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Per Schefter & PFT: NFL salary cap debacle continues---updates include NFLPA filing collusion lawsuits---links and discussion current--MET


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Looks as though that this could just be the start. More teams could end up getting some bad news from the league,(though I wonder if the NFL is going to,or considering doing so).

Rich Tandler says this.

http://www.realredskins.com/rich-tandlers-real-redsk/

No more details are given. Presumably they will be penalized for dumping millions of dollars of salary and bonuses that were due to players, primarily Albert Haynesworth and DeAngelo Hall.

Few explanations around the net from last year about this type of thing.

http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patriots/messageboard/10/313167-uncapped-year-faq.html

Can’t a team just front-load a contract to take advantage of the uncapped year?

No, this would be difficult to do. That is because, according to the CBA, any salary decrease of greater than 50% from one year to the next becomes signing bonus and thus is spread out over the life of the deal. For example, if the Patriots signed Vince Wilfork to a deal with a $20M salary in 2010 (uncapped) and a $4M salary in 2011 (capped), then that is a decrease of more than 50% ($10M), that $16M difference would become signing bonus and pro-rated over the life of the deal; if it was a four-year deal, then it would count as $4M/year, so the 2010 cap charge would reduce to $8M ($20M - $16M + $4M), and the 2011-2013 charges would increase by $4M.

If this report from Schefter turns out to be true,I wouldn't be surprised to see a fight about this one. And if other teams did this,(which could very well be the case),there will be more than one team fighting.

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