Editing Canadian Football League (section)

=== Salary cap (2025) ===

According to the new collective bargaining agreement, the 2025 salary cap was scheduled to be set at $5,650,000. However, on February 5, 2025, the league announced that the salary cap would grow by $412,365 to reach $6,062,365 (or $134,719 per active roster spot).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tremblay-St-Gelais |first=Guillaume |date=2025-02-05 |title=2025 SALARY CAP INCREASE DRIVEN BY 2024 LEAGUE REVENUE GROWTH |url=https://press.cfl.ca/2025-salary-cap-increase-driven-by-2024-league-revenue-growth |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=the Canadian Football League |language=en}}</ref> The increase was driven by the revenue growth sharing model which first went into effect in 2024, but this was the first year that it impacted the salary cap. The cap excludes unlimited non-football related services payments and preseason and playoff bonus money. The minimum player salary will be set at $70,000, which remains unchanged since 2023. It was reported that the revenue growth was not determined until the last week of January and the CFL Player's Association was required to determine how they wanted the money applied, with options including increases to the salary cap, playoff bonuses, training camp stipends, and pension contributions. The timing of the announcement was questionable since the free agency negotiating window had begun three days prior with teams operating with the old salary cap figure. [[Canadian Football League Players' Association|CFLPA]] executive director David Mackie stated, "A reported $18-million boost in league revenues triggered the cap increase. The current collective bargaining agreement between the league and union, reached in 2022, contains a revenue-sharing formula."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Press |first=Dan Ralph The Canadian |date=2025-03-27 |title=New CFLPA executive director David Mackie says there's plenty of work to do |url=https://www.pentictonherald.ca/sports/national_sports/article_0f6a7426-ae1c-5102-abde-6c1ebc98acc6.html |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Penticton Herald |language=en}}</ref>