Busch1724 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 What is actually the penalty to a team if they aren't under the cap come the deadline? Also what is it if you aren't under after signing rookies? The reason I ask is that we should get under by the deadline, but if the new CBA isn't done we might be in some trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcarey032 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I have always wondered that as well. I guess there is some sort of monetary penalty sort of like baseball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 (As I understand it) It's impossible to be over the cap. If you are over the cap, then the NFL simply starts fireing your players untill you're not over any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hooper Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 How can the players union allow that? Think about it -- it's not a players fault if his team is over the cap. Suddenly his contract is void. In some cases, that would be to the players benefit, but in others it would hurt them and huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorGreedy Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Question 1.13 So...what happens if a team goes over the Salary Cap? Answer: The short answer is simply that NO team CAN go over the Salary Cap. Note that every contract must go through the NFL League Office before the deal can be made official. Presumably, one of the things the league must do at this time is determine whether or not the contract would violate the NFL's Salary Cap. If the deal does violate the cap, then the NFL will reject it. There have been instances in which a team has managed to sneak a cap evading contract by the league. Upon further review, the violations were caught by the league and the respective teams were penalized. Penalties include fines and/or forfeiture of draft picks. In recent history both the Pittsburgh Steelers and San Francisco 49ers have been penalized draft picks, while the 49ers' front office personnel (Carmen Policy and Dwight Clark) were also fined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbcbu Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Generally if a team doesnt meet the deadline to get under the cap they are generally fined and/or draft picks are taken until they comply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDFan5 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 What actually happens if a team is over the cap when the leauge year starts is. They are given 7 days to comply if they are not in compliance then the NFL starts voiding their teams contracts starting with the most recent and then works back from there until the team is in compliance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sableholic Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Death Ok maybe not that extreme, but if I remember correctly somehow the Broncos SB team slipped by and didnt get caught to much later and were fined draft picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDFan5 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 DeathOk maybe not that extreme, but if I remember correctly somehow the Broncos SB team slipped by and didnt get caught to much later and were fined draft picks. Different situation they were fond years later to have circumvented the cap by paying under the table. which is a fine and loss of picks Coming into the season over the cap means the NFL will start voiding your contracts until you are in compliance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myzhi Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I have always wondered that as well. I guess there is some sort of monetary penalty sort of like baseball. Baseball cap is a complete joke. Lets say you team is over the cap and you want to sign a player to $10M / year, you only have to play 10% of salary to the league. Thus, you are really paying the player $11M / year. Wow, like that will stop rich teams from signing players. It should be hard cap (NFL), or, for ever dollar you are over, you must pay the league (NBA). In essence, NBA forces you to pay double if you are over the cap. Thus, under NBA system, same guy maybe worth $10M, but not $20M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntotoro Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 What's the Penalty if a Team Isn't Under the Cap? The team owner has to pay for dinner for Peter King and Len Pasquarelli every night until the team is under the cap. It can't be at one of those Smorgasbord places, either. You don't get off that easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Prime Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 If a player and a team sign a contract how can the NFL invalidate a contract they never signed or were really a part of outside of oking it? They aren't judges, they just can't say "Oh well that contract is void" That's not how contracts work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDFan5 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 If a player and a team sign a contract how can the NFL invalidate a contract they never signed or were really a part of outside of oking it? They aren't judges, they just can't say "Oh well that contract is void" That's not how contracts work. Thats how it works in the NFL. ALL contracts are subject to league approval and ALL contracts can be voided within reason by the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignatius J. Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 If it says so in the contract that the League office can void the contract then the league office can void the contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titaw Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 What actually happens if a team is over the cap when the leauge year starts is. They are given 7 days to comply if they are not in compliance then the NFL starts voiding their teams contracts starting with the most recent and then works back from there until the team is in compliance We all better hope this isn't the case, Ethan Albright=gone A bunch of low key players=gone Jason Campbell=gone Carlos Rogers= gone Santana Moss=GONE!!!!! Hopefully, this doesn't happen and we go forward instead of backwards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyf316 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 I heard they were changing the rule this year. Any team over the cap will be allowed to hire Bill Parcells to take a severe physical beating on their behalf. While it will cost them a significant amount of money, the beating of Parcells will be televised on Pay-per-view. If this is true, perhaps, we should go over the cap, just this once... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Rich Fla Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 uuuuuuuuh, ya got any gum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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