Canadian Football League Players’ Association Statement
(Toronto, ON) I’m here to make a statement to our players and the fans of this league.
We have just presented to the PRC an offer in the hopes of getting a deal done today.
We feel as though we have listened and addressed all of their issues.
Financials
Their concern was around having fixed cost certainty, we have address that. We have proposed a salary cap
that starts at $5.8M and increases by 3% annually.
We have proposed a minimum compensation per Club of $4.8M that rises in correlation with the max cap.
We agree with their proposal on minimum player compensation.
In an effort to compromise, we have developed a system which we call a “Revenue Protection Clause”.
This clause allows for a fixed cap for a minimum of 2 years. After the 2nd year, if there is an increase in
revenue on a league wide basis of more than $12M, excluding Grey Cup, the parties will renegotiate the cap or
the collective agreement will be jointly terminated at the end of that season.
Basically we provide certainty on both sides of having a fixed cap and allowing the possibility of our players to
share in the potential growth.
We propose for a one-time bonus to our veteran players, to compensate them for a rise in the minimum
compensation, of $15,000.00 per veteran player.
We have maintained our proposals on both pre-season and post-season compensation, as well as pension,
which we feel are fair.
Health and Safety
We maintain our position on having only 1 padded practice per week in-season.
We are also maintain our position of having an independent neurologist on the sidelines at every game. We
feel that these are both fair and reasonable.
Option Year
We are also maintaining our position on the elimination of the option year, EXCEPT on the new players to the
CFL. They came to us with concerns about protecting their investments, this answers those concerns.
We eagerly await the response of the PRC. We are hopeful a deal can be reached today.
Thank you,
Scott Flory
CFL Players’ Association –President
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