Ottawa Renegades

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Ottawa Renegades

Division	East Division
Founded	2002
Suspended	2006
Re-launch	2008
Home field	Frank Clair Stadium
Based in	Ottawa, Ontario
Colours	Red, Pewter and Black
League	Canadian Football League
Head coach	John Jenkins
General manager	John Jenkins

The Ottawa Renegades were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario. As of Sunday, April 9, 2006, the team has suspended operations for the 2006 season.

1 Team facts
2 Franchise history
3 2005 roster
4 See also
5 External links

Founded: 2002

Suspended: 2006

Helmet design: Black background, with the head and torso of a black-hatted, red-bandanaed man holding a football in front of a red maple leaf.

Uniform Colours: Red, Pewter, Black and White.

Eastern championships: 0

Grey Cups: 0

The Ottawa Renegades returned Canadian Football League action to Canada's capital in 2002. Ottawa had been without a team since 1996, when the Ottawa Rough Riders folded. As of 2006 the "Gades" have played four seasons, having failed to make the playoffs in all four seasons. In May of 2005, Bernie Glieberman took ownership of the team, and made his son Lonie Glieberman team president. The Gliebermans had previously owned the Ottawa Rough Riders. The team's only head coach had been Joe Paopao. On November 7, 2005, the Ottawa Renegades announced John Jenkins as head coach and General Manager for 2006, with Forrest Gregg serving as the team's Executive VP for football. However, this will not occur because of the suspension of the team's operations.

The organization has become known for its devoted fan following, an informal group christened "Renegade Nation". Local newspaper stories have noted their activities, which have included raising funds for players fined by the CFL or the team, as well as tailgating more than 12 hours before gametime (uncommon in CFL cities) with players and coaches frequently dropping by before or after the game.

On March 3, 2006, Lonie Glieberman resigned from day to day operations of the team, acknowledging that he made mistakes during his tenure.

With the team losing $3.8 million in 2005, and the possibility of losing an additional $2.3 million to $5.8 million in 2006, the organization requested financial assistance from the CFL, which the league was not willing to provide. On March 22, 2006, Bernie Glieberman decided to stop funding the Renegades. While the CFL previously took over operations of the Toronto Argonauts and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2003, on April 9, 2006, the CFL's board of governors decided not to do that for the Renegades. Instead, the CFL has suspended the team's operations in 2006, and is working to find a new owner for the franchise in time for a potential re-launch in 2008. [1][2]

The players of the Ottawa Renegades were dispersed to the remaining 8 CFL teams in a dispersal draft, with QB Kerry Joseph going #1 to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Steelback Brewery president Frank D'Angelo announced in April of 2006 that he was exploring opportunities to revive the team. The announcement was not cleared with the Canadian Football League, who indicated that they had only had one informal conversation with D'Angelo in which no decision was made. [3]

A dispersal draft of Renegades players was held on April 12, 2006. The results of the draft are shown below. Undrafted players whose rights belonged to the Renegades became free agents.