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Old 06-26-2025, 11:21 AM   #79
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Originally Posted by sureLoss View Post
Cap on signing bonuses and year to year salary variance.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1938259316995510666
I don't think that's a great thing for Canadian teams.

In Canada, bonuses are taxed more favourably than straight up salary so by heavily weighting a contract with signing bonuses, it helps alleviate the tax burden and levels the playing field somewhat.
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