There's little doubt in my mind that the Argos would have happily re-signed Bede for a price they could afford to pay at his position, and there's also little doubt in my mind that Bede deserves to be one of the highest-paid kickers in the league (if not the highest). Those two sentiments are not compatible, unfortunately, especially when the team has so many key guys coming off entry-level deals they outperformed in 2023. Really tough decisions have to be made. Bede won't be the only familiar face whom the Argos are not willing or able to compensate to the level they deserve based on their most recent performance. Hopefully they can keep the losses to a minimum, but I fully expect we will lose Pickett, Peters and at least one of the two DTs.