{"id":429256,"date":"2026-01-24T01:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T01:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/429256\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T01:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T01:48:09","slug":"canadian-football-league-salary-cap-to-grow-to-over-6-2-million-in-2026-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/429256\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Football League salary cap to grow to over $6.2 million in 2026 \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO \u2013 The Canadian Football League\u2019s salary cap will rise to over $6.2 million in 2026.<\/p>\n

The CFL and its players\u2019 union made the announcement on Friday.<\/p>\n

Revenue for the league reached $10 million more than the baseline established in 2024 when the CFL\u2019s collective bargaining agreement\u2019s revenue growth sharing model was triggered for the first time since its implementation in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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As a result, the CFL Players\u2019 Association has allocated the majority of its share towards increasing the cap.<\/p>\n

In accordance with the 2022 CBA, gains in excess of the baseline from the previous season trigger a revenue growth share with the CFLPA.\u00a0<\/p>\n

League revenue has grown by $31 million over the 2022 baseline figure that was negotiated when the current CBA first came into effect.<\/p>\n

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In addition to increasing salary cap, the CFLPA has allocated an additional $50,000 per club towards pre-season compensation for veteran players.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 23, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2013 The Canadian Football League\u2019s salary cap will rise to over $6.2 million in 2026. The CFL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-429256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","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\/429256","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=429256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}