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One thing that’s extremely unlikely to be on the table when the CFL and its players’ association again meet face to face is a salary cap on individual players. And by individual players, we specifically mean quarterbacks.

Some of the league’s non-quarterbacks, with an eye on the salary disparity, think it’s an idea the players’ association should at least consider.

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Star quarterbacks Mike Reilly (who left Edmonton to sign with B.C.) and Bo-Levi Mitchell (who decided to re-sign with Calgary) are each in the $700,000 annual payday range. Nobody, outside of other quarterbacks, makes anywhere near half that.

“I understand you have to put a lot of money into the quarterbacks, they’re franchise players,” said Ottawa Redblacks defensive back Antoine Pruneau in a conversation before the CFL and CFLPA got together in a room earlier this week. “It doesn’t make sense that one guy can make $750,000 and some other guys can barely afford to live on their salaries. I would try to cap the maximum. What happens is every time you increase the cap, the quarterbacks are taking most of it.It’s definitely an issue right now that one guy could take up (a seventh) of the cap. To me, that’s nonsense.”