Comments on: Redskins still upset about cap penalties, but what can they do?

By: lipchakjh

lipchakjh — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:42:25 +0000

As a Redskins fan I say take it to court. I guarantee Goodell lifts the sanctions before the trial ever begins.

By: skins1313

skins1313 — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:30:47 +0000

Ok some of the comments here are funny between haters and die hards. What I find pathetic is teams were penalized for overspending in a supposedly uncapped year that went against a back door agreement among all the owners, yet was approved by the league. Then less then 24 hrs before free agency the penalized teams were informed of the penalties, how convienant. Then the NFLPA agrees to sign off on the penalties so it could be inforced without being fought by penalized teams. Then they turnaround and sue claiming collusion. Duh!!! On top of that the salary cap is frozen for 2 seasons in a row! Seriously all fans of all teams should be outraged. Especially if your team is bad and 20 mil under the cap. Why the hell was there a strike?! The players can’t get paid and rookies play for a massive discount but tickets,parking, and food goes up in the stadiums. Keep laughing at the skins and cowboys because your teams are laughing at you!

By: valade6

valade6 — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:45:28 +0000

There’s a lot of hatred of the Mara name here. That last name should be spoken about with honor and respect in NFL circles. The reason this league has come as far as it has is due to Mara/Giants sacrifices. When you offer to split your profits for the betterment of the league, your family can hold others accountable that don’t show the league that same respect. The Redskins are only around because of past “Mara”s.

By: axespray

axespray — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:01:38 +0000

so you’re saying a bunch of rich white guys screwed over the Redskins and they’re getting away with it ?

By: alphaq2

alphaq2 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:57:47 +0000

canesgiants says:Feb 13, 2013 4:28 PM

funny mara’s team didnt even make the playoffs this year even after skins got screwed. .cant wait til we stomp em again this year with a one leg 23 year old
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maybe your one legged 23 year old can meet the one legged theisman and the two can have a beer.
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No worries. We’ll just trot Grossman out there to sweep your squad, AGAIN.

By: rg3isvictory

rg3isvictory — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:30:26 +0000

Best way for the Skins to handle this is to make it to the Superbowl and rub it in! Mara wanted more than 36 mil. He wanted our draft picks b/c he saw Jesus is physical form, aka RG3, aka BOB Griffin, aka ROY, aka Division Champ, coming to the Skins!!! Mara cheated and his team missed the playoffs in dramatic fashion, so lets move forward and continue building a SB bound team!

Hail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: audient

audient — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:07:13 +0000

I posted a serious comment on this, tying in the name issue, and it was censored. Oh well.

By: skinsdiehard

skinsdiehard — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:57:13 +0000

The Skins haters are very ignorant on this site. They ignore facts. Back to 7-9 every year? The Skins have been to 5 Super Bowls. How could they possibly be 7-9 every year? They were in the playoffs in 2005, 2007 & 2012. How is that 7-9 every year? Incredibly dumb people on this site. Sorry to disappoint, but RG3 will not miss most of 2013 season.

By: pdma7

pdma7 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:04:25 +0000

Spreading the Skins $36 mil. over 2 years is almost inviting the Skins to split the difference with the No Fun League via a challenge and drop the second year ($18 mil.)

By: hlmatty1

hlmatty1 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:24:49 +0000

You cannot sue (sorry for the typo).

By: fuglyflorio

fuglyflorio — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:35:02 +0000

They had to count the Haynesworth payoff against their cap. That’s all that happened.

That’s NOT a penalty.

All the teams voted, and agreed to behave as if the cap was in place. The Redskins and Cowboys didn’t abide by the rule, and were told they had to conform. That’s all that happened. No extra assessment … nothing. Only what they paid … as it would have been in any year.

Being caught cheating … and told to put the money back … isn’t a penalty.

By: mjkelly77

mjkelly77 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:31:31 +0000

Redskins still upset about cap penalties, but what can they do?
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Just make sure that they don’t cheat anymore.

By: skinsfaninillinois

skinsfaninillinois — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:30:08 +0000

The NFL certainly was in a forgiving mood as the “Bounty-Gate” suspensions and penalties seem to be lifted left and right for the Saints. If they can be that forgiving in the situation where players were paid an incentive to especially hurt people, then why can’t they display the same kind of charitible spirit when dealing with a situation where it is very debatable on whether the Cowboys and Redskins did anything wrong.

