Twitter: NFL Salary Cap to rise to $133mil - Post #67

[WoodysGirl]

 

[Alexander]

Randy Galloway ‏@Randy_Galloway 14m
@AdamSchefter @Edwerderespn So now The Cows are only $15 Million over the cap.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

$7m increase is humongous.

 

[StarBoyz83]

Getting rid of ware, hatcher, austin, spencer and restructuring romo and carr still probably wont put us under the cap. Lol

 

[Alexander]

$7m increase is humongous.

For most teams at the edge or slightly above the cap, it is a big deal. For Dallas, not so much.

 

[Alexander]

Getting rid of ware, hatcher, austin, spencer and restructuring romo and carr still probably wont put us under the cap. Lol

They can restructure everyone and still get under the cap. By how much and at what price for the future years is the real problem.

 

[DavidS]

Getting rid of ware, hatcher, austin, spencer and restructuring romo and carr still probably wont put us under the cap. Lol

 

[Risen Star]

For most teams at the edge or slightly above the cap, it is a big deal. For Dallas, not so much.

I think it's pretty much irrelevant. All teams get the same increase. So the Cowboys cap position doesn't change.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

For most teams at the edge or slightly above the cap, it is a big deal. For Dallas, not so much.

It means the same for every team. It means we have to do less restructures to get under the cap and can do more if we have a target in FA we want to go after.

All we have to do is restructure Romo, Witten, and Lee to get under the cap now. You don't have to tie yourself further to Carr and Ware by guaranteeing more money. You can cut Austin June 1 and use that for the rookies and do nothing else if you want. It's humongous.

 

[daveferr33]

True enough. But the Jones Boys need all the help they can get.

 

[Section446]

That's insane, 5% is pretty significant; great news for a handful of teams.

 

[burmafrd]

The reason they cannot fix the cap until later in the league year is that they do not know what expenses there are. Revenue is known since the great majority of it is TV money; about the only variables are the merchandizing.

But expenses- insurance keeps going up; medical expenses keep going up; and other expenses like pensions keep going up. Until they have a grip for that year on expenses they cannot fix the cap. Remember last year how late they were with a final cap figure? Its going to be like that every year.

Those thinking that there are going to be 20 million plus cap jumps are doomed to disapointment. Not sure where the money to settle the lawsuits like the concussion one comes from either.

 

[Section446]

The reason they cannot fix the cap until later in the league year is that they do not know what expenses there are. Revenue is known since the great majority of it is TV money; about the only variables are the merchandizing.

But expenses- insurance keeps going up; medical expenses keep going up; and other expenses like pensions keep going up. Until they have a grip for that year on expenses they cannot fix the cap. Remember last year how late they were with a final cap figure? Its going to be like that every year.

Those thinking that there are going to be 20 million plus cap jumps are doomed to disapointment. Not sure where the money to settle the lawsuits like the concussion one comes from either.

I'm with you, I don't think that $20 million in a year is even possible. 5% is a ridiculous increase when the cap is already at $123 million.

 

[DoctorChicken]

The NFL is projected to raise its salary cap to about $130 million, up about 5 percent from $123 million last year, league sources said Thursday.

The $130 million figure is even higher than teams are expecting or had been preparing for and will be welcome news for teams, especially ones like the Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints that are cap-strapped.

Cowboys executive Stephen Jones has said that he wouldn't make any decisions about players' futures "til it's time to get under the cap."

NFL teams do not need to be compliant with the salary cap until March 11, but some teams have already started cutting players to create cap savings, like the Detroit Lions did last week in cutting Louis Delmas and Nate Burleson and the Saints with Will Smith, Roman Harper and Jabari Greer.

Good. We'll still be broke, though. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10487942/nfl-projected-raise-salary-cap-130-million

 

[burmafrd]

If we could average 5% a year that would be a big help but we cannot COUNT on that which is a real problem when looking at the big contracts like Romo's and the ones like Dez and Tyron coming up.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

The reason they cannot fix the cap until later in the league year is that they do not know what expenses there are. Revenue is known since the great majority of it is TV money; about the only variables are the merchandizing.

But expenses- insurance keeps going up; medical expenses keep going up; and other expenses like pensions keep going up. Until they have a grip for that year on expenses they cannot fix the cap. Remember last year how late they were with a final cap figure? Its going to be like that every year.

Those thinking that there are going to be 20 million plus cap jumps are doomed to disapointment. Not sure where the money to settle the lawsuits like the concussion one comes from either.

The first four years of the CBA are price controlled. Its the reason why the NFLPA demanded the floor for the time frame. We have been seeing modest increases but it bears to reason that with the controls being lifted and a new TV contract signed that the cap will increase at a greater rate than the controlled rate.

Expenses are not factored into the cap amount. It's based on revenues.

 

[Idgit]

I think it's pretty much irrelevant. All teams get the same increase. So the Cowboys cap position doesn't change.

But not all teams are in the same cap circumstances. If you're hog-tied, 5% means a lot more than it does to somebody who's already got a bunch of slack.

I say that while making it clear that I think you're mostly right about the team letting themselves get hogtied in the first place.

 

[Nirvana]

 

[burmafrd]

The first four years of the CBA are price controlled. Its the reason why the NFLPA demanded the floor for the time frame. We have been seeing modest increases but it bears to reason that with the controls being lifted and a new TV contract signed that the cap will increase at a greater rate than the controlled rate.

Expenses are not factored into the cap amount. It's based on revenues.

wrong. They clearly said last year that the reason the cap is not going up as much as thought is because of those expenses which are taken OFF the top of the revenue.

If it is as you claim then they would have a much more clear idea of what the cap would be since they probably can ID at least 90-95% if the revenue each year.

 

[Risen Star]

But not all teams are in the same cap circumstances. If you're hog-tied, 5% means a lot more than it does to somebody who's already got a bunch of slack.

I say that while making it clear that I think you're mostly right about the team letting themselves get hogtied in the first place.

But their position to spend doesn't change because every team gets the same increase. They are just as cap poor relative to the rest of the league.