For a couple of days now Clump and I have been telling you that Cash to Cap might not be a bad thing for teams because it doesn't mortgage the cap future.
However, there is a downside. It make the salary cap a "Hard Cap". The way things are now teams can really spend as much money as they want if they figure out a way to spread the money out so that it all fits. We "Cash to Cap" the money available is ALL the money that is available. Like Clump said it will make the Bills picky when it comes to talent evaluation. However, it might be worse than that.
While it might be attractive for a player to sign a deal like this on the promise that if a team keeps it's future cap clear it can get more players there is a deep dark side. If many teams start employing "Cash to Cap" economics then there isn't as much money for teams to spend and agents will get wise quickly and not want contracts like this. A move like this will save teams huge amounts of money...monies the agents nor the union want to lose control over...it would mean the end of very huge contracts and restrict movement of players over long term depending on how many teams employed it.
However, there is a downside. It make the salary cap a "Hard Cap". The way things are now teams can really spend as much money as they want if they figure out a way to spread the money out so that it all fits. We "Cash to Cap" the money available is ALL the money that is available. Like Clump said it will make the Bills picky when it comes to talent evaluation. However, it might be worse than that.
While it might be attractive for a player to sign a deal like this on the promise that if a team keeps it's future cap clear it can get more players there is a deep dark side. If many teams start employing "Cash to Cap" economics then there isn't as much money for teams to spend and agents will get wise quickly and not want contracts like this. A move like this will save teams huge amounts of money...monies the agents nor the union want to lose control over...it would mean the end of very huge contracts and restrict movement of players over long term depending on how many teams employed it.
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