"He's done the right thing in recognizing that he's not the calibre of person that the people of Manitoba can look up to," said Roz Prober, founder of the Winnipeg-based Beyond Borders.

"You can't have it both ways. You can't be a pillar of the community and be involved in child sexual exploitation," Prober said. "In other words, you can't be in the hall of fame and on the sex-offender registry at the same time."

"It's too bad, in a way, because of all the work he did, the thousands of hours he put in. I'm sorry in that respect," former Bomber coach Cal Murphy said over the phone from Regina. "But at the same time I understand the situation he got himself into."