Sydla
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It’s all collectively bargained.
The cap is simply a mathematical calculation that the league and the players both agreed to.
Parties to a union contract typically don’t just ignore stuff that’s collectively bargained. That’s why the NLRB has rules that are so specific and binding when it comes to this stuff.
Stuck did a segment on this today. It’s similar to how the Superman deals in the NBA are calculated. It’s part of the CBA and it is what it is
If there are no fans at games, revenues *will* go down and the cap *will* as well unless the owner somehow just decide to eat a couple of billion dollars to make the players happy, which seems like a ridiculous idea to me.
In theory this sounds great. In practicality, how's it going to work? 23 teams would be over the cap in 2021 if the cap is reset around $140MM. And in many cases, those are teams that don't even have 53 people signed. For example, the Raiders projected cap spending next year is $174MM, which would be $34MM over a reset cap of $140MM. And that's for just 25 players. They aren't the only team in that situation.
Cowboys only have 40 players under contract for 2021 and would be $34MM over the cap. So not only would they have to cut or restructure a bunch of guys to get under the cap, they have to create enough space to then build a roster of 53.
So it sounds all great in theory to say the cap goes down because revenues are down but in practice it's going to create havoc and be exceptionally messy and unwieldly to try to get 3/4s the league to not only cut enough players/restructure enough players to trim millions off their cap BUT THEN ALSO create enough space to be able to sign a roster of 53 players (well technically only the top 51 count against the cap).