What options were available
The league had several options among them:
Amazon,DAZN, and Mediapro.
Mediapro is a full-stack media company
with global reach internationally.
[https://mediaprocanada.tv/en/index]
It’s the company that is responsible for producing the Tiger-Cats in stadium
presentation.They also produce the yearly exhibition game that Hamilton
presents on their website.
This is what shamed TSN into producing 4-5 preseason games a year when they previously did none.
They own their own trucks/studiospace/broadcast infrastructure as opposed to TSN which contracts out via Dome Productions(remember The Raiders logo mishap last season)
They also have a relationship with the CPL and CEBL(Mike Morreale is attached to that league).They already subcontract game content out to the CBC.
If the league was serious about succeeding with CFL 2.0.it could have used Mediapro’s reach to sell the league abroad.Instead you have Randy Ambrosie
acting as a media broker on behalf of TSN pushing German American Rules
Football.
Dave Dahammer stated in a post above a desire to see the CFL run their own
network.
Mediapro does that already for the CPL.
It runs OneSoccer[OneSoccer | Home]
1 Like
Good to know.
But it’s up to the owners to embrace the new sources of revenue.
Good read here
The founder of 3DownNation , Drew Edwards, did some cocktail napkin math in 2018 when the CFL salary cap was $5.2 million; multiply that by nine teams and the total is $46.8 million. That works out to 22.3 percent of the reported $210 million in CFL revenues going to player salaries.
“Your No. 1 expense is pre-paid by the broadcast deal, which is the player expense, the players’ salary. That’s pre-paid before we even step on the football field, and yet you tell me that we can’t be successful on the business side,” Elimimian said.
In pro sports, player compensation is often tied to league revenue. While formulas for what is and isn’t included can be convoluted, NHL players receive approximately 50 per cent of revenues, NBA players get between 49 and 51 per cent, and NFL players see between 46.5 and 48 per cent. The MLB is also around 50 per cent.
“If we start at that same percentages or if that’s something with a new model that we work to, those are things that we can continue to discuss. When we look right now where the expenses go to they’re not going to the players,” Ramsay said.
“The players salaries as a percentage against annual revenue are not comparable right now and we do believe investing in the product — which is the players — that would solve a lot of issues as we continue to market the game and promote the game around the country and around the world.”
Ramsay feels the answer is simple: the CFL and its players should split the revenue in a way that’s similar to other league across the globe. It’s a proven model that works and the players deserve to share in the revenue that’s comparable to other industry standards.
“It starts with changes in the financial stability and ensuring that we’re on a footing to be successful moving forward,” Ramsay said. “It’s important that the survival of the league and the growth of the league takes the forefront to any individual. That will give us that opportunity to be successful as a league.”
Did Mr. Edward's cocktail napkin show that a 50% revenue share with the players equates to a salary cap over 11 million dollars per team?
All of the sudden the broadcast contract comes nowhere near to covering that expenses.
Though I agree some form of revenue sharing between teams needs to be done, it won't come anywhere close to fixing that model. Especially one where they're still not allowed the top revenue generator.
Funny that Mr. Ramsay admits that the players are the number 1 expense to the league. Suggesting a model where that expenses is doubled will lead to financial stability?
Maybe the PA should buy some equity in teams and see how their ideas work in reality.
No wonder why the league and the PA have had such a bad relationship.
1 Like
This is what the cocktail napkin math was based on
It is also a pretty good read
The business model won't change overnight some of that overall double will come from expansion should that happen. Divide the pie by 10 instead of 9.
Some of that will come from revenues 2.0 can generate. Again that's a long process and players are already getting 20% of new revenue from broadcast agreements. I'm certain those percentages can be negotiated upwards as revenues grow.
With expansion and 2.0 on the back burner for now the league's existing biggest revenue generator a no go until the Covid crisis is done, why does the PA feel the need to bring up a 50% share now?
2 Likes
Start high and then come down .
With Mr Braley now not involved, things could be different in these negotiations.
Last negotiations the PA asked for 35%
“The CFLPA asked for 35 per cent of league revenues in the last set of negotiations and fell well short of that.”
1 Like
In a non Covid world, I would agree.
I think the stage is being set for a temporary negotiation for 2021 which will likely bringing the cap down.
With the league and teams cutting expenses, sadly no one is getting a raise this year 
1 Like
Another blow to the CFLPA
A blow to any worker in Canada for that matter
First of all, as of October the government coverage dropped to 65% and could go as low as 40% later into the new year
So that would mean the league would actually be covering 35% towards the end of the contracts.
Curious what is an example of a player that changed franchise. I don't recall any trades happening. Anyone who opted out and opted back in would be with the same one.
With Grey Cup week upon us, wouldn't player salaries be over and done with anyways?