Being a pending free agent in the CFL can put players through various emotions as the contract process plays out.
Uncertainty can creep into a players’ mind until pen is put to paper. Kian Schaffer-Baker did not want his thoughts to drift off into what might happen if he did not re-sign with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
“It’s a tough process, but you have to learn to keep faith and control the things that you can control. You can sit down there and worry about all the different outcomes, but that doesn’t define who you are,” Schaffer-Baker said.
“The main thing was keeping my head focused, working, every single day getting one…