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Some factors will matter more than others when Canadian Football League free agency kicks off Feb. 9.

To begin with, the relatively depressed currency-exchange value of the loonie shouldn’t affect whether any particular player moves from one team to another. A dollar is a dollar is a dollar inside Canada’s borders and whether it has more or less value relative to the U.S. greenback won’t change the salary cap of $5.1 million per team.

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However, CFLers originally from the United States might start wondering if it’s worth playing at all. Someone receiving the $52,000 league minimum has lost more than $5,000 U.S. in gross pay since last year because of the loonie’s plunge from 80 cents U.S. to slightly above 71 cents as of Tuesday. It’s the same percentage as the athlete whose $130,000 is now worth $115,375, but it surely seems more painful.

Then there’s the salary cap itself and the increased number of free agents, about double what the CFL has had in recent years because option years were dropped from standard player contracts during collective bargaining in 2014.