Quote Originally Posted by ArgoZ View Post
The Argos took over his contract, which paid 1 million Cdn per year. An amount that Calgary could no longer afford, in fact Flutie never fully recieved his salary due to Calgary's financial problems.
I recently saw a tweet about the CFL players Income as a current percentage of CFL revenues was 18% of $180 million. This was compared to 56% some time ago?

If Flutie made $1m in 1996, in 2017 dollars that is $1.9 million. I was thinking that BMO Field could be filled with a similar-type signings. Would a filled stadium, more advertising and executive suite sales exceed that size salary contract?

With 60% MLSE ownership of the Argos, would we see a move towards more marquee players? Larry Tannenbaun and George Cope clearly seemed to embrace "Doug Flutie Night". Trestman, Popp, Ball and Woods signings under the current cap are encouraging.

Toronto historically doesn't embrace perceived semi-pro sports. Certainly a league that insists that the players subsidize the owners isn't viable. Maybe with the departure of David Braley type ownership and the arrival of Jeff Hunt type and current Argos ownership, you may see a move back towards equitable revenue sharing. It wouldn't hurt to pay a QB starter more in the CFL than a fourth string PR player in the NFL.