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new york city , ny , usa american canadian permanent resident 1960 commissioner cbc sports of the canadian football league executive director of orridge jeffrey orridge

jeffrey orridge

jeffrey lyndon orridge -lrb- born -rrb- is the commissioner of the canadian football league .
between 2011-2015 , orridge served as executive director of cbc sports .
orridge was appointed to his position at cbc sports on april 4 , 2011 , after his appointment was announced the previous march .
orridge succeeded scott moore .
he was responsible for acquisition , management , and revenue optimization of sports properties .
as the chief negotiator , he is credited for bringing the broadcasting rights to the 2014 and 2016 olympic games back to cbc/radio-canada , as well as the rights to the 2015 pan american games .
orridge was also principally responsible for the management of the national hockey league 's relationship with cbc .
orridge 's tenure with cbc sports ended after april 9 , 2015 .
orridge also previously worked as the executive director and general counsel for usa basketball .
he graduated from harvard law school .
orridge played basketball , before tearing his acl .
on april 29 , 2015 , orridge began his tenure as commissioner of the canadian football league , becoming the first african-american commissioner in the cfl 's history and the only non-white head of a major north american sports league .
