Quote Originally Posted by carlos View Post
John Hodge reporting;

"CFL players got 52 per cent of league revenue in 1976. Today, they receive approximately 25 per cent. For comparison, NFL players will receive 48 per cent of league revenue in 2021, while NHL and NBA players get 50 per cent.Taking inflation into account, the CFL’s annual revenue has quadrupled since 1976 and the value of its television contract has increased by 700 per cent. Meanwhile, player costs have only increased by a little over 50 per cent."

Why does the CFL continue to ignore the numbers? The money fans pay to watch the players pay does not make it to the players. More of a collective agreement issue which is coming up soon and does not look good imo.

Is the plan to break the union?


I wonder if its an "economies of scale" issue? For example, CFL teams will still have many of the expenses of the bigger leagues, such as travel, facilities etc (yes I know they don't have as good a travel or facilities available, but you can only go so low), while the revenues are much much lower. Therefore maybe a higher percentage of revenues is required, just to at least have a production that is some what "major league". Just a thought.