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.