Someone Explain This (salary cap issue)

[jwooten15]

Help.

If we were to find a trade partner for Romo, why is it that we are still on the books for his remaining salary?

So if he's traded to Houston... Is he basically counting against two team's cap??

And in following with that premise -- how is Houston able to afford not only Osweiller's salary (even though he's a Brown, now), AND take on Romo?

I've never taken the time to study intricacies of the salary cap system. Thanks!

 

[robjay04]

We are not on the hook for his remaining salary.

We are on the hook for the salary we have already paid him.

 

[HeavyBarrel]

I'm not sure but I need someone to come along and post that the "salary cap is an illusion" so I can "like" it......

 

[Reality]

The downside to trading him salary cap wise is that all of his remaining signing bonus money will accelerate to the current year where as cutting him would allow the Cowboys to designate him as a June 1st cut and split his remaining signing bonus salary cap hit over two years. Trading him is only viable if the Cowboys get something worth the difference (or at least close to it since next year's cap would be free from Romo) in the salary cap hit this season IMO.

I think trading him would cost us around $8.9m (or close to it) more this year, but would clear him from the books after this year, so if we could get something in value to justify the extra $8.9m this year, then the real payoff for trading him would be next year salary cap wise.

That said, I may be a little off on this as I have not been keeping up with trade scenarios since I have always expected the Cowboys would release him.

 

[jwooten15]

The downside to trading him salary cap wise is that all of his remaining signing bonus money will accelerate to the current year where as cutting him would allow the Cowboys to designate him as a June 1st cut and split his remaining signing bonus salary cap hit over two years. Trading him is only viable if the Cowboys get something worth the difference (or at least close to it since next year's cap would be free from Romo) in the salary cap hit this season IMO.

I think trading him would cost us around $8.9m (or close to it) more this year, but would clear him from the books after this year, so if we could get something in value to justify the extra $8.9m this year, then the real payoff for trading him would be next year salary cap wise.

That said, I may be a little off on this as I have not been keeping up with trade scenarios since I have always expected the Cowboys would release him.

Thanks buddy