A number of high profile CFL players have said they won’t be showing up at training camp without a new CBA in place, including quarterbacks Bo Levi Mitchell and Mike Reilly.
But they are hardly alone.
Here’s an admittedly incomplete list of players who have explicitly said they won’t be at camp without a new deal (a number of other players have dropped hints but haven’t said so definitively.) We’ll update it as more names become available.
Bo Levi Mitchell, QB, Calgary Stampeders
Nick Arbuckle, QB, Calgary Stampeders
Don Jackson, RB, Calgary Stampeders
Derek Dennis, OL, Calgary Stampeders
Rob Maver, P, Calgary Stampeders
https://twitter.com/rmaver6/status/1118658560936726528
Courtney Stephen, S, Calgary Stampeders
Ted Laurent, DL, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Shawn Lemon, DE, Toronto Argonauts
James Wilder Jr., RB, Toronto Argonauts
Mike Reilly, QB, B.C. Lions
Andrew Harris, RB, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Vernon Adams, QB, Montreal Alouettes
https://twitter.com/bigplay_va/status/1118608368027914240
Odell Willis, DE, B.C. Lions
Tony Washington, OT, Montreal Alouettes
Brendan Gillanders, RB, Ottawa Redblacks
Anthony Orange, DB, B.C. Lions