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[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Since the Dazn money won't hit until FA28, I would expect every high demand player to opt for a 1 year contract.

I also don't foresee any notable bump in sms for FA27. So there really should be no reason we can't get 1 year contracts done now.

I think the league and the teams need to come out publically and let everyone know the dazn money doesn't apply to 27 sms. Otherwise every player will be waiting and unreasonable. They'll all want their Kelly money.

Player agents and the CFLPA should keep their players up to date, let's home the cap is set in stone well before FA opens.

[Blue In BC]

Since the Dazn money won't hit until FA28, I would expect every high demand player to opt for a 1 year contract.

I also don't foresee any notable bump in sms for FA27. So there really should be no reason we can't get 1 year contracts done now.

I think the league and the teams need to come out publically and let everyone know the dazn money doesn't apply to 27 sms. Otherwise every player will be waiting and unreasonable. They'll all want their Kelly money.

Based on that info, how the heck did Kelly get such a big new contract? Something will have to give elsewhere on their roster.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Based on that info, how the heck did Kelly get such a big new contract? Something will have to give elsewhere on their roster.

The Argos mortgaged the stadium to prevent Kelly from going to FA, but kinda doubt Ottawa or anyone else was prepared to put up that much money.

[Blue In BC]

The Argos mortgaged the stadium to prevent Kelly from going to FA, but kinda doubt Ottawa or anyone else was prepared to put up that much money.

The question is how does it impact their spend on the 2027 SMS. They may be prepared for a massive fine and loss of draft choices. Having an unprofitable season is less of an issue per se.

[Jesse]

If Jefferson shops around, he'll find that no one will want to pay him more than we do. I assumed he was looking at a pay CUT.

Willie did take a bit of a pay cut this past after a down season. But now he's watching Ceresna make significantly more than him for seemingly not a whole lot of production.

I certainly don't know he wants a raise, but he's certainly speaking like he wants to negotiate a little tougher this time around - saying hes going ti continue to play whether for us or another team.

Hiring a professional personnel director with a base in communications could avoid a lot of misunderstanding which leads to anger and a sense of disrespect.

This is Darrin Cameron's job.

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

Willie did take a bit of a pay cut this past after a down season. But now he's watching Ceresna make significantly more than him for seemingly not a whole lot of production.

I certainly don't know he wants a raise, but he's certainly speaking like he wants to negotiate a little tougher this time around - saying hes going ti continue to play whether for us or another team.

This is Darrin Cameron's job.

Yah I know, I'd fire his ***.

[Tecno]

Yah I know, I'd fire his ***.

Lol, except that dude is probably more entrenched in the wfc than MO'S...

[Tecno]

Based on that info, how the heck did Kelly get such a big new contract? Something will have to give elsewhere on their roster.

We already know the answer to that and tor already basically spelled it out. They are screwed for 2027 in order to secure a league top qb for 28 and beyond. That's why they wanted it heavily laddered, and it is slightly.

But 1000 with 200 mmm vs the existing 600 with 100 mmm... Is only 300k more sms hit in 27. That's not too bad. You can solve half that by cutting Arbuckle and having only elc qbs.

Tor saw the writing on the wall of having no qb in a league looking at half the qbs in the next 2 years not being starter material. Pretty soon Zach, Trevor, and Bo will all be gone. Dru and coan and frost aren't taking anyone to cups regularly anytime soon.

In 0 to 2 years we may be wishing we got to pay Kelly 1 million...

[Tecno]

Player agents and the CFLPA should keep their players up to date, let's home the cap is set in stone well before FA opens.

100% this. They can't have shenanigans like last year where only Hamilton knew it was going up. The league needs to calculate the actual sms bump well in advance of fa this time.