Comments on: Cap could now be above $123 million

By: vernonbasketball

vernonbasketball — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:58:17 +0000

then the jets have a little more room thank god

By: kidcreatine

kidcreatine — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:52:07 +0000

@Musicman495

Except the cap deals with the overall spending not the individual contracts. Individual league approval does not constitute a free pass to outspend the rest of the league, nice try.

——————————————————-

Individual contracts make up the overall cap. When it is a UNcap year, every team can spend any amount they want. That why is was call an UNCAPPED year which was put in place from the last CBA.

john mara colluted with other owners. Do you know what collusion mean??

By: belgaron

belgaron — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:14:26 +0000

@Musicman495

Except the cap deals with the overall spending not the individual contracts. Individual league approval does not constitute a free pass to outspend the rest of the league, nice try.

By: thegenoatkinsdiet

thegenoatkinsdiet — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:54:44 +0000

$124M? Do I hear $124M?

By: musicman495

musicman495 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:53:07 +0000

belgaron says: Feb 26, 2013 5:55 PM

In a related story, the Washington Redskins have asked if 2013 can be another uncapped year so they can “outmaneuver” the rest of the league by paying players big for one year and then spend the money again later in capped years. Oh, and if they aren’t allowed, they will sue.
————————-
Very clever. If it weren’t that the owner’s colluded to cap salaries in an uncapped year, and the league approved every contract the Redskins gave out, you’d be right on the money.

By: butthatmakestoomuchsense

butthatmakestoomuchsense — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:18:57 +0000

tastethejace says: When the cap goes up… guess who gets passed on the expenses.

If you guessed “no one”, you’re correct.

A lot of people have it backwards. The league owners charge whatever they want to charge, keep the first $2 Billion, and then allocate 50% to player salaries.

Prices do not- I repeat, do not- rise to support a salary cap.

By: j98me2

j98me2 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:03:23 +0000

@dennisatunity
How do you take a family of 4 to an NFL game for only $400

By: belgaron

belgaron — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:55:48 +0000

By: darknessspreads

darknessspreads — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:17:37 +0000

@dennisatunity

I agree with you in spirit, but personally, I don’t like to think of it as “billionaire owners and millionaire players.”

I like to think of it like so:

“Workers who have busted their asses to get this opportunity, who place their health on the line to entertain us, and who are the actual reason that I cut on my TV and watch the NFL”

VS.

“Suits that are completely interchangeable because there will always be someone ready and willing to own one of the biggest cash cows in the known universe, an NFL team, waiting in the wings to replace them”

By: peytonsneck18

peytonsneck18 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:16:17 +0000

My Colts are sitting pretty with their freed up money

By: chawk12thman

chawk12thman — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:11:22 +0000

What is the Cap Floor? Does it raise as well and are any teams close to that number? Just wondering…..

By: tastethejace

tastethejace — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:58:44 +0000

When the cap goes up… guess who gets passed on the expenses.

By: mrpowers88

mrpowers88 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:51:57 +0000

Call me cynical, but…

-Could the league be leaking these increases just so that when the actual cap number is announced and isn’t as high as believed, the players do what they didn’t last year and oust De Smith? (Not sure about this, mainly because I’m pretty sure the league loves outmaneuvering Smith at pretty much every turn.)

-Is the union applying the the second year of cap penalties to the Cowboys and Redskins to the rest of the league right now, so that the “effective” cap might be $123M for the un-penalized teams, but the “actual” cap -the one for a regular, 32-team league- would actually be a lower number? (More likely in my opinion.)

By: dennisatunity

dennisatunity — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:51:22 +0000

maximusprime107
It’s not a stupid question at all. What you are doing is asking exactly the right question. The answer comes in two parts: First the easy answer is that the union reps for the players agreed to it in collective bargaining. The more complex answer is that it’s an attempt to hold down the salaries that players are making. Is it right to hold down salaries? That answer depends on whether you support the millionaire players or the billionaire owners. (Apparently no answer supports the fans who must now put out an average of $400 a game for a family of 4 to attend a game.)

By: ddavis83

ddavis83 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:49:41 +0000

So what?

- Mike Brown

By: tobymo

tobymo — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:47:18 +0000

I’m still wondering how John Mara got Goddell to take $18M away from the Redskins this year for not breaking any rules.

By: donnymacjack

donnymacjack — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:40:00 +0000

I’m convined no one has a clue how much the cap will be. One week it’s up, the next it’s down, then it’s flat, then it’s flat for the forseeable future, now it’s up.

The cap math is right up there with tax-math. Only the rich can figure it out.

By: nineroutsider

nineroutsider — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:37:26 +0000

Multi-culturalskins and Cowboys fans please remember to apply the appropriate penalty to that number to determine your true cap number…

By: lilrob10201

lilrob10201 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:34:24 +0000

I don’t think that the NFL should raise the salary cap anymore,because each year if it keeps increasing before you know it every football team in the NFL will have enough salary to blow on every FA on the market.

By: jakkispeed

jakkispeed — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:27:30 +0000

While they’re at it, how about giving the Redskins and Cowboys their cap space back that they stole before that whole thing ends up in court?

By: tundey

tundey — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:25:33 +0000

How much of the increase is the $36M stolen from the Redskins by John Mara?

By: radrhatr

radrhatr — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:24:30 +0000

Does it matter? Everyone is gonna “massage” the numbers to suit themselves anyway. The cap is about as real as OZ.

By: chad504boy

chad504boy — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:19:50 +0000

Mickey Loomis making magic happen.

By: maximusprime107

maximusprime107 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:19:28 +0000

this might be a stupid question but whatever, if almost every team has to drastically shuffle around their cap why doesn’t the NFL just increase it more? lord knows they can afford to do it

By: longhairdontcare66

longhairdontcare66 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:19:12 +0000

Goodell must have sent his charitable donations to the NFL instead of the “heads up football”