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Originally Posted by I_H8_Crawford
So, how are the Riders who have broken the cap every year it has been in place, going to fit a $300,000 salary on their team???
Isn't that the money Joseph wanted initially anyways?
Stupid Riders!
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Yeah they've broken the cap all of the 1 year it has been in place all the while leading the league in injuries by far. Your sensationalism of the topic is really silly. Don't forget MTL broke it by about $120,000 while the Riders broke it by about $50,000 so clearly breaking the cap is a help to your team just look what it did for MTL.
Here's how they'll try to do it and why it is unavoidable at this point that we're going over:
CFL CBA it says that ALL players count in the cap unless they are on the IR which is a minimum of 9 or ten weeks IIRC. This means that since we have 18 injuries only a select few will be exempt from the cap. You can't just replace 12 guys and not go over the cap. The Riders aren't left with a lot of options. What are they going to do start playing their back-up linebackers at receiver because so many of them (receivers) are hurt?
I guarantee the CFL will change this the next time they renew the CBA and implement a baseball style IR with 15 day DL etc.
Second of all it is halfway through the season so they don't pay the full 300,000. Third is that CFL contracts arent' guaranteed so they can release Crandell tomorrow if they want to clear cap space.
Also breaking the cap is totally allowed in the CFL it is just that they penalize you for doing so. It's not like they add asterisks or take away championships. If they wanted to every team in the CFL could break it every year but they likely couldn't afford to do so because of $ constraints.
And I believe Joseph wanted Burris/Printers money which is about $350,000-400,000.