CFL, CFLPA reach tentative agreement on new CBA

The Canadian Football League and its players' association have agreed to terms outlining a new collective bargaining agreement, the league announced late Saturday night.

"The CFL and the CFLPA have agreed to a memorandum of agreement which contains the terms of a new collective agreement," the league wrote in a statement. "This agreement is subject to ratification by the players and the league's board of governors."

It was not immediately clear when ratification votes will take place.

This tentative agreement was reached mere hours before the scheduled opening of training camps across the league on Sunday. It comes after the sides had to reopen talks after hitting a snag in contract language, according to multiple reports. Some players even tweeted that they were on strike shortly before word of the tentative agreement leaked late Saturday.

The CFL and its players ironed out the misunderstanding and agreed to the original language around 11 p.m. ET on Saturday, according to TSN's Farhan Lalji.

"The language in the MOA is now agreed upon and is exactly what we communicated to you earlier," the CFLPA wrote in an email to its players obtained by Sportsnet's Arash Madani. "We are now prepared to sign and move forward with our unanimous endorsement for the tentative collective agreement."

Week 1 of the 2019 CFL season is scheduled to kick off June 13 when the Saskatchewan Roughriders visit the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.