KCargosfan
04-22-2012, 05:38 PM
This is what I posted in another thread:
An interesting article might be how much better it is to be a CFL player than it was even 10-12 years ago. The strength of the Canadian dollar has now made the CFL a pretty lucrative job -- by normal standards. Whereas in 2000, if an American player made $50K in the CFL, that might only translate to $38-$40K in the U.S. (and after Canadian taxes a lot less), now the strength of the Cando and the higher salaries make being a player a pretty darn good job (by normal standards).
With no kids, one could live on the league minimum -- $45K -- and really only work from June through November. (And for 75 percent of the teams, league minimum is $48K)
Most starters make at least $90K, and that's not with preseason and playoff game money factored in.
Maybe I'm wrong, but it would seem unless you are Rocket Ismail, now is the best time to be a CFL player monetarily.
An interesting article might be how much better it is to be a CFL player than it was even 10-12 years ago. The strength of the Canadian dollar has now made the CFL a pretty lucrative job -- by normal standards. Whereas in 2000, if an American player made $50K in the CFL, that might only translate to $38-$40K in the U.S. (and after Canadian taxes a lot less), now the strength of the Cando and the higher salaries make being a player a pretty darn good job (by normal standards).
With no kids, one could live on the league minimum -- $45K -- and really only work from June through November. (And for 75 percent of the teams, league minimum is $48K)
Most starters make at least $90K, and that's not with preseason and playoff game money factored in.
Maybe I'm wrong, but it would seem unless you are Rocket Ismail, now is the best time to be a CFL player monetarily.