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The 2012 season schedule was released on February 18, 2012, with the regular season opening on June 29 at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario. [3] This marked the first time Hamilton has opened the year since 2009. Additionally, the league returned to division match-ups in the final week of the regular season, which was also last seen in 2009.
The CFLPA agreed to include a provision allowing the CFL to enforce a salary cap in the 2002 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), [137] but the league began enforcing it only from the 2007 season ($4.05 million per team) onward. The cap was raised to $4.2 million in the 2008 season and remained at that level for 2009. [138]
The CFL began enforcing strict salary cap regulation for the 2007 season and the cap was initially set at $4.05 million. The cap will be $6,062,365 for the 2025 season or an average salary of $131,791 per active roster player. [51]
For season 3, the salary cap had been increased by R 5,100,000 to R39.1 million (US$2.65 million) per team. Each team has 19 player slots to select for their final squad. From the 19, each team has to select one wildcard and one rookie player. Similar to the previous season, each team has to pick a minimum of ten South African players.
For example, if the fifth-highest salary team had a payroll of $100 million and the sixth-highest salary team had a payroll of $98 million, the top five teams would pay 34% on each dollar they spent over $99 million. [3] Below is the amount each team paid from 1997 to 1999, when this system was in place.
According to the new collective bargaining agreement, the 2023 salary cap is set at $5,450,000 (average $121,111 per active roster spot) [3] [4] As per the agreement, the cap is fixed and will not vary with league revenue performance until 2024. [3] The minimum player salary is set at $70,000.
According to the new collective bargaining agreement, the 2015 salary cap was set at $5,050,000 (average of $109,782 per active roster spot). As per the agreement, the cap is fixed and will not vary with league revenue performance. The base individual minimum salary was set at $51,000. [2]
In return, the owners received a salary cap, albeit one tied to a formula based on the players' share of total league revenues. The agreement also established a salary floor—minimum payrolls all teams were obliged to pay. [56] The settlement was presented to and approved by Judge Doty, who had also heard the McNeil antitrust case in 1993.