RebelYell Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 I've just had an idea. It's probably a terrible idea - most of them are - but I'm going to post it anyway. There are 80,000 odd Resdskins season ticket holders already paying anywhere between several hundred dollars and several thousand dollars a year for the privilege of watching the Redskins. What would happen if every single one of them voluntarily contributed one hundred dollars a year to a special fund. The special fund's purpose would be to distribute that money to Redskins players as the contributors saw fit. This would effectively add $8million to the Redskins salary cap. I don't think there'd be anything the NFL could do about it. Is this a machiavellian plan par excellence, or merely a foolish delusion? RebelYell PS It would probably be possible to make the distribution of funds from a trust rather more tax-efficient than salary, which would mean that we could get even more bang for our bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonsFan Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 How would it be distributed? The NFL prohibits all transfers to players from anyone team-related. That's why someone had to return a bottle of champagne last year sometime -- because it was considered by the league to be an illegal payment in violation of the salary cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebelYell Posted April 26, 2004 Author Share Posted April 26, 2004 That's the beauty - it's not team related at all. The fund would be completely independent of the team - a voluntary organization run by the fans. The trust's directors would independently remain in contact with the agents for each year's free agents, and let them know that there is some extra money available for free agents who sign with the Redskins. For example, this year we probably could have retained Champ Bailey and signed Jeavon Kearse... RebelYell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 :laugh: an independant organization with the sole purpose of paying extra money to players? I don't the the NFL would go for it. cool idea though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonsFan Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 And what would the trust's directors say to the players' agents? That if the player signs with Washington, then he'll get to sign a separate contract with the trust, entitling him to extra cash? Not likely. Moreover, there'd be costs involved in proving to the league that the trust and the front office aren't colluding. That and the fact that if the trust were indeed to collect a lot of money, that would be prima facie evidence that the team was doing something to endorse the donations. Even tying donations to season ticket holders might be enough of a connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebelYell Posted April 26, 2004 Author Share Posted April 26, 2004 And what would the trust's directors say to the players' agents? That if the player signs with Washington, then he'll get to sign a separate contract with the trust, entitling him to extra cash? Not likely. That's kind of what I envisaged, although it wouldn't be a contract - more of a gift. Why isn't it likely? Moreover, there'd be costs involved in proving to the league that the trust and the front office aren't colluding. Possibly - but those costs would fall on the team not the trust. And I doubt the team would object to some legal fees in return for a couple of premium free agents :-) That and the fact that if the trust were indeed to collect a lot of money, that would be prima facie evidence that the team was doing something to endorse the donations. Not sure I agree. Even tying donations to season ticket holders might be enough of a connection. Yes - that might be a mistake. Perhaps a more general appeal to Redskins fans would be better. RebelYell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconBlue Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 It sounds like if it were to work at all it would be for about year and by then the NFL would probably legislate the loophole out of existense. But yeah neat idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancalagon the Black Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Or how about finding a worthwhile charity to give it to rather than some millionaire athletes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Every team would hate us, and try to copy us, but maybe they would be slow enough so that we would have it for one year and every other team doesn't get to use it when it is banned the next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurent Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 I think that idea is humbug. I'd like to propose another idea though. The Laurent relief fund. When I get home from long hours at work I don't always have the energy to go to the fridge and grab me a cold one. With the help of this fund I could purchase a monkey and train it in the art of beer recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Charity? Bah! You could say that whenever some one spends money on something they are interested in but don't need. Helping people is so cliche... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebelYell Posted April 26, 2004 Author Share Posted April 26, 2004 Ancalagon - these are not just any old millionaire athletes. These are the ones that are going to win us a Superbowl. Big difference :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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