 in December,
is the second player to join expansion Otta-
wa – and the youngest player signed with
the Canadian league.
“It’s very special,” Coupland said. “It
shows that the CPL wants to develop local
players like me. It’s an honour being the
youngest in the Canadian Premier League.
“I think it sends a message to all the
young players out there, not only in Ottawa
but also across Canada, that becoming a
professional soccer player is very possible.”
The native of Chelsea, Que., who calls
the Ottawa-Gatineau region home, became
the youngest player in Ottawa Fury history
when he joined the USL club last July at 15
after graduating from Ottawa’s Futuro Soc-
cer Academy, which he joined at 11.
The 5-foot-6, 140-pounder made three
appearances for the Fury in 2019 – all wins,
he points out – and trained with the team
throughout the season.
“Having Antoine join Atletico Ottawa is
exciting,” club chief executive officer Fer-
nando Lopez said in a statement. “He is a
young talent with incredible potential.
Having made his professional debut at the
age of 15 is a testament to his passion and
drive for the game and we are looking for-
ward to working with him to develop his
talent.”
The teenager follows Vancouver winger
Ben Fisk in signing with Ottawa, whose par-
ent club is Atletico Madrid.
Coupland joins a small but select band of
Canadians to turn professional so young.
Canadian international fullback/winger
Alphonso Davies, now a 19-year-old rising
star with Bayern Munich, was 15 when he
signed a homegrown contract in July, 2016,
with the Vancouver Whitecaps – becoming
the youngest active player in MLS at the
time (Freddy Adu holds the MLS record for
youngest signing at 14 years 168 days in
2004 with D.C. United).
Midfielder Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty, who
turns 16 in June, became the youngest play-
er in Toronto FC history to sign for the first
team when he inked a homegrown player
deal in January.
Coupland trained in Germany with Red
Bull Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt last
year. He was also offered a trial with En-
gland’s Sheffield United but turned it down
to focus on the Ottawa Fury. He still hopesto play in Europe at some point in his ca-
reer.
The left-footed Coupland says he looks
up to Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and tries to
be creative up front, happy to score or set
up others.
He grew up supporting Barcelona be-
cause of Messi, but says he has also been
watching Atletico Madrid in recent years
because of its success.
Away from soccer, Coupland attends
Saint-Alexandre College in Gatineau.
“The administration and the teachers
there are amazing,” he said. “They help me,
they support me throughout my dream of
becoming a professional soccer player.”
He’s not sure what his schedule will look
like when Atletico Ottawa is playing. But he
says he is ready for the challenge.
“My goal is to keep working hard on the
field and off the field, And when I’m not
playing soccer, thinking about soccer, then
I’m doing schoolwork.”
Coupland will run across several ex-Ot-
tawa Fury teammates in the CPL this sea-
son. Callum Irving, Jamar Dixon and
Thomas Meilleur-Giguère, three players he
says helped him on and off the field, are all
now with Pacific FC.THE CANADIAN PRESSAtleticoOttawamakesteenCouplanditssecondsigning
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Odion Ighalo scored twice as Manchester
United beat second tier Derby County 3-0
on Thursday to reach the FA Cup quarter-
finals and leave its all-time top scorer
Wayne Rooney on the losing side.
United will travel to Norwich City in the
last eight after the Premier League’s bot-
tom club beat Tottenham Hotspur on pe-
nalties on Wednesday.
Derby started well, but Ole Gunnar
Solskjaer’s men took control when de-
fender Luke Shaw broke the deadlock in
the 33rd minute with a shot that bounced
off the turf and over goalkeeper Kelle
Roos.
Shaw then provided the assist for Ighalo
to muscle through and poke home Unit-
ed’s second four minutes before halftime.
The 30-year-old Nigerian striker, who
arrived at Old Trafford in January on loan
till the end of the season from China’s
Shanghai Shenhua, doubled his tally in
the 70th minute with a left-footed shot off
a rebound.
“As long as my teammates believe in
me, the boss believes in me and the fans
believe in me, I just have to keep going,”
said Ighalo, who has now scored three
goals from two starts.
Rooney, who joined Derby this season
after a stint with MLS side DC United, had a
great chance to equalize but the midfiel-
der’s 36th-minute free kick drew a finger-
tip save from United keeper Sergio Rom-
ero.
The bearded 34-year-old was then book-
ed for a hard tackle on Scott McTominay.
“There were some scary moments
there,” Solskjaer told BT Sport. “Early on, I
didn’t think we played particularly well
but of course when you get two goals the
way we did that was pleasing.
“A nice goal again from Odion and fan-
tastic save by Sergio from Wayne’s free
kick.
“It’s great for us to have Odion to call
upon. He’s a different type of striker, heholds it up well.”
United, 12-time FA Cup winner and one
off Arsenal’s record 13, was without cap-
tain Harry Maguire, who rolled his ankle in
training.
“I wasn’t going to rest him today but it’s
one of those things that happens,” Solsk-
jaer said. “I think he’ll be alright, he’ll be
fine.”
United plays host to local rivals City, the
FA Cup holders, in Sunday’s Premier
League Manchester derby.
England international Shaw put in a
man of the match performance and was
having nothing of claims the ball had gone
in off Jesse Lingard.
“No chance, he can’t claim that. What-
ever happens I am claiming it,” he said.
“The most important thing is the win
and another clean sheet for the boys. We
are in a very confident period. Massive
game on Sunday, we are looking forward
to that one.”REUTERSManUnitedbeatsRooney’sDerbytoreachFACupquarters
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