In many cases now, the arrangements that are made to have the players come in are temporary arrangements that don't permit their spouses, for example, to work in Canada and often don't permit them to work outside of their employment playing football or hockey or whatever they play.
Bien souvent, les arrangements qui permettent aux joueurs de venir au Canada sont des arrangements temporaires qui ne permettent pas à leurs conjoints, par exemple, de travailler au Canada et qui, souvent, ne les autorisent pas à travailler pour un employeur autre que l'équipe de football ou de hockey qui les emploie.