The Saskatchewan Roughriders are the CFL’s marquee franchise when it comes to business, but even they are feeling huge impacts due to the coronavirus. “We’re not unlike many, many businesses in Canada and certainly in Saskatchewan, where the harsh reality is we have no income, no revenue coming in right now,” said Roughriders president and CEO Craig Reynolds. “So just like any business would have to when you effectively have no revenue coming in, you’ve got to make some adjustments to your cost structure.” The Riders have already started to do that.
Due to the Grey Cup in Regina being postponed until 2022, the club is laying off six full-time members of the Grey Cup committee.