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Originally Posted by HossHumard
99 times out of 100, if you see a Canadian Official (pro or not) with his flag stuffed in his back pocket, he's from the West. Flag coming out of the front pocket (we call them the "gunslingers"), he's from the east.
Dates back to the 50's and before when the East and Western Conference of the CFL did not play an interlocking schedule except for the Grey Cup...but the tradition still carries on to this day.
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A number of officials from the east have adopted the NFL style: ball in the front. And not a single person tapes the ball with white tape to hide the fact that they have a flag. If they did, they would be laughed at, and justifiably so.