Gosselin: “You can’t draft them.

[AbeBeta]

wow. dude has lost it.

 

[03EBZ06]

As an experienced NFL reporter, you would think he would know about drafting process and cap ramification of drafts, unbelievable that he woulds make that erroneous statement.

I'm just waiting to see how long before he retracts that silly statement and corrects himself.

 

[rocboy22]

As an experienced NFL reporter, you would think he would know about drafting process and cap ramification of drafts, unbelievable that he woulds make that erroneous statement.

I'm just waiting to see how long before he retracts that silly statement and corrects himself.

It wasn't even just that. What about where he says we can't cut free due to the cap hit???

And- I think you'll be waiting a LONG time before you see a retraction.

 

[Bowdown27]

He is an absolute maroon

 

[speedkilz88]

Anyone with twitter want to send this to Eatman or Broaddus? I really think the Cowboys would want to clear any mess up that Goose has started here.

 

[rocboy22]

Anyone with twitter want to send this to Eatman or Broaddus? I really think the Cowboys would want to clear any mess up that Goose has started here.

I wouldn't even acknowledge this idiocy if I were them. It sets a precedent of having to "officially" refute every BS thing that comes out of reporter's mouths - and that would probably mean adding 5 full time employess to their payroll!!!

 

[03EBZ06]

It wasn't even just that. What about where he says we can't cut free due to the cap hit???

And- I think you'll be waiting a LONG time before you see a retraction.

Yup and insinuating that Spears haven't been cut.

 

[conner01]

i believe you do have to have room to cover the rookie min for the picks you take but thats very little money

 

[conner01]

FALSE.

We can absolutely draft them. We could make 10 first round picks and it would not affect the cap until they are SIGNED (which has traditionally occurred in late July/August).

The only draft-related cap issue is signing the UDFAs, which still should not be a huge issue because only the top 51 salaries affect the cap.

actually they do have to be below the cap to draft. he is somewhat right, although it's just the rookie min you have to be below

Team salary includes the Rookie Minimum Active Salary as of the day of the draft for all drafted rookies. The salary for drafted rookies will stay at this amount until the player is signed, the team’s rights are relinquished through waivers, or until the Tuesday following the tenth week of the regular season if the player remains unsigned. Note also that there is a Rookie Salary Cap, which is a subset of the overall cap. Each team has its own unique Rookie Salary Cap, based on the number of draft picks they have and where in each round the picks ocurred.

 

[MonsterD]

Was he on a hallucinogenic? :doh:

 

[Chocolate Lab]

I can just hear the Fake Goose saying this.

 

[MonsterD]

Anyone see this?
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[xwalker]

actually they do have to be below the cap to draft. he is somewhat right, although it's just the rookie min you have to be below

Team salary includes the Rookie Minimum Active Salary as of the day of the draft for all drafted rookies. The salary for drafted rookies will stay at this amount until the player is signed, the team’s rights are relinquished through waivers, or until the Tuesday following the tenth week of the regular season if the player remains unsigned. Note also that there is a Rookie Salary Cap, which is a subset of the overall cap. Each team has its own unique Rookie Salary Cap, based on the number of draft picks they have and where in each round the picks ocurred.

From AdamJT13:

When a player is drafted, he automatically is tendered a one-year contract for the rookie minimum base salary (for 2012, that is $390,000). This amount immediately is applied to the team's rookie pool and salary cap.

Because most teams have at least 51 players with cap numbers higher than the rookie minimum salary before the draft, the automatic tenders for drafted players won't affect those teams' caps at all.

It sometimes is mistakenly reported that teams must have cap room in order to use their draft choices, but that applies only to teams that have fewer than 51 players signed or tendered at the time of the draft.

 

[rocboy22]

From AdamJT13:

When a player is drafted, he automatically is tendered a one-year contract for the rookie minimum base salary (for 2012, that is $390,000). This amount immediately is applied to the team's rookie pool and salary cap.

Because most teams have at least 51 players with cap numbers higher than the rookie minimum salary before the draft, the automatic tenders for drafted players won't affect those teams' caps at all.

It sometimes is mistakenly reported that teams must have cap room in order to use their draft choices, but that applies only to teams that have fewer than 51 players signed or tendered at the time of the draft.

thank you!

 

[conner01]

From AdamJT13:

When a player is drafted, he automatically is tendered a one-year contract for the rookie minimum base salary (for 2012, that is $390,000). This amount immediately is applied to the team's rookie pool and salary cap.

Because most teams have at least 51 players with cap numbers higher than the rookie minimum salary before the draft, the automatic tenders for drafted players won't affect those teams' caps at all.

It sometimes is mistakenly reported that teams must have cap room in order to use their draft choices, but that applies only to teams that have fewer than 51 players signed or tendered at the time of the draft.

thats right. and we sure have over 51 players making over 400k a year. while he may be factually correct in reality it's a non -issue
but sports writer like to make headlines

 

[jrumann59]

You are drafting for the rights to negotiate with that individual, that individual can do whatever they want go to CFL or not play football. Teams draft people and retain their rights for as long as they want. Look at Rocket Ismail. Has Gosselin taken too many blows to the head.

 

[CowboyGil]

Can we send him a collective from all of us here at CZ?

 

[Nightman]

i believe you do have to have room to cover the rookie min for the picks you take but thats very little money

Dallas will only need about 1.5m in cap room to sign all 6 of their draft picks. They will get 2m on June 2nd from the Spears cut alone. A decision on Free can also be made to clear up to 7m more if he is cut or 3-4m if he takes a pay cut. A Romo deal could clear around 5m and a Spencer deal could clear around 5m. All of these have been talked about recently and if there was a FA they wanted, I'm sure one will be done to clear the space.

 

[Sandyf]

The Rookie minimum for 2013 $480.00. Believe we have about six players at below that within the rule of 51. So basically we have to have the difference between $480,000 and those six to be under the cap or roughly $600,000 which we already have with designating Spears a June 1st cut.

Rick baby Gooselin needs to explain himself better.

 

[speedkilz88]

The Rookie minimum for 2013 $480.00. Believe we have about six players at below that within the rule of 51. So basically we have to have the difference between $480,000 and those six to be under the cap or roughly $600,000 which we already have with designating Spears a June 1st cut.

Rick baby Gooselin needs to explain himself better.

According to spotrac, the last six cap figures are equal to or higher than the rookie minimum.

$555k
$506,213
$480,500
$480k
$480k
$480k