Comments on: Salary cap could be a bit higher than expected

By: calrick26

calrick26 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:08:53 +0000

mavajo says:
Feb 8, 2013 7:17 AM
Based on that estimate, it’s currently expected that the 32 teams will have $306 million in cap space.

I’m sure I’m missing something here, but (32 teams) x ($121.5 million per team) = $3.888 billion.

I don’t know where that $306 million number is coming from…

Its whats left after all the salaries of guys under contract are paid

By: Beezo-Doo-doo-Zippity-Bop-bop-bop

Beezo-Doo-doo-Zippity-Bop-bop-bop — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:24:56 +0000

Anyone who doesn’t understand the importance of the cap can’t really love NFL football. Without it you would have the clown owners of teams like the Boys and the Skins trying to buy the SB every year. Leave that crap to MLB.

By: thewizardofbs

thewizardofbs — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:02:33 +0000

We need a salary cap for college players, payments are way out of hand.

By: tsi431

tsi431 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:21:02 +0000

Kaepernick, Wilson, Dalton…these guys are licking their chomps at whatever Flacco ends up getting paid

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They are all locked in on rookie deals. They won’t be getting a new deal anytime soon.

By: mavajo

mavajo — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:17:19 +0000

Based on that estimate, it’s currently expected that the 32 teams will have $306 million in cap space.

I’m sure I’m missing something here, but (32 teams) x ($121.5 million per team) = $3.888 billion.

I don’t know where that $306 million number is coming from…

By: dirtysouthniner

dirtysouthniner — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 07:00:57 +0000

Contracts should be 100% guaranteed!! And quite a bit lower!!

By: peytonsneck18

peytonsneck18 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:22:51 +0000

Lmao@ drumroll

By: starfan79

starfan79 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:22:06 +0000

Get rid of the cap..

By: larryboodry

larryboodry — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 04:04:28 +0000

Wasn’t trying to leave feedback, I was giving a ‘thumbs up’…Don’t look into anything, okay?

By: green41563

green41563 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:30:06 +0000

Any doubt who won the CBA negotiations?

By: WatchThis

WatchThis — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:29:20 +0000

That’s extra possible .5 is a Titus Young.

By: raiderapologist

raiderapologist — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:28:02 +0000

Cap stories are specious. It’s not straight cash, homey.

By: despinosa8

despinosa8 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:13:31 +0000

nineroutsider, you are not helping a team you are hurting a “team” and only helping the player. Asking for a higher salary cap will only drive players and agents to ask and potentially receive more money than a player is worth which is bad for the team and the league.

How about something that is real life?

Have a base pay which could be slotted by years of service or draft pick # as a base salary. After that it’s all about how hard you work/make plays on the field the more you get paid.
This would eliminate the contract holdouts, paying for potential, and reward the people when the deserve it.

By: phillyphannn83

phillyphannn83 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:57:01 +0000

Nineroutsider, thats why ticket prices and your cable bill are skyrocketing. They’re out of control so keeping the cap from rising at a ridiculous rate is fine with me.

By: bearsfankarnik87

bearsfankarnik87 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:39:44 +0000

$306 million?! There are countries that don’t have that much money.

By: sowcrates

sowcrates — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:35:36 +0000

It’s all relative…until you end up with that great (or just occasionally great) QB that has to be paid more than the last guy who got a raise because of the exact same circumstances ends up sucking %16 of your salary cap at one position.

Kaepernick, Wilson, Dalton…these guys are licking their chomps at whatever Flacco ends up getting paid

By: Deb

Deb — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:18:12 +0000

My first thought: All that fuss for only half a million? My second thought: I lead a strange life in the blog world.

By: raynman49

raynman49 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:10:03 +0000

And as a fan, I hate it. The average fan can’t afford to go to a game anymore. And if cable prices keep going up, we won’t be able to watch anymore. Thank goodness they haven’t come up with pay radio yet.

By: nineroutsider

nineroutsider — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:51:17 +0000

As a fan, I’ll take it…I want it as high as possible. Anything that creates additional cap space for signing players is welcomed.