That didn't take long
by BadMaafala
on May 20, 2008 5:47 PM EDT
The Dallas Yankees Cowboys are at it already, signing 2 of their players to mega contracts with the money freed by the impending lack of a CBA. If this is a sign of things to come, it doesn't bode well for the competitive balance of the NFL. It looks like some jerks people are banking on there not being a salary cap in the future, so they will probably be exerting influence and campaigning to see that it is so. Maybe the NFL can work something out to avoid going the way of the MLB, but I can't see anything good coming from this. We may have to live through another decade of dominance from the most obnoxious team in NFL history America's team just based on wallet size.
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ugh
I wish I understand how the outcome of earlier effected this precisely.
If nothing else, this proves to me that Jerrah is going to go all out in the future trying to get his way to tip the competitive advantage his way in whatever way possible.
by Blitzburgh on May 20, 2008 6:10 PM EDT 0 recs
For all their spending
They still need to win a playoff game.
by RickVa on May 20, 2008 6:56 PM EDT 0 recs
i don't see
how having a POSSIBLY uncapped year in 2010 or 11 would help the accounting for these deals….was hoping Clayton would give some explanation in that article instead of just saying “salary cap loophole” ......these deals look similar to others for players of similar skill level and position (Newmans contract almost identical to Trufant)
by TheMostViolentTeam on May 20, 2008 7:10 PM EDT 0 recs
my thoughts exactly
I keep waiting for an explanation of this “loophole” but nothing yet. I also wonder why the Cowboys were the only ones to take advantage of it. There are certainly some other ‘big money owners’ who would have locked up some guys if this ‘loophole’ was a big deal.
I didn’t think the contracts were all that bad. Newman’s is in line with other top corners. He actually reminds me alot of Ike. They both are really good cover corners with really bad hands. MB3’s contract looks high but every article I’ve read has mentioned that he’ll get 21 million over the first three seasons which sounds like they expect him to break down pretty quickly (as does most of the league).
by cgolden on
May 21, 2008 9:41 AM EDT
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Tribune Review
has some insight…....although this only says how it would give a player incentive to sign a long-term deal with his own team earlier, so it would add to length of deal, but not change dollars amount (on a per year basis)
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_568545.html
by TheMostViolentTeam on May 21, 2008 2:32 PM EDT 0 recs
you have to take into account
players would rather avoid ever having to play a season on the last year of a contract. because injuries are so often NFL players can have their careers ended in a blink. so i think what the article implies is that these players will be able to get longer deals now because of the potential for no CBA on the horizon. so the Steelers if they continue to draft well would be OK in an uncapped league. at the same time, they would more likely be stuck with a few players who started to tail off later in their careers, as opposed to now when we basically let a player go the second they are done. we wouldn’t be able to afford to be as consistent as we are now, but we would still be able to build good/great teams every few years.
by TheMostViolentTeam on May 21, 2008 2:35 PM EDT 0 recs
I also would like a better understanding
as to what the loophole entails, it makes it sound like the salary caps this year and next can be end-run by going further in the future.
And if the owners knew they were going to vote as they did, why not delay signing more offseason contracts until now when this loophole frees up the restrictions.
by vherub on May 21, 2008 3:05 PM EDT 0 recs
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