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[TecnoGenius]

The CFL has stated that they do audit every marketing dollar every year.
The CFL has stated that after their internal audit, it's also independently audited.
The CFL has stated that any marketing dollars that get paid and then aren't earned are subject to the SMS in that year.

Source: State of the League address 2024.

I went back and rewatched:
https://www.cfl.ca/2024/11/10/111th-grey-cup-media-state-of-the-league/

If that is your only source for the conjecture regarding an "independent audit" then you are just plain wrong.  Nowhere in that video does Ambrosie say anything other than "internal audit", by "a/his team" (of CFL employees presumably).

Here are some choice quotes and the timestamp so one can jump to them:

27:00 we do an audit of all the marketing money that gets distributed every year
27:10 we have our own internal auditer that goes in
27:20 what did they do in order to be paid the money they were paid... gotta be an equitable value created
27:43 our team presidents will continue to talk about it
28:44 there's a real healthy tension on the teams to do this right (when discussing a group/club comprised of the team owners)

Your take attempts to massage the optics into making it seem all tickity-boo, legit, and above board.  The quotes I show above reveal it is more like TB says: it's all ad hoc and old boys' club and as long as you don't aggravate the commish and maybe the "owners group", do as you please.

After hearing and pondering the above, I believe Ambrosie (and probably the owners) were getting miffed at Doman around this time (say "you don't know that" all you like, I'm capable of reading between the lines).  Otherwise why would there be a "tension", hmmm?  Ya, a tension of 8 team owners + Ambrosie vs one rogue Doman.