{"id":628382,"date":"2026-04-25T20:05:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T20:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/628382\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T20:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T20:05:23","slug":"ottawa-fined-for-exceeding-2025-salary-expenditure-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/628382\/","title":{"rendered":"OTTAWA FINED FOR EXCEEDING 2025 SALARY EXPENDITURE CAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a aria-label=\"View image\" class=\"prezly-slate-image-rollover\" id=\"image-57751338-0cdf-4712-96e2-4a3d627408bb\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.assets.prezly.com\/57751338-0cdf-4712-96e2-4a3d627408bb\/Cap%20cover.jpg\" style=\"max-width:1200px\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"prezly-slate-media prezly-slate-image__media prezly-slate-media--image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cap cover.jpg\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">TORONTO (April 24, 2026) \u2013 The Canadian Football League (CFL) has levied a fine of $18,002 against the Ottawa REDBLACKS for exceeding the 2025 Salary Expenditure Cap of $6,062,365. The fine represents a dollar-for-dollar amount equal to the team\u2019s overage of the limit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">The violation does not impact the selection order for the 2026 CFL Canadian Draft on April 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">Edmonton and Winnipeg hold the Nos. 19 and 20 selections, respectively, as a result of the National Snaps Reward System.<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">The 2026 CFL Canadian Draft will take place on April 28, beginning at 7 p.m. ET. The first two rounds will air live on TSN, with rounds 3-8 streaming exclusively on TSN+. The 2026 CFL Global Draft will be conducted on April 29 at 1 p.m. ET, with results announced in real time on <a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">CFL.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">Rookie camps will open on May 6, with training camps following on May 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">2025 SALARY EXPENDITURE CAP OVERAGE<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">2026 CFL CANADIAN DRAFT \u2013 SELECTION ORDER<br \/>\u200b(Current to time of publication)<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">*Awarded via the National Snaps Reward System<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">First Round<\/p>\n<p>OttawaTorontoEdmontonWinnipegHamiltonCalgaryBCMontrealSaskatchewan <\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">Second Round<\/p>\n<p>OttawaTorontoEdmontonWinnipegHamiltonBC (via Calgary)Toronto (via BC)Montreal Saskatchewan Edmonton*Winnipeg*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO (April 24, 2026) \u2013 The Canadian Football League (CFL) has levied a fine of $18,002 against the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-628382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-canadian-football-league","11":"tag-canadianfootballleague","12":"tag-cfl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628382","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=628382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}