Salary Cap Situation

[1971GreyCup]

Surprisingly, it looks like Mr. Braley is 20% under the salary cap in BC, while about 10% in Toronto. Any comments?

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Source:CFLCapGeek.com

[Will]

Why is that surprising?

[1971GreyCup]

Why is that surprising?

I would have thought the reverse, something like Toronto being under the Cap by 20% a BC 10%. Salary spent vs. standings at this point in the season is interesting.

[paulwoods13]

What is the source of this? CFLgeek.com is a website owned in Florida that appears to have nothing to do with the Cdn Football League.

[1971GreyCup]

Sorry, that should have been CFLCapGeek.com. Twitter handle @CFLCapGeek

[ArgoGabe22]

I wouldn't trust that source. Whoever runs it hopes CFL insiders will leak salary info. Half of the players have the minimum salary recorded because there is no info on the player's salaries and rather leaving them blank, he inserts the league minimum.

[Will]

I wouldn't trust that source. Whoever runs it hopes CFL insiders will leak salary info. Half of the players have the minimum salary recorded because there is no info on the player's salaries and rather leaving them blank, he inserts the league minimum.

What Gabe said.

[paulwoods13]

Yeah, a shockingly large number of players making $51,000 -- including Adam Bighill. Yeah, right.

[1971GreyCup]

Fair enough. I ran across the site this morning on Twitter. Glad I posted it here.

[Will]

All that being said, I do appreciate the effort that whomever runs the site is making.

[doubleblue]

Fair enough. I ran across the site this morning on Twitter. Glad I posted it here.

While it may not be completely accurate, it is probably in the ball park. I believe some Teams keep several hundred thousand available for bonus money to resign players they want to keep, before the end of the salary cap year.
It is quite obvious Jim Barker uses that approach every year.

[paulwoods13]

How could it be in the ballpark if tons of players are all making $51,000? Depends on how you define ballpark, I guess. Plus without any sourcing it could ALL be educated guesses rather than fact-based.

[KCargosfan]

And teams have to hit a minimum they spend, correct? Something like they have to spend a minimum of $4.4 million on player salaries?

And when Adam Bighill signed a contract, someone leaked he was making around $120K a year.

[1971GreyCup]

I couldn't figure out the cap minimum other than the minimum salary $51,000 per player. Assuming 56 players that would theoretically give you a minimum of $2,856,000. That doesn't consider Practise Roster. Anyone know the minimum?

[doubleblue]

How could it be in the ballpark if tons of players are all making $51,000? Depends on how you define ballpark, I guess. Plus without any sourcing it could ALL be educated guesses rather than fact-based.

Apparently I should have spelled it out. I was meaning the totals and cap space left.

[KCargosfan]

https://cfldb.ca/faq/compensation/

"Member clubs must pay a minimum of $4.45 million in salaries to players in 2015, increasing by $50,000 per year for the next three years."

[paulwoods13]

Apparently I should have spelled it out. I was meaning the totals and cap space left.

And I repeat, given that that there are so many players clearly making different salaries than reported, how can anyone have confidence that anything -- remaining cap space or anything else -- is in the ballpark of reality?

[doubleblue]

https://cfldb.ca/faq/compensation/

"Member clubs must pay a minimum of $4.45 million in salaries to players in 2015, increasing by $50,000 per year for the next three years."

Thanks KC very informative.

[Qman]

Thanks KC very informative.

its been widely reported every team goes to 99.9% of 5.05m, teams work really hard to stay under and not lose picks and $. In fact, they spend in real $ way over because you get cap relief from the 6-game IR.
All teams really manage the 6-game list just to stay under. Off-season roster bonuses count (thats why veteran guys get cut in march). Normally extensions are signed in November to take advantage of unused space in Calendar year (this is usually deviation of normal number of injuries such as excess of 6-game vs 1-game injuries) through use of signing bonuses on extensions. Thats how all team go to 99.9% of the number. They use every $ of the cap they can.


Ottawa may have had a couple hundred thousand away in their expansion year, because they had a limited number of high priced guys in the expansion year ... but have spend that amount via paying out for FAs.

[Qman]

And teams have to hit a minimum they spend, correct? Something like they have to spend a minimum of $4.4 million on player salaries?

And when Adam Bighill signed a contract, someone leaked he was making around $120K a year.

bighills cap $ is way higher than 120k ...150-180k. Elimimian's number is higher than that.