Fines and the 2025 Draft

[ModAdmin]

Hearing that the Lions overspent the salary cap in 2024 and have been fined by the league.  They also will lose their 2025 1st round draft pick to Calgary.

[TecnoGenius]

OH NOES!  What is that sound?  What do I hear?  Must I say it?

That's the sound of vindication.

Maybe half the forum thought BC had to be way over.  Half said "who knows" or "no way".  (Who owes me a Walby burger?)

Ya, so if they lost their 1st rounder, that means they were WAY over.  Was it $250k or $300k that loses you your 1RDP?

BC mega-cheated in '24, and actually backtracked in the standings.  BC SUCKS!  Now pay up Doman!  Have fun without your picks Buck!  How'd that VAJ trade work out for ya?

Haha, I'll sleep well tonight.

P.S. This is carte blanche for WFC to go over by at least the 2RDP penalty tier (up to $200k?) in '25.  I want to see some late acquisitions and NFL-returnees beefing up our roster come fall.  Oh ya, and pay everyone exorbitant magic-marketing-money too!  Weeeeeeee!

P.P.S. For some reason most of the greenies on the green forum saw the reality of this, they sussed it out much better than those here!

[Blue In BC]

When do we find out which teams are over and by how much?

[Pete]

OH NOES!  What is that sound?  What do I hear?  Must I say it?

That's the sound of vindication.

Maybe half the forum thought BC had to be way over.  Half said "who knows" or "no way".  (Who owes me a Walby burger?)

Ya, so if they lost their 1st rounder, that means they were WAY over.  Was it $250k or $300k that loses you your 1RDP?

BC mega-cheated in '24, and actually backtracked in the standings.  BC SUCKS!  Now pay up Doman!  Have fun without your picks Buck!  How'd that VAJ trade work out for ya?

Haha, I'll sleep well tonight.

P.S. This is carte blanche for WFC to go over by at least the 2RDP penalty tier (up to $200k?) in '25.  I want to see some late acquisitions and NFL-returnees beefing up our roster come fall.  Oh ya, and pay everyone exorbitant magic-marketing-money too!  Weeeeeeee!

P.P.S. For some reason most of the greenies on the green forum saw the reality of this, they sussed it out much better than those here!

I'll actually give Dolman props he's put his money where his mouth is, he wanted to make Lions relevant in BC and a big part of that is winning. He took a gamble and it didn't pay off. Signing Rourke enabled him to retain Adams for last year then trade Adams and recoup the 1st round pick lost with Calgary's 2nd round. Which basically means the Lions dropped from 3rd pick to 9th. Overall pretty smart.
(But BC still sucks)

[Jesse]

OH NOES!  What is that sound?  What do I hear?  Must I say it?

That's the sound of vindication.

Maybe half the forum thought BC had to be way over.  Half said "who knows" or "no way".  (Who owes me a Walby burger?)

Ya, so if they lost their 1st rounder, that means they were WAY over.  Was it $250k or $300k that loses you your 1RDP?

BC mega-cheated in '24, and actually backtracked in the standings.  BC SUCKS!  Now pay up Doman!  Have fun without your picks Buck!  How'd that VAJ trade work out for ya?

Haha, I'll sleep well tonight.

P.S. This is carte blanche for WFC to go over by at least the 2RDP penalty tier (up to $200k?) in '25.  I want to see some late acquisitions and NFL-returnees beefing up our roster come fall.  Oh ya, and pay everyone exorbitant magic-marketing-money too!  Weeeeeeee!

P.P.S. For some reason most of the greenies on the green forum saw the reality of this, they sussed it out much better than those here!

As always Techno, you're mostly just arguing with yourself.

[ModAdmin]

TORONTO — The BC Lions, Toronto Argonauts, Saskatchewan Roughriders and Ottawa REDBLACKS exceeded the Canadian Football League's (CFL) Salary Expenditure Cap of $5.525 million in 2024.

In addition to being fined, the BC Lions will forfeit the highest of their first- and second-round selections (Nos. 3 and 9) in the 2025 CFL Draft due to the amount by which they exceeded the cap. BC retains its lower second-round selection (No. 11).

Per the CFL Constitution, the team with the highest waiver priority – in this instance, the Calgary Stampeders – have been awarded BC's forfeited picks as the final selections in the first two rounds – Nos. 8 and 17.

https://www.cfl.ca/2025/03/28/bc-toronto-saskatchewan-ottawa-exceed-2024-salary-expenditure-cap/

[blue_gold_84]

Enjoy those penalties, Lions.

[Ridermania]

I fully agree with BC losing the 2 picks.

Don't agree that Calgary gains these two picks.

[blue_gold_84]

I fully agree with BC losing the 2 picks.

Don't agree that Calgary gains these two picks.

Why not? Who else should get them?

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Rick Campbell took the fall, but going so far overboard on the SMS had to come from Doman, it'll be interesting to see if he continues to meddle with the team and forces them to take action when he wants change. I suspect he's not a patient owner.

[Ridermania]

Why not? Who else should get them?

All teams just move up a spot.

[Jesse]

Why not? Who else should get them?

They should just be removed, everyone else moves up.

[Jesse]

Rick Campbell took the fall, but going so far overboard on the SMS had to come from Doman, it'll be interesting to see if he continues to meddle with the team and forces them to take action when he wants change. I suspect he's not a patient owner.

They happen to have two high end players come free from the NFL at the same time. Doman obviously would of had to approve, but I think everyone was on the same page here. I doubt there was any "meddling".

[Blue In BC]

Altogether that adds up to about $800K in fines for those teams. My question is what exactly does the league do with that money?

[Ridermania]

It gets divided up with the teams that weren't over the cap.