For Those Praying For An Uncapped Year

[Hostile]

There seems to be a lot of people chomping at the bit for Jerry to be able to have no restrictions on what he can do in Free Agency. That is not the case at all. This article explains how we will need more than one uncapped year, and maybe even more than two, before anything like that can happen, if at all. The best option remains to simply get a new deal in place.

Free Agency: What will it be?

By: Roshan Bhagat

With the owners having opted out of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement set to expire in 2010, there could be some dramatic changes reshaping the NFL the way we know it. If a new CBA isn’t agreed upon by March of 2010, the NFL’s salary cap will vanish. Fans: Don’t fret; it may not be quite as bad as you imagine. Like most people, I would like to see the two sides get a deal ironed out, but here are a number of changes that will fall into place, preventing the deep pockets of Daniel Snyder and Jerry Jones buying themselves a Championship.

The fans may want bidding wars to buy championships, but the NFL doesn't.

Players must accrue SIX seasons.

Currently, players must accrue only four seasons before they can enter the market as an unrestricted free agent. So what is the change? Players will have to accrue six full seasons before having the ability to enter unrestricted free agency. For example, many players drafted in the second round or later in the 2006 draft are scheduled to be unrestricted free agents under a 2010 capped season, having signed four-year rookie deals. If a new CBA is not agreed upon and the 2010 season becomes uncapped, free agents-to-be such as Marcus McNeill, DeMeco Ryans, and Thomas Howard, will not have accrued six seasons and will therefore qualify as Restricted Free Agents. The Restricted Free Agents pool will consist of all players who have accrued three, four, or five years and have expiring contracts.

In other words teams can have right to match any offer.

Two tags.

Under the current CBA, teams have one franchise tag OR one transition tag to apply on one of their free agents-to-be while paying them at an elite level. Under the conditions set forth, a 2010 uncapped year would lead to an extra transition tag being available. So, teams would be able to retain their top two unrestricted players with either two transition tags, or one franchise tag and one transition tag. This would make it all the more difficult for players to reach unrestricted free agency.

Teams will protect their top interests by using these tags. Count on it.

Restrictions on playoff teams.

The eight teams that make the divisional playoffs will have restrictions placed upon them in unrestricted free agency. They will be able to only sign free agents in accordance to the number of players they lose. The four teams that lose in the Divisional rounds will have some additional flexibility. They may sign one player with a salary of $4.925 million or higher, as well as any number of free agents with a first year salary under $3.275 million and an increase of no more than 30 percent in the subsequent years. This will prevent the competitive teams from dominating the open market year in and year out.

In other words if we make the playoffs there will be added restrictions.

There are obvious rules put in place to keep the NFL competitive even with an uncapped season and future. However, where there is money, there are always people finding loopholes; the NFL is no different. You can bet the rich owners will find ways to manipulate the rules, but the league should stay far more competitive than some are envisioning. The owners and the players will also have an incentive to agree upon a new deal because an uncapped future could be detrimental to members on both sides.

Of course they will find loopholes as the article says. But the unfettered free spending won't happen.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

can't we at least just dump Roy and Ken's salaries?

 

[Biggems]

so basically since the Raiders and Skins suck, Skeletor and Napolean will find all the loopholes they can to go Steinbrenner on the available NFL free agents

 

[Hostile]

so basically since the Raiders and Skins suck, Skeletor and Napolean will find all the loopholes they can to go Steinbrenner on the available NFL free agents

They have much better shots at that than we do.

 

[Spectre]

Of course they will find loopholes as the article says. But the unfettered free spending won't happen.

that is good news.
I hope they get a deal ironed out soon because I don't want to see the alternative in a few years.

 

[Primetime42]

Very interesting article Hos.

Got a link by any chance?

 

[Hoofbite]

so basically since the Raiders and Skins suck, Skeletor and Napolean will find all the loopholes they can to go Steinbrenner on the available NFL free agents

Which is different from what they currently do how?

If you're a player and are going to make top dollar anyway, why endure week after week of having your *** handed to you?

 

[silverbear]

that is good news.
I hope they get a deal ironed out soon because I don't want to see the alternative in a few years.

Hey, I don't want to see a lockout in 2011... I mean, the Boys will be coming off two straight Super Bowl wins, and IIRC that Super Bowl is scheduled to be played in JerryWorld... it would be sweet to get the threepeat on our home field...

 

[Shadowy329]

and IIRC that Super Bowl is scheduled to be played in JerryWorld... it would be sweet to get the threepeat on our home field...

If that is true thats more than enough reasons for them to hold out and force a lock out lol

 

[AdamJT13]

In other words if we make the playoffs there will be added restrictions.

Only if we win a playoff game or earn a bye.

 

[RoadRunner]

so basically since the Raiders and Skins suck, Skeletor and Napolean will find all the loopholes they can to go Steinbrenner on the available NFL free agents

LOL. Now I gotta go compare pictures of Skeletor to Al Davis and Napoleon to Danny Snyder.

 

[JerryFan]

can't we at least just dump Roy and Ken's salaries?

From what I've heard this is what you're going to see a lot of if it's uncapped next year.

 

[Silverstar]

Very interesting article Hos.

Got a link by any chance?

It's here...

http://footballsfuture.com/2010/fa/opt.html

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Great article and commentary Hos.

Maybe that will stop some of the "Dallas should sign" threads...






Probably not.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

can't we at least just dump Roy and Ken's salaries?

If it's uncapped, other than for...

A. Cash flow purposes
B. There are several better players on the roster

You're better off keeping them and possibly demoting them to second string.

There's also the chance that these players who aren't secure in their futures would be willing to renegotiate in order to have some security in the midst of an potential upcoming labor-management problem.

 

[burmafrd]

Is there any restrictions at all as regards those already on the team? Can we like renegotiate contracts and pay them everything that year and not have to worry about any cap hits afterwards?

 

[neosapien23]

I only want an uncapped year so Dallas can trade a few players and dump a few others. If there is an uncappped year Hamlin could be cut with his signing bonus hitting all at once. Dallas could draft two LTs and cut Adams and have that salary go through as well. Lastly Dallas could trade Marion Barber for a 2nd round pick and go in with Choice and Jones as a 1-2 punch. None of this is possible with a cap and a uncapped year would have lost of teams trading away overpriced veterans and cutting others.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

I guess I find it funny that Jones and Snyder are the guys that will try to buy championships because they have deep pockets, yet there are quite a few owners that have much, much, much more money than these two do.

It's the same in baseball. People complain about Steinbrenner, but he's nowhere near the richest owner in MLB.

Paul Allen could outbid Jerry and Snyder and never bat an eye doing so.





YAKUZA

 

[Kangaroo]

Very interesting article Hos.

Got a link by any chance?

There has been about 10 links posted in the last few months

here is a discussion a while back on it

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=166532&page=2

Here is one

http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d80f6991d&template=without-video-with-comments&confirm=true

more here

http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=090...o&confirm=true

http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=090...o&confirm=true

 

[Joe Realist]

An uncapped year will lead to more salary dumping by teams that free agent frenzy.