2010 CFL season The 2010 CFL season is the 57th season of modern Canadian professional football . Officially , it is the 53rd season of the league . Edmonton is scheduled to host the 98th Grey Cup on November 28 . The league announced on its Twitter page on January 29 , 2010 that the season would start on July 1 , 2010 . CFL news in 2010 . CFL retro . As the league approaches the 100th Grey Cup , the CFL will celebrate the seventies with all eight teams wearing retro - themed uniforms from that era during Weeks 6 and 7 . Since Saskatchewan ' s alternate jersey is a version of the 1970s home jersey , they were the only team to wear both home and away retro jerseys during these games . Additionally , to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Saskatchewan Roughriders , the players donned red and black centennial jerseys that the team wore from 1912 to 1947 on July 17 when they played Edmonton at Mosaic Stadium in Regina . Debut of the Moncton Series . The CFL will begin a series of annual games in Moncton , New Brunswick during the 2010 season . The first game , marketed under the " Touchdown Atlantic " banner took place on September 26 , as the Edmonton Eskimos defeated the Toronto Argonauts , 24 - 6 , in front of a sold out crowd of 20 , 725 at the new Moncton Stadium . Tickets for the game sold out within 32 hours of going on sale . The success of Touchdown Atlantic 2010 has moved Moncton towards a position of candidate for CFL expansion . Labour agreement . The collective bargaining agreement between the CFL and the CFL Players ' Association expires on June 5 , 2010 . Negotiations between the two parties have been stalled since October 2009 ; a meeting is scheduled on April 26 , 2010 in Toronto . Stu Laird , president of the CFLPA , has sent e - mails to all players . According to Canwest News Service , the e - mails advise the players to remain unified and " It continues to be the opinion of the executive committee that a CFL management lockout of the players is a very real possibility . " On June 29 , 2010 , two days before the start of the regular season , it was announced that the CFL and CFLPA had agreed to a new 4 - year CBA , set to expire before the 2014 CFL season . While many changes were made , the most prominent were those made to the salaries and the introduction of a drug policy . The 2010 team salary cap is set at $ 4 , 250 , 000 with a team salary floor of $ 3 , 900 , 000 and a minimum player salary of $ 42 , 000 . The salary cap is set to increase $ 50 , 000 per season , reaching $ 4 , 400 , 000 by 2013 , with the floor being $ 4 , 000 , 000 by that time . The minimum player salary is set to increase by $ 1000 per season until 2013 where it would be $ 45 , 000 . Rule changes . Like in the 2009 CFL season , another fan contest on what rule changes the fans wanted to see was done , this time the fans were asked by Commissioner Mark Cohon to focus on what changes could be made to the overtime format to improve it . While a complete overhaul of the format such as going to a " mini game " of playing two 5 minute no quarter halves or eliminating over time in the regular season , fans endorsed the current overtime format with one significant change . The four rules changes for the season approved by the rules committee , including a change to overtime the fans call on in the contest , are as follows : Changes to overtime Changes in regulation Broadcasting . TSN remains the exclusive broadcaster for all CFL games in Canada . In the United States , the CFL ended its longstanding agreement with America One and signed a more limited deal with NFL Network , which will air 14 games for the season ( as opposed to the roughly 70 games per year carried by America One ) . As with America One , NFL Network will simulcast the TSN broadcast . RDS remains the exclusive French broadcaster of the CFL showing all 18 Montreal Alouettes regular season games and all of the CFL Playoffs . Regular season . " Note : GP = Games Played , W = Wins , L = Losses , T = Ties , PF = Points For , PA = Points Against , Pts = Points " " Teams in bold are currently in playoff positions . X - clinched playoff berthY - clinched first place Award winners . CFL Player of the Week . " Source " CFL Player of the Month . " Source " CFL playoffs . The Montreal Alouettes became the first team to repeat as Grey Cup Champions in 13 years , defeating the Saskatchewan Roughriders , 21 – 18 at Edmonton ' s Commonwealth Stadium . Alouettes ' wide receiver Jamel Richardson was named the Grey Cup Most Valuable Player , and Roughriders ' defensive tackle , Keith Shologan was named the Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian . 2010 CFLPA Pro Player All - Stars . " Source "