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Core Program Components Summary
- Maximum Salary Expenditure Cap (SEC) of $5.0M established for 2014.
- Effective Enforcement Measures including:
- Full disclosure of player compensation.
- Certification process.
- Hired compliance officers with full access to team records.
- Salary Transparency with central repository of player salary information.
- Significant non-discretionary Penalties for Exceeding SEC based on a progressive monetary and non-monetary (forfeited draft picks) penalties.
- Monetary Penalties:
- $1 for each dollar a Club exceeds SEC up to $100,000
- $2 for each dollar a Club exceeds SEC between $100,000 and $300,000
- $3 for each dollar a Club exceeds SEC over $300,000
- Non-Monetary Penalties:
- Forfeiture of next available first round draft pick for Clubs that exceed SEC over $100,000
- Forfeiture of next available first and second round draft picks for Clubs that exceed SEC over $300,000
- Limit on Players Under Contract to 85 players in off-season (Grey Cup to April 30th), after that point it goes back to 75 players (and non counters.
- Active Roster Limit (ARL) of 44 players and a 2 man Reserve Roster.
- Filing of Rosters Teams have to submit their 46-man roster by 4pm ET the day before the game and can set their 44-man roster 1 hour prior to kickickoff.
- Practice Roster: Each club may have a practice roster consisting of a maximum of seven 7 players in accordance with the following terms and conditions:
- At least 1 place on the practice roster shall be filled by a national player (other than a national player who was a candidate in the current year CFL Canadian Draft, who is not the property of another CFL club);
- If 7 places are used by a member club on it’s practice roster, at least 1 place on the practice roster shall also be filled by a national player who was a candidate in the current year CFL Canadian Draft, who is not the property of another CFL club.;
- Expands practice rosters from seven to ten players per team and, come the Fall, from 12 to 15 players.