By: canesgiants

canesgiants — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:28:20 +0000

By: firstroyal

firstroyal — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:16:55 +0000

i know its hard to comprehend but they are not being punished for paying players too much in a non capped yeaer. They are being punished by front-ending contracts in an attempt to circumvent future capped seasons.

By: ahsinnyc

ahsinnyc — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:14:12 +0000

contraisloosebuthole says:

….. If your boss tells you not to do something and you do it anyway….surprise there are consequences …

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Genius – the NFL is a partnership. They split everything evenly. If anything, Jerry and Danny are 1 & 2 in revenue generation. In fact, they give small market teams money as part of revenue sharing.

By: azarkhan

azarkhan — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:05:01 +0000

pooflingingmonkey says: Maybe they should stop trying to circumvent the cap? DUH!
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Part of the first sentence in the article is below. What is it about the word “uncapped” that you don’t understand?

“…Redskins because they treated the uncapped year of 2010 too literally.”

By: pgcubano

pgcubano — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:00:28 +0000

funny mara’s team didnt even make the playoffs this year even after skins got screwed. .cant wait til we stomp em again this year with a one leg 23 year old

By: skins1970

skins1970 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:00:15 +0000

I’m a Skins fan and I say the Skins should just forget about it.There is nothing that can be done about it.We still have money to sign FAs BTW it has already been said RG3 will be ready for the 1st game of the season.

By: ilovefoolsball

ilovefoolsball — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:52:21 +0000

Another feather in Goodell’s cap.
At this rate his hat will be able to fly away on it’s own one day.

By: hail74

hail74 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:50:38 +0000

n0hopeleft says:
Feb 13, 2013 2:58 PM
They had an unfair advantage
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Please elaborate on what unfair advantage they had. All teams were supposed to honor the CBA that was negotiated in good faith between the league and players union that created the uncapped year.

By: bengaldiplomat

bengaldiplomat — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:49:58 +0000

From what I understand…the Cowboys and Redskins were penalized for using the uncapped year to sink so much money of a multi-year deal into that year only. So the result would be that future caps would not have signing bonuses to spread out and this would play into their advantage of creating future cap space.

Collusion?? Probably, but not to limit contract amounts. Just not to allow higher revenue teams to create additional cap space in future years by outspending the others.

By: wheeln69

wheeln69 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:49:37 +0000

pooflingingmonkey says:
Feb 13, 2013 2:16 PM
Maybe they should stop trying to circumvent the cap? DUH!

Read what the story says genius…it was an uncapped year. Besides, other teams had done the same thing and yet received no penalty. Wonder why? Oh, that’s right, Mara chairs that committee and the other teams don’t play in the Giants division. DUH!

By: contraisloosebuthole

contraisloosebuthole — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:49:25 +0000

They were told not to do it and they (cowboys and redskins) did it anyway. If your boss tells you not to do something and you do it anyway….surprise there are consequences. What a bunch of crybabies. Why do they care so much anyway? It is not like buying high priced free agents has won them any Superbowls recently anyway.

By: toonloonboon

toonloonboon — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:36:01 +0000

there’s no way on the planet the Redskins pursue this with a lawsuit. Snyder has said previously he wants to host a Super Bowl and he’ll lose the votes needed from the other owners if he sues the league.

Not an option. They lost the cap space. It aint coming back. End of story.

By: chattanola

chattanola — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:31:59 +0000

There were 4 teams who got punished for their actions during the uncapped year.

The Saints and the Raiders were also penalized in this incident, not by paying a penalty but by being excluded from receiving the redistribution of the penalty cap money.

IIRC, the repo-ed cap money gets evenly distributed among the rest of the teams.

So it’s a minor penalty $1.6 mill, but still…seems like the usual suspects get slapped by the league.

By: hmink96

hmink96 — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:29:12 +0000

I could care less that they didn’t actually break any rules… The bottom line is the both tried to pull a fast one on every other team in the league, and now they are paying for it.

By: bobonmycob

bobonmycob — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:24:08 +0000

Awwwww…. Lost 18 million in cap and your starting QB. Just when you made it to the top of the cellar steps you get pushed right back down.

By: dretwann

dretwann — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:20:51 +0000

Pull it Danny boy! Pull it and throw!! If the NFL is willing to bully their own, there is nowhere safe. I say a court decision would be in their [Skins] favor. Hell with them all! Run’em through!!

By: 70chip

70chip — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:05:04 +0000

The Danny needs to Sue.