Quote Originally Posted by Flutie View Post
Even $750k that's around $1 MILLION CDN is a significant amount, the highest income tax rate in the US kicks in at $500k but $200k in Canada.
If the average salary in Canada is $50k it would take 20 years to earn $1 million. Even a CFL player earning $100k would need 10 years to make a million.
Some of these players earning over a million are set for life even if they only play 2 or 3 season.
With the higher taxes and higher cost of living in Canada, you can't blame them for trying to get to the big prize, the NFL
Look at Wilder Jr, his family is in Tampa and he has to support them as well as living and maintaining a place in Toronto.
Sitting out one year is the right thing for him to do.
I disagree. I think that Wilder will be killing any NFL shot that he has if he sits out this season. He would be 27 next year and will have started a half dozen professional football games in three years. It wasn't like there was a lineup in the NFL for Wilder's services coming into the 2017 season either.