Salary cap problems?

[xwalker]

If I understand it correctly, a 90% cash cap would be as follows IF the cap was 100 million for 2011:

Minimum team base salaries: 90 mil
Maximum team base salaries: 100 mil

Would the dead money (players not on the team) be ignored or would it have to fit into the 10% figure?

Would the prorated bonus money (players currently on the roster) be ignored or would it have to fit into the 10% figure?

 

[firehawk350]

If I understand it correctly, a 90% cash cap would be as follows IF the cap was 100 million for 2011:

Minimum team base salaries: 90 mil
Maximum team base salaries: 100 mil

Would the dead money (players not on the team) be ignored or would it have to fit into the 10% figure?

Would the prorated bonus money (players currently on the roster) be ignored or would it have to fit into the 10% figure?

Since there isn't an actual draft CBA, I don't think we've got more than speculation on the subject. However, based on what Adam is saying, it would be a 3 year rolling amount. So for easy math, let's just say that the three year's caps were $100M. That means by the third year, the total amount spent on player's salaries during those three years (bonuses outside wouldn't count) would have to equal $270M. Meanwhile though, dead money would be counted similarly to the way it was in the old CBA. So if you signed player X to a 5 year contract with $10M in a signing bonus but cut him after year 3, the remaining prorated amount ($2M/yr equally spread) would accelerate as "dead" money.

 

[AdamJT13]

I don't see how the system mentioned in that article can work unless a team is allowed to go over the cap in a given year. If a team were to carry quite a bit of dead money for several years in a row, there's no way could also pay 90% in cash and still be under the cap. This is all getting very confusing. I can't wait until its all anounced and we can begin talking about actual facts and what they mean to the Cowboys.

Keep in mind that there would be no cash maximum, only a cap maximum. So, for example, a team could pay huge bonuses that would be prorated for cap purposes but would all count toward that year's cash minimum. It shouldn't be that difficult to manage both aspects, and I'm sure that the CBA would have provisions to ensure that teams meet the cash minimum while still being under the cap.

 

[AdamJT13]

That means by the third year, the total amount spent on player's salaries during those three years (bonuses outside wouldn't count) would have to equal $270M.

Bonuses would count toward the cash minimum in the year when they're paid.