Top 3 QB salaries

[TecnoGenius]

The problem with your theory is you're just guessing.

I'm not guessing.  I'm going by what was reported.  I found the forum post with the info:
https://forums.bluebombers.com/index.php?topic=56199.msg1651421#msg1651421

quote:
Based on their recent signings, it's clear the Blue Bombers didn't do this. Jones has $8,000 of marketing money in his deal, Logan has $7,500, and Vaughters has $5,000, none of which are particularly significant sums. The king of CFL marketing money is still easily B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke, who will earn $200,000 off the salary cap in 2025.

It really appears WFC spends basically the mandated minimum $110k MM.  It seems clear they are not doing what (some) other teams are doing: using MM as a way to pad salaries off-SMS (i.e. "cheat").

I haven't yet seen what Zach's MM is yet, or can't find it on my latest searches, but I bet it's $50k or even much less.

How much is BC's total marketing dollar spend?

Completely irrelevant.  I can argue my point simply by looking at just Rourke's MM, which is $200k (widely reported).  What their total team MM spend is doesn't matter, though you can be assured it's far higher than $200k!

What about us? What about the rest of the teams? Based on what actual credible figures?

It's possible you're right. It's possible you're wrong by a little or a lot.

It seems you're always hung up on the exact figures, like that really matters.  If WFC is spending league-minimum in total and BC is spending $200k on one player (and we know Betts was also getting a big one so it's probably all their stars getting big MM), then by the simple fact BC is at minimum doubling our spend means we can reasonably argue about the BC cheating, and about what WFC should do about it.

Again, I'm not really sure why people want to defend the teams employing all sorts of dirty tricks and loopholes against the spirit of the league agreements.

Even head-in-the-sand Ambrosie noticed and remarked and threatened BC in not so many words with his "MM must be justified and we're keeping a close eye on it... cough cough BC" press release shortly after Rourke's MM deal was made public.  The situation is real, it's not one of my 3am hot takes fever dreams.