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03-04-2003, 06:05 PM
Article by Vic Carucci. NFL.com
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (March 3, 2003) -- When it was over, Tom Donahoe said he felt like a teacher once again, right down to the blank stares he used to see on many students' faces.
"You just know that everybody is saying, 'What did he say?'" the Buffalo Bills president/general manager said with a sheepish green as he stepped down from the platform in the media room at the team's training facility.
Donahoe, a former high school English teacher, had just finished conducting a class of sorts. The subject was "Understanding the Salary Cap and Other Complex Financial Issues in Today's NFL." The students were about 20 members of the media that regularly cover the Bills. I accepted an invitation to also attend on the assumption that you can never have too much cap knowledge.
Now I'm having second thoughts. http://nfl.com/insider/story/6226117
Interesting point : ..Oh, and it is also possible for a team to trade a player with a franchise tag, but must do so the same day the player signs the one-year franchise agreement or will be responsible for that player's cap figure....
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (March 3, 2003) -- When it was over, Tom Donahoe said he felt like a teacher once again, right down to the blank stares he used to see on many students' faces.
"You just know that everybody is saying, 'What did he say?'" the Buffalo Bills president/general manager said with a sheepish green as he stepped down from the platform in the media room at the team's training facility.
Donahoe, a former high school English teacher, had just finished conducting a class of sorts. The subject was "Understanding the Salary Cap and Other Complex Financial Issues in Today's NFL." The students were about 20 members of the media that regularly cover the Bills. I accepted an invitation to also attend on the assumption that you can never have too much cap knowledge.
Now I'm having second thoughts. http://nfl.com/insider/story/6226117
Interesting point : ..Oh, and it is also possible for a team to trade a player with a franchise tag, but must do so the same day the player signs the one-year franchise agreement or will be responsible for that player's cap figure....