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Originally Posted by troutman
Are you sure? I find that very surprising.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/sport...860/story.html
The average CFL salary is slightly below $60,000 a year. Based on last season's salary survey, 22 players were paid less than $42,000, according to the CFLPA . . . minimum salary of $41,000 last season
Take out QB/star salaries, and the average must be much less. Most of these young men have university degrees, and can make more than this in the real world, without risk of injury. |
I have two friends who recently played in the CFL. Neither were stars, just solid veterans. Both made around 80K.
Undrafted rookied ont their first contract make that league minimum (of which there are many in the CFL), and it really brings the league average down. I don't believe QB's salaries are counted in that calculation (not certain though).
80K a year for 5 months is quite a living. These players are also able to use their football player status to land cushy PR jobs in the off-season should they so choose to stay in the community they play. One of my buddies was a beer rep that paid him an extra 30 K on top of his CFL salary.
As for the abuse on their body, that's there choice. Other people make the same choice while working regular jobs (see the Calgary men's rugby teams - all of which train nightly and play on the weekend).