2018 CFL season

[2] Given the change, the regular season began on June 14, 2018, one week earlier than usual, and concluded on November 3, 2018.

[3] According to the new collective bargaining agreement, the 2018 salary cap will be set at $5,200,000 (average of $113,043 per active roster spot).

[8] Similar to last year's installment, over 50 current players attended for fan engagement and media photo shoots.

The 2018 Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees (Scott Flory, Barron Miles, Tommy Hugo, Hank Ilesic, Brent Johnson, Frank Cosentino, and Paul Brule) were announced during a gala and the CFL Rules and Competition Committee meetings were held.

[13] There are also 11 double headers this year, with one on a Thursday, three on Fridays, five on Saturdays, and two on Mondays (the traditional Labour Day and Thanksgiving contests).

In late January 2018 CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie announced that teams would be required to make public the names of 10 of the 45 players on their negotiation lists twice per year: once in February and once in December.

[23] The change came about as a result of injuries to Zach Collaros and Brandon Bridge who both received violent hits to the head.

As was the case in 2017, the proposed changes once again focused on improving game flow and increasing player safety.

In the United States, games not carried on ESPN's linear networks will now be placed behind a hard paywall for all viewers as ESPN+ takes over streaming those games; they had previously been carried on ESPN3, the cost of which had been bundled into the price set by the Internet service provider.

The CFL has admitted courting a return to NFL Network, which carried the league's games in 2010 and 2011; such a move would require the league to move its schedule a month earlier than it starts now, potentially overlapping with the Stanley Cup Finals.

[29] The league continued to make games available to fans outside of major broadcast areas via its CFL International Service.

Home  • Away  • Win  • Loss  • Tie The Grey Cup was played at The Brick Field at Commonwealth Stadium on November 25, 2018.