{"id":758530,"date":"2026-06-24T18:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/758530\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T18:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:10:09","slug":"roughriders-hold-annual-general-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/758530\/","title":{"rendered":"Roughriders Hold Annual General Meeting\u202f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Saskatchewan Roughriders held their 2025-26\u202fAnnual General Meeting\u202fin the\u00a0SportsCage\u00a0Lounge (formerly Harvard Broadcasting\u2019s Studio 620 Lounge) at Mosaic Stadium\u202fon Tuesday, June 23rd. Chief Financial Officer Kent Paul presented the financial report, which included the following highlights:\u202f\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u202f\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Financial Report\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Club\u2019s revenues grew to $44.7 million, with gate receipts increasing to $14.5 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Expenses increased, driven by increases across several areas including\u00a0the\u00a0July 11 postponed smoke game\u00a0and\u00a0additional\u00a0costs associated with the 112th Grey Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>EBIDA (Earnings Before Interest, Depreciation and Amortization) remained strong at $2.3\u00a0million\u00a0and the Stabilization Fund grew to over $11.3 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Merchandise\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The championship season drove\u00a0signi\u00adficant\u00a0demand for merchandise, resulting in\u00a0very strong\u00a0revenues of $9.1 million, the highest sales in over a decade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Football Operations\u202f\u202f\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following a 12-6,\u00a0\u00adfirst-place\u00a0fi\u00adnish, the Roughriders captured the ultimate prize, winning the Grey Cup Championship. Quarterback Trevor Harris was named Grey Cup MVP, while receiver Samuel Emilus earned Most Valuable Canadian\u00a0honours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Club had a league-leading nine All-CFL selections, including offensive linemen Jermarcus Hardrick, Logan Ferland and Jacob Brammer; linebackers Jameer Thurman and C.J. Reavis; receiver KeeSean Johnson; defensive tackle Micah Johnson; cornerback Tevaughn Campbell; and halfback Rolan Milligan Jr.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Head Coach Corey Mace was named Coach of the Year, Hardrick was recognized as the league\u2019s Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman, and Jeremy O\u2019Day and the Football Operations department received the inaugural Ted Goveia Award.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Community Outreach\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to\u00a0share the Grey Cup Championship with as many members of Rider Nation as possible, the Club embarked on an ambitious Grey Cup Community Tour\u00a0spanning two months and 38 Saskatchewan communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Logan Ferland received the Roughriders\u2019 fourth consecutive Jake\u00a0Gaudaur\u00a0Veterans Award, presented to a Canadian CFL player who\u00a0exemplifi\u00ades\u00a0strength, perseverance, courage, comradeship, and dedication to Canadian communities. He follows Jorgen Hus (2024), Brayden Lenius (2023), and Dan Clark (2022). In total, the Roughriders have received the award six times since its\u00a0inception\u00a0in 2010.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rider Nation\u2019s\u00a0strong support\u00a0of the Saskatchewan Roughrider Foundation 50\/50 raised a record-breaking $3.3 million, with proceeds supporting amateur football across the province.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Board of Directors\u202f\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Charlene Gavel\u00a0was elected as the new member of the Board of Directors. She joins the following Board members who are\u00a0in the midst of\u00a0their terms:\u00a0Douglas Hodson, Regan Exner, Andrew MacCorquodale, Mackenzie Kilshaw, Edmund Bellegarde, Greg Yuel, Blair Ross, Susan Flett, Darren\u00a0Anaka\u00a0and Tina Svedahl.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rhonda Ekstrom has completed her term on the Board of Directors. The Club thanks her for her dedication to the Saskatchewan Roughriders and appreciates the valuable guidance she provided during her time with the organization.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Saskatchewan Roughriders held their 2025-26\u202fAnnual General Meeting\u202fin the\u00a0SportsCage\u00a0Lounge (formerly Harvard Broadcasting\u2019s Studio 620 Lounge) at Mosaic Stadium\u202fon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-758530","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\/758530","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=758530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}