:I meant to notify you yesterday that I had removed those tags.  Speedy deletion tags are for articles that do not indicate why the subject is important.  Those articles had an indication of importance, being a player for a CFL team (regardless of if they had played or not).  Not meeting WP:ATHLETE is not criteria for speedy deletion, proposed deletion or AfD is the way to go if you think they do not belong on Wikipedia.  If you put them up at AfD I will be sure to weigh in.  Cheers.