The Canadian Football League Players' Association ( CFLPA ) represents Canadian football players in the Canadian Football League (CFL). The association was established in 1965, when local lawyer John Agro became concerned by the number of Hamilton Tiger-Cats players approaching him with legal questions about contracts, medical coverage and pensions.
3-587: All CFLPA presidents have been active or retired CFL players. The first president was Gary Schreider , who had recently retired as a player for the Ottawa Rough Riders upon the union's founding. The current president (since 2020) is Solomon Elimimian. In June 2010, the CFLPA and the CFL announced the details of a new four-year collective bargaining agreement . The CFL's annual John Agro Special Teams Award , voted on by
6-427: The players, is named for CFLPA co-founder and long-time legal counsel John Agro, QC . https://cflpa.com/ This Canadian football -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a North American labor union or trade union is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Gary Schreider Gary Edward Schreider (April 21, 1934 – January 22, 2011)
9-690: Was a Canadian football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats , Ottawa Rough Riders and BC Lions . He won the Grey Cup with Ottawa in 1960. He played university football at Queen's University , where he was part of the Golden Gaels ' 1955 Yates Cup championship. During the 1965 off-season , Schreider became a founding member, and first president, of the Canadian Football League Players' Association . He did not return to
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