Wasn’t making a real point, dingdong, just having fun. The only pro hockey player I can name is Sidney Crosby … because people have posted about him here.

Yes, Project Runway. I am a girl, you know

2013?

The Raiders are making moves at this time to get rid of dead weight. Players earning more than what they give on the field.

If a team really wants to keep a player or go sign a player they can, so called salary cap or not. The teams use this MYTH as an excuse to dump players or to be cheap and not want to spend any money.

Salary Cap?, give me a break.

Based on reading some of the posts this salary cap thing may be a little too complicated for the average reader.
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True, only you should continually pontificate with deb on the salary cap. do us all a favor bro.

The only money that doesn’t count against the cap while the Top 51 Rule is in effect is the base salaries of the players outside the top 51 — and even parts of those might count against the cap in some cases.

Sean Avery is now a minor league hockey player so how does that factor in? Your theory is totally debunked. Project Runway Deb?

This all sounds good but what about the cost of season tickets, license fee and the other expenses that the fans gladly pay each year. Which I have been doing since 1967 (my own doing) and see the wowners and player just shrugging there shoulders at year end and move one. May be it is because I live in Philly and I am just fed up. (by the way the above comment I did not write – I don’t know who did. )

Those no-talent teams were good enough to outlast 30 other teams in those years. Hate to think what that says about everyone else in the NFL. Do the words “poor loser” have any meaning for you, hon?

@franknunley57 …

If he leaves football for another sport, he’s retired. Unless Zbikowski leaves the Ravens to take up full-time boxing or Ochocinco joins the rodeo, I’m not aware of any NFL players planning a move like that. But hockey player Sean Avery was the guest judge on Project Runway last week. Not sure how it works if one of the guys goes into fashion.

What if said football player switches to a non-salary cap sport…ie: Bo Jackson,Deion Sanders,Drew Henson & Brian Jordan?

Thanks!!

@yevrag3535 …

It doesn’t matter what the players care about. The issue is whether teams can manage their payroll within the parameters set by the CBA. When a Dan Snyder overspends for a superstar player on the downside of his career, it leaves him less to spend on draft picks to build his team from the ground up. That ability to wisely manage financial and human assets is the reason winning teams continue to win and losing teams continue to lose. In the NFL, understanding how to properly allocate these funds is as important as understanding Xs and Os.

I don’t understand why Steeler fans have been celebrating the restructuring of contracts. It’s not like the players are giving back money, they’re just converting this years cap number in to a signing bonus. That signing bonus is going to be charged to the cap over the course of the rest of the contract.

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The reason Steeler fans are excited is Omar Kahn, the Steelers salary cap wizard, has been restructuring contracts for them for last 10 years. He’s the best in the business. They never push money down the road without confidence that future cap increases can tolerate it.

There’s a trophy case full of Lombardi’s that prove they know what their doing.

Lucky Martin Mayhew has got a law degree….because he will have to work some magic to make the Lion’s roster better for next season with our current cap situation.
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Which I’d agree with, were Tom Lewand not the cap guy in Detroit.