“Are our coaches very well-compensated? Absolutely. “Everybody has this vision that I’m making more than the commissioner and we have four million coaches and they are all making (a lot),” Jones said. Jones said that the Riders operate within a budget. That perception may be fuelled by the success of the team, its ability to play before near-capacity crowds at Mosaic Stadium and the amount of merchandise it sells. Jones addressed a perception that the Riders have unlimited funds when it comes to dealing with football operations. Whether that it’s the exact way to do it, who knows? We will have to support it and see.” It was made with the right thoughts in mind. This is how I’ve earned my living for 16 or 17 years and I hope that we can continue to do that five years from now or 10 years from now. “I haven’t been able to say whether it’s right, wrong, indifferent or whatever, but I know I work for the CFL first and then Saskatchewan second. Try refreshing your browser, or tap here to see other videos from our team. I feel like our commissioner is doing what he can do to try to make those things happen. “In this day and age, expenditures are a little bit higher than probably what they should be with the money coming in,” Jones said. Players have been under a salary management system since 2006 and head into the 2018 season with a cap of $5.2 million.ĬFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie told TSN that the salary cap on football operations is a method of dealing with the escalating costs of non-football-related expenses. It’s the first time that the CFL has instituted a separate cap on football operations. The CFL is also limited the number of coaches on each team to 11 and the football-operations staff to 17.
“You should know me better than that.”Īccording to a report by TSN’s Dave Naylor, the CFL has capped non-football-related expenses at $2.738 million. “You think I would hang everyone out to dry and not take a pay cut?” Jones said. Jones, who is reportedly earning $500,000 a season in his multiple roles, also faces a pay cut. According to who you lose, that’s how much the percentage a pay cut everyone will have to take. “It’s going to reduce the amount of money that everybody makes by a certain per cent.