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Originally Posted by thurmas
If you go on 3downation.com CFL teams are paying at the salary floor not cap this season of 4.7 million per club instead of the 5.4 million ceiling. On the Bombes Willie Jefferson took a 60k pay cut Collaros a 55 k pay cut Adam Bighill a 145k pay cut! The TSN tv deal covers most player costs at this level the rest of in fan revenues will need to cover teams coaches, scouts, marketing staff ect.. and rents/leases on their facilities.
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Saving $500,000 on players' salaries is a decent start but it will make little difference...not if teams are playing to crowds 5,000 - 10,000 and losing out on approx. $10 million over 9 or 10 games. $25 million in total revenues are required to break-even on a CFL team so salaries constitute a little over 25% of a team's expenses (if you include players on LTIR and the practice roster).
If the owners were willing and capable of sustaining losses in the several millions then sure, we would have a season with partial capacity. That isn't the case though. Hopefully, the majority of the population has been fully vaccinated by summer and we can enjoy an abbreviated season.