Blue Bombers add quarterback

[Blue In BC]

I dont think thats the case at all.

Teams that are losing money will look to trim their budgets in areas other than the SMS.

If we saw the amount spent for each team we'd know where teams spending fell. Just seeing the " over " only tells part of the story.

We hear most teams are not profitable but how accurate is that since many teams are private. All we hear is the community owned teams information regarding profit.

[Tecno]

Not correct at any level. WOW. Talk about theories?  Money PAID IN 2025 is against the 2025 SMS. If it wasn't then the SMS has no meaning and defies how it's calculated.

Actually, unless someone finds the secret rule book governing SMS spend then we don't REALLY know who is right.

I run a business.  I'm using accrual method of accounting, as most businesses do.  If CFL works like accrual, then when the cheque goes out has nothing to do with the "invoice date" (or "deal date" in CFL).

Now, if CFL runs like the alternative "cash method" system then yes, the day the cheque is cut is the date that will apply.

Unless someone has inside baseball on this, we are left guessing.  From the way all forums and 3down talks, one would guess it's more like "cash method", but we can't know for sure.  The rules governing the SMS would spell all this out.  Are those rules public??

[Blue In BC]

Scope: The cap applies to player compensation (salaries, bonuses) from Jan 1 to Dec 31. It does not include coaching salaries. The same article mentioned the " floor " was $600K below the " ceiling ".  That's a fairly significant gap. Also mentioned that teams were audited at 6, 12 and 18 games.

Noting I did not say it was paid early. I only said that if money was available, then there was a possibility it was paid early. I also said I doubted the team would have that significant amount left in the last week of 2025.

Anyway the lack of transparency is why we have these conversations.

[TBURGESS]

Not correct at any level. WOW. Talk about theories?  Money PAID IN 2025 is against the 2025 SMS. If it wasn't then the SMS has no meaning and defies how it's calculated.

You're saying that we would have to have enough 2025 SMS room for every bonus you paid out before the end of the year. You also say that we use up the 2025 SMS before using the 2026 SMS (which I believe is true). Are you suggesting that some, most, or all of the bonuses paid after we drained the 2025 SMS are actually paid in January so they are included in the 2026 SMS? If so, then the date on the contract really doesn't matter.

[Blue In BC]

You're saying that we would have to have enough 2025 SMS room for every bonus you paid out before the end of the year. You also say that we use up the 2025 SMS before using the 2026 SMS (which I believe is true). Are you suggesting that some, most, or all of the bonuses paid after we drained the 2025 SMS are actually paid in January so they are included in the 2026 SMS? If so, then the date on the contract really doesn't matter.

I didn't say anything close to that. I said we'd use as much as we could by the end of the calendar year. Any bonus paid before 12/31 was 2025 SMS and any bonus paid on or after Jan 1 was 2026 SMS.

The guide would be the date of the cheque even if that meant exceeding the 2025 SMS by some amount.

[TBURGESS]

I didn't say anything close to that. I said we'd use as much as we could by the end of the calendar year. Any bonus paid before 12/31 was 2025 SMS and any bonus paid on or after Jan 1 was 2026 SMS.

The guide would be the date of the cheque even if that meant exceeding the 2025 SMS by some amount.

To be clear. The fact that contracts were announced in 2025 doesn't mean that they are using any 2025 SMS.