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From: mcdonald@sask.UUCP (Shane McDonald)
Newsgroups: net.sport.football
Subject: Re: Re: USFL + CFL or The Art of Survival (long)
Message-ID: <271@sask.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 26-Aug-85 19:04:40 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 26 19:04:40 1985
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> I think the USFL has to take a good hard look at itself. It obviously can't
> afford the salaries it tried to pay it's players. The NFL is trying to hold
> the line this year for various reasons and I believe the CFL is and has done
> the same thing.

A player named Vince Goldsmith was just let go by one of the teams
in the CFL - sorry, I can't remember who he played for.  I think
it was three years ago, he won the rookie of the year award while
playing for Saskatchewan.  He's still been playing pretty awesome.
The paper said the reason he was let go was because he had reached
the top salary level that his team was willing to pay an import - $78,000.
They figured it was better to get a rookie to play his position at
a much lower salary.  I guess this is one way of holding the line
on salaries.
-- 
Shane McDonald
(ihnp4!sask!mcdonald)