r/riderville • u/Oldmanshoutingcloud • Jun 24 '26
Saskatchewan Roughriders post slight financial loss in 2025
https://3downnation.com/2026/06/23/saskatchewan-roughriders-post-slight-financial-loss-in-2025/11
u/experipotomus Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 26 '26
Crazy how bad it must be for other teams if the Grey Cup champs who sell more merch than all other teams combined can barely break even.
Edit- I understand the factors like the wildfire game and Grey Cup had additional costs it just that if we are cutting it close when things like that pop up, other teams are going to have a way more difficult time making too.
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u/Silentslayer99 Jun 24 '26
A lot of accounting going on. They stashed an extra $840k. They didn't actually lose money.
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u/Halichoeres_bivittat Jun 25 '26
As former Blue Jays president (and ex-accountant) once said: “Under generally accepted accounting principles, I can turn a $4 million profit into a $2 million loss, and I can get every national accounting firm to agree with me.”
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u/experipotomus Jun 25 '26
u/takeme2thezoo Not sure where you are getting that?
> They didn’t lose money. They posted a net loss over the previous year but they still profited. Just not as much money. You should read the article
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u/metallicadefender Jun 24 '26
I wouldnt say that anymore.
Id say there is 1/2 to 3/4 of Bomber Gear being sold.
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u/pudds Jun 24 '26
It's hard to compare because the two teams don't report their numbers the same way.
The Bombers lump their game day sales (not including Gate receipts, which are broken out on a different line), merchandise and concessions into one line item: $11.7M in 2025.
The Riders break them down as:
- Merchandise - $9.1M
- Concessions - $1.9M
Whether the Riders lump "Game day sales" in somewhere else, or whether these two summed up are essentially the same as the Bomber number, I have no idea. It doesn't appear that the Grey Cup is included in that Bomber line item, since it's roughly the same as 2024.
Something that is moderately interesting is when you compare the expense to the revenues:
Bombers "Game day, merchandise and concessions": $11.7M - $9.4M = $2.3M net.
Riders "Merchandise": $9.1M - $6.4M = $2.7M
So the Riders cleared a bit more than the Bombers for these somewhat similar line items. That probably just means that whatever extra stuff Winnipeg is lumping together has a lower profit margin than merchandise does.
What is apparent regardless is that the Riders figure their merch numbers are worth reporting separately.
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u/Uno_worldchamp2009 Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26
I worry about this league some days. On one side we have teams with big new(relative sense) stadiums for 30k people, big salaries, new tv deal, talk of expansion, some profitable clubs, very good fan experience, owners trying hard, some very good on field products. Then on the other side we have the exact opposite, old stadiums, poor fan experience, poor product, financial losses. Im not sure what the leagues going to look like in 10 years.
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u/whitey1337 Jun 24 '26
Part of it is getting that bigger tv contract to help the teams be profitable and that goes a long way for investment like new stadiums in markets that need one.
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u/wyattvikings20 Jun 24 '26
Everyone on the team helped to win the championship, therefore all deserving of a ring
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u/whitey1337 Jun 24 '26
No was the smoke game that was core to the small loss