Furthermore, until the end of the 2008 season the Canadian Football League rulebooks dictated that a designated quarterback must take all snaps, which made the two-quarterback system used by the A-11 (as well as offenses such as the Wildcat) illegal in the CFL.
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Reid missed three years of college football at Simon Fraser because of gastrointestinal problems linked to Crohn's disease but he played every CFL game from the 2002 to 2008 CFL seasons including the 92nd and 94th Grey Cups.
In the 2008 CFL season Canada's performance suffered along with the Blue Bombers, prompting Winnipeg to initiate a trade that was to send him to Hamilton in exchange for Zeke Moreno.