According to the new collective bargaining agreement, the 2027 salary cap is scheduled to be at least $6,380,514, due to the revenue sharing increase from 2026.[4][5][6][7] Including non-football related services of $110,000, the total salary expenditure cap will be at or above $6,490,514.[4] This will be the fourth season that players will receive revenue sharing, which will be set at 28% this season.[5] The minimum player salary will be set at $75,000, which increases from the $70,000 minimum used from 2023 to 2026.[5][6]
On September 22, 2025, league commissioner Stewart Johnston announced that a series of significant rule changes would come into effect for the this season.[8]
- Endline goalposts: The goal posts will move from the goal line to the end line.
- 15-yard end zones: To accommodate for the goal post changes, the endzones will be reduced from 20 yards deep to 15 yards. This will also ensure uniformity across the league as the Toronto Argonauts and Montreal Alouettes had short end zones due to field limitations.
- 100-yard field: The field length will be reduced from 110 yards to 100 yards.
On April 28, 2026, the CFL announced that the 2027 season schedule would begin on Victoria Day weekend, which would be two weeks earlier than the previous earliest start in league history (June 4, 2026, in the 2026 CFL season).[2] This also results in many offseason activities moving up two weeks earlier, including the CFL Combine, 2027 CFL draft, and training camp.[2] The regular season would end on Thanksgiving weekend, potentially jeopardizing the Thanksgiving Day Classic which would host the final games of the season, if it continues to be played.[2]
The league also announced that the post-season would feature substantial changes with nine games being played over four weeks as opposed to the previous format of five games being played over three weeks.[2] In the first round of games, the teams finishing first and second in each division will play each other with the winners advancing to the third round, the Grey Cup Semi-Finals (No longer called division championships), and the losers advancing to the round two elimination games.[2] Also in the first round, the fifth placed team will play the eighth place team and the sixth place team will play the seventh place team with the winners advancing to the round two elimination games.[2] In the second round, the winners of the elimination games will advance to the third round in the Grey Cup Semi-Finals.[2] The results in eight of nine teams playing in the post-season while both Grey Cup participants will need at least two wins to qualify for the championship game.[2][9]
