Well, let’s talk about how much them football fellas get paid, you know, the ones playin’ that Canadian football. Folks call it CFL, eh?
Average CFL Player Salary, that’s what they call it, sounds fancy, huh? But it just means how much money them boys make on average. Don’t go thinkin’ everyone gets the same, mind you. Some get more, some get less, that’s just how it is, like in life, ain’t it?
Now, from what I hear, and mind you, I ain’t no expert, just listenin’ to the radio and hearin’ folks talk, it seems like these players, on average, they make somethin’ like seventy-some thousand dollars a year. Yeah, $73,200 they say. That’s Canadian dollars, mind you, not them American ones, they’re different. Seventy-three thousand, two hundred. That’s a lot of money to someone like me, but for them fancy city folks, maybe it ain’t so much, who knows?
But listen here, that’s just an average. You got your star players, them quarterbacks and such, they make a whole lot more. Heard tell of one fella, Zach Collaros, plays for Winnipeg Blue Bombers, they say he’s makin’ six hundred thousand dollars! Can you imagine? Six hundred thousand! That’s enough to buy a whole farm, maybe two! He must be throwin’ that ball real good, I tell ya.
- Average Salary: Around $73,200 CAD or a bit over $100,000 CAD, depending on who you ask.
- Top Players: Can make way more, like $600,000 CAD!
- Regular Players: Probably make less than the average, that’s just common sense.
But it ain’t all sunshine and roses for these boys, no sir. Their careers ain’t long, you know. They get banged up, knees go bad, shoulders too. Then what? Gotta find somethin’ else to do. And that money, well, it might seem like a lot now, but it gotta last them a good long while.
And get this, they ain’t makin’ as much as them NFL fellas down in the States. Nope. Them NFL boys, they get paid the big bucks, millions sometimes. Our Canadian boys, well, they do alright, but it ain’t the same, not by a long shot. But hey, they’re playin’ our game, Canadian football, and that’s somethin’ to be proud of, right?
Now, what about them refs, the fellas in stripes that run around blowin’ whistles? They get paid too, of course. Heard they make somewhere between forty thousand and ninety thousand dollars a season. That’s a big difference, ain’t it? Guess it depends on how many games they work and how long they been doin’ it. Experience counts, I reckon, even in ref-ing.
CFL Salary vs NFL Salary, that’s another thing folks talk about. It seems like NFL get much more money, lots and lots more. Our boys up here, they get a fair shake, but it ain’t like them millions down south.
And it ain’t just the players getting paid. The teams also put some money in, something like four thousand dollars, into some kind of fund, along with the player. Sounds complicated to me, but I guess it’s for later, like retirement or somethin’. They gotta think about the future, these young fellas, it comes faster than you think.
So, there you have it, a little bit about how much them CFL players make. It ain’t a get-rich-quick scheme, but it’s a decent livin’ for a while, long as they can stay healthy and keep playin’ good. And let’s be honest, they’re playin’ a game they love, and that’s worth somethin’ too, ain’t it?
Remember, these numbers ain’t set in stone, they change from year to year. This year, 2024, they say the average is around seventy-some thousand, but maybe next year it’ll be more, maybe less. Who knows? Only time will tell.
And that’s all I know about it. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go check on my chickens.
