CFL football operations cap will be reduced for 2021 season

The CFL football operations cap will be reduced from $2.588 million to $2 million for the 2021 season, according to TSN CFL Insider Dave Naylor.

Hearing from someone in the @CFL coaching community that football operations cap will be reduced from $2.588 million to $2 million for the 2021 season. News was delivered to coaches across the league today. #CFL

— David William Naylor (@TSNDaveNaylor) June 16, 2020

Source tells me that as part the @CFL football operations cap reduction from $2.588 million to $2 million for 2021, coaching staffs will be reduced from 11 to 9. #CFL

— David William Naylor (@TSNDaveNaylor) June 16, 2020

Naylor reports that coaches around the CFL were informed of the upcoming reduction today. Additionally, as part of next season's cap reduction, team coaching staffs will be reduced from 11 personnel down to nine.

Naylor's report comes as the CFL continues to attempt to savage the 2020 season that has yet to commence because of the effects of the global coronavirus pandemic.

Last week, CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie told TSN that he's still hopeful that the league will be able play some amount of games this year. His comments, however, did not sit well with the league's players' union, which claims to be frustrated with the level of communication it has had, or lack thereof, with the CFL about potentially playing games in 2020.