{"id":429027,"date":"2026-01-23T23:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T23:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/429027\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T23:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T23:18:08","slug":"cfl-salary-cap-increases-to-6-28-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/429027\/","title":{"rendered":"CFL salary cap increases to $6.28 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Canadian Football League is increasing its salary cap to $6.28 million for the 2026 season, it was announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The new cap represents an increase of nearly $220,000 from the $6.06 million it was set at in 2025. The CFL is also providing an additional $50,000 per club toward pre-season compensation for veteran players.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The league said it was able to raise the cap due to an increase in defined league revenue, which grew by $10 million last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe energy around our sport has never been stronger,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/01\/23\/2025-season-yields-10m-in-league-wide-revenue-growth\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/2026\/01\/23\/2025-season-yields-10m-in-league-wide-revenue-growth\/\">said CFL commissioner Stewart Johnston in a news release<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re seeing meaningful growth in fan engagement and revenue, and we\u2019re channelling that momentum back into the league. As our business expands, the players who make our game outstanding are sharing in the upside, reinforcing a model built for long-term success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cOur revenue-sharing model demonstrates what\u2019s possible when players and the League work collectively,\u201d said CFLPA president Solomon Elimimian in the same release. \u201cThis isn\u2019t just a number; it\u2019s an investment in our players\u2019 careers, their families, and the long-term health of the game. As the talent that drives fan interest, it\u2019s essential that player well-being continues to grow alongside the League\u2019s growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 2026 CFL season will kick off on June 4 with a matchup between the Montreal Alouettes and Hamilton Tiger-Cats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Canadian Football League is increasing its salary cap to $6.28 million for the 2026 season, it was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[712,49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-429027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}