The Canadian Football League is playing a dirty game with its players and a risky one with fans. That tactic was apparently not eliciting the expected results at the bargaining table, so last week the CFL called off all negotiating sessions until April 29, telling the CFL Players Association there were other league priorities. The CFL is effectively starving all players in an effort to pressure us into signing some bs cba,” Edmonton defensive back Anthony Orange tweeted. Instead, the CFL has applied undue time and financial pressure, the CFLPA has promised to withhold services, and the two sides are staggering together but apart toward a labour disruption that neither side can afford. Team owners want to control expenses, and at this point in the game of labour negotiations, players are expenses.

Source: National Post April 18, 2019 16:41 UTC