CFL players' salaries
TORONTO Professional athletes may evoke images of lavish lifestyles and massive contracts, but when it comes to the CFL, players really might be playing more wholesale jerseys for the love of the game.
That's because an average player's salary in the CFL lags way behind those in other professional sports.
Take the CFL's American counterpart, the NFL. What did one of the wholesale jerseys china top quarterbacks make in the CFL?
According to a Winnipeg Free Press report from January 2012, Toronto Argos quarterback Ricky Ray got $400,000 CAD.
Don't quit your day job
Story continues belowSince the CFL season is only six months long, many players have additional jobs in the off season. One former Saskatchewan Roughrider that Global News spoke to (who did not want to be identified) said that with the exception of the quarterback, all of his teammates had part time jobs in addition to playing in the CFL when he was part of the roster.
In addition to picking up post game shifts at the bar, here are some other ways many of his teammates spent their time when off the field:According to the Winnipeg Free Press report, the top salaries in the CFL went to the quarterbacks.