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The Salary Cap Blues
After hearing the news that a new CBA is imminent, the next bit of info I came across was the amount the salary cap for the 2011 season is estimated to be. Before the lockout began, the estimate (according to the out-going CBA) was at $150 million. In 2009, the cap was at $123 million with...
The Effect Of A Salary Floor In New NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement
One of the many details of a new proposed Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NFL and NFLPA* that was leaked last week is an increase in percentage to the salary floor. In summary, it is a minimum each team must pay in salary, and it is a percentage of the salary cap value. Back in 2009,...
Peppers Contract: Actually, Not That Bad!
This past weekend, I posted my best guesstimates of what Julius Peppers contract might actually look like with the numbers that I had seen floating around the web. The purpose behind that article (and this one) was to take a look at what potential implications this deal might have on years going...
Peppers Contract: Past, Present and Future
One of the biggest misconceptions floating around the interwebs about the upcoming (un-capped) NFL year is that teams can take advantage of it by front-loading a player's contract with guaranteed money. This is simply untrue. In the past, if a team had a lot of cap space in a given year, they could...
Golden Nuggets: Good job, Frank.
Morning everyone.. Writing this in between uh... sleeping. Yeah, woke up a few minutes ago and thought to myself "better check and make sure Fooch got my email..." Turns out, I never sent the damn thing. I needed to sleep early for certain reasons, etc etc. Either way I'm here, I've got some beer,...
Michael Lombardi Chats With HogsHaven about Potential Uncapped Year
I had a chance recently to follow up on a story I wrote a month or two ago regarding the impending CBA negotiations and the possibilities of an uncapped year. I asked Michael Lombardi (National Football Post, CNNSI.com, NFL Network) what he thought about the Redskins offseason and how that plays...
The NFL Salary Cap: The Future of the Cap
There has been a great deal of discussion as to whether or not the elimination of the salary cap would mean an end to fair competition in the NFL. The answer to this question is a resounding NO, and there are a number of reasons why. The NFL hasn't always had a salary-cap: The NFL functioned...
Roger Goodell calls Dan Snyder to discuss the salary cap
Apparently, there are some very sheisty dealings going on with the Redskins right now, in an effort to slide in under the salary cap. The league office reportedly caught word of this, and the commissioner himself placed a personal phone call to Dan Snyder. Included after the jump is the actual...
Now, If You Just Cut Out The Rotten Part...
...the good part might have a chance to get paid. As I wake up in this new, wonderful 2009, I felt this sudden urge to take a gander at the cap and sees what happens when we cut all the dead players. I mean TJ, Weaver, Greenwood, and Ahman. I may or may not have not thought of the idea at all,...
Strange new world: Jon Jansen no longer starting for Washington Redskins
I was something like 16 years old when Jon Jansen was drafted and subsequently immediately thrust into the starting lineup of Your Washington Redskins. Over 1/3rd of my life has proceeded with at least the certainty, that barring injury, Jansen would remain starting at tackle. Even considering...
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