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You guys have trigged me. I am now off to my safe space.

Well this turned out to be rather accurate. Only piece left is Maier to the Riders

Montreal has made some shrewd moves at QB.

answering my own question. Practice roster players make $750/week (before taxes) + housing allowance. Housing allowance does not count against the salary cap. As an annual wage that's $39K before taxes. Canada computes the poverty line differently for different regions because cost of living differs between downtown Vancouver and rural Quebec. It varies between $32K and $40K annually as of 2020. So right away you've got 13 guys per team making wages that are right around the Canadian poverty line (without counting housing allowances, which I've got no insight into.)

Mtrl has only gotten the rights to sign MBT prior to free agency,,, MBT might be better served to wait til a better opportunity arises with an injury to another starter. He could end up making a lot more even on a shorter season for him. Also Fajardo in Edm is not a sure thing unless they pay his bonus.

So much of this varies by situation that it's really tough to talk in general about a living wage (read the wikipedia page on Poverty in Canada for an overview about why poverty and income studies are so complicated) A Blue Bomber who has no obligations beyond his monthly xbox live payment is gonna have a lot easier time living on C$70K than a guy who's supporting his spouse and two kids in Vancouver on that wage, or god forbid sending money back to the USA. The exchange rate is murder these days.

Why would it irk you? 70k is not a high salary in this day and age. If people get by on less, good for them but that doesn't make the point less valid. I guess it all depends on what you consider a living wage to be. Winnipeg and Saskatchewan the min salary may allow some breathing room, but places like Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Hamilton a 70k salary barely pays minimum expenses. Over half the league plays on a minimum or close to minimum contract, and many guys only a partial min salary between regular game cheques and PR money. This is the economic reality of the CFL and has been for a long time.

Rob has (and continues to) looked for place in Winnipeg so I'm sure it'll happen eventually. He actually kicked tires on the spot that turned into Belle's so it looks like that place was destined for BBQ one way or the other.

A lot of other factors though. Is 70k a livable wage in Vancouver, Toronto or Montreal? How much does an American player take home in usd when earning 70 cad? How many players are supporting their family back home and them self here, is 70k a living wage for two full sets of bills? I hate the actual take home of the average player who starts half the season or less? I don’t have a lot of those answers, but I strongly suspect that the guys making less than 100k aren’t living an easy life. So having quality transpo and free grub is probably very important.

$339k for a backup is a tough one. And the musical QBs song seems like it is winding down... he may be without a chair.

I thought Wade bragged about feeding the guys good meals?

SJS out shooting the Jets quite handily. May have been the better team in the second. Unpopular opinion: Jets are fortunate to be tied.

It’s 730 in San Jose But judging by the 1500 ppl in the building you’d think it’s 1pm.

Ewww fair point.

You try feeding 50, 60 people see if everyone agrees in what you choose to do

says a lot about our coaching and how we went about things to be honest....I'm sure the "ya but's" will chime in all googoo gaga about reg. season wins....but it mins sqwuat We should have pocketed 5 in a row....sure qe got to 5....but were our own worst enemy in them

It’s really damn sad that’s for sure.

If you can't beat out Faj, you don't deserve to be a starter.

Stats: 23-9-1 @ 11-14-4 Streaks: W2 @ W1 Last Ten: 5-4-1 @ 3-6-1 Game Notes: Comrie finishes the back-to-back Heinola in/Miller out Ehlers in/Chibrikov out

I'd take 70G and laugh all the way to the bank.....

70K is pretty much what a lot of people take home...after deductions, income tax, etc. - for a full year of work. 70K for 6 months work, with meals and housing allowance provided...is not a bad deal Working out shouldn't prevent anyone from having an off-season job I disagree. I'd wager most of them have an off-season job.

I imagine the blue chip guys and QBs get a full salary most of the time yeah. I knew some guys back in the afl who ate at soup kitchens every day and had pb sandwiches for dinner every night. Guys supporting a family back home may well have their family relying on food banks. With the cost of housing and food idk how people do it these days. When I was young and struggled hard 20 bucks went a long way.

Yes, all PR salaries count against the cap. I would guess it doesn't happen often because of the cap but you'd have to think a guy like Drew Richmond was making more than the minimum (why else would you sit on the PR for 3 years at that minimum rate?).

I do get it. I just don't believe that one has to starve in order to be considered making less than a living wage. You and I have fundamental differences on what that term means I guess. Are the players attending soup kitchens..no...are they financially struggling at 70k a year...yep...many are.

Also that the PR is a minimum of $750 a week - clubs can pay them more if they choose but it all comes out of the cap just the same.

Keeping in mind that it's for 6 months of work.

Time: 930, TSN3 Stats: 22-9-1 @ 11-17-5 Streaks: W1 @ L1 Last Ten: 4-5-1 @ 5-5-0 Game Notes: Helle starts the first of the back-to-back Stanley/Miller partnered up Here come the Jets Like a bat out of hell— Someone gets in our way, Someone don't feel so well!

Paging Brenden Dillion type defensemen, please come in. Over.

Maybe some one pick it up for a season 3 but like they said 16 eps in 5 years its tough to keep the fans interested and even if renewed now, wont see light of day until 2026.

Fajardo is getting into the best case scenario for himself really. One could argue the Riders might be, because Trevor Harris is almost certainly not going to last the season at age 40, but playing behind an extremely over rated NAT is probably the surest bet.

Exactly right. Heck even a person making 70k as a CDN resident with a modest house and a modest vehicle is pay cheque to pay cheque these days. It's what 2k biweekly take home or something like that? For sure the meals and services provided by the club are very important. Also these guys are beating the crap out of their bodies for that.

do practice roster guys still make $500 / week? Were practice roster guys even surveyed by the PA?

Fair points. Honestly it was just the blanket claim that half the players don't make a living wage that irked me. Lots of Canadians who work full time and make less who also get by.

If you watch the games, it's pretty clear the shot clock is an accurate reflection of how the Jets are being out worked. They just look flat footed most of the time.

I wonder if Maier ends up anywhere?

Ugh this game is cursed to have a stupid start time on a work night, followed by another stupid start time hours before a doctor's appointment

I have a hard time putting shrewd and Danny Maciocia together...😵‍💫

$&@% you need to do a free agency one now with us getting a bunch of impact guys! Mac cheese I could even see retiring.

The low scores across the board sans Hamilton on nutrition and diet fascinate me being that these men are professional athletes. Is this a cost issue?

Bring your popcorn. 🙂

Interesting because CF has voiced that he still wants to be a starting QB, I wonder how Tre Ford feels when he was getting the lip service that he was going to be the franchise QB. Obviously something has to give here.

Rumors of rampant back-stabbing in the Rangers’ organization Sounds like the Rangers are a total train wreck right now.

Needs more context IMO.

Honestly our deficiencies are as well. We aren’t doman wealthy but we should be flying in a plane that’s falling apart, struggling with food either. Tc being bad is not surprising but interesting. I wonder if that boils down to teams just handing out bad deals vs being frugal.

I wish I could tell you all but I signed an NDA.

Idk i think Lambert gotta figure out how to use his speed to stay in the NHL, like KFC when he was starting out...

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