kgun12
03-02-2006, 10:03 PM
I got this off of Profootballtalk.com There's alot of good info there these 2 things I just thought were interesting.
POSTED 6:18 p.m. EST, March 2, 2006
THURSDAY CUTS UNDONE
Chris Mortensen of ESPN reports that, due to the three-day extension to the deadline for getting under the 2006 salary cap, the NFL has undone any cuts that were made by teams on Thursday.
This applies, for example, to four veterans released on Thursday by the Chiefs, including corners Eric Warfield and Dexter McCleon and linebackers Shawn Barber and Gary Stills.
As to players cut on Wednesday, they remain cut and are free to sign with any other team.
POSTED 10:00 p.m. EST, March 2, 2006
58 PERCENT EQUALS $104 MILLION SALARY CAP
We've been suggesting in this space for the past couple of days that the supposed gulf between the NFL and the NFLPA of 3.8 percentage points of total football revenue is a gap that easily can be resolved by essentially splitting the difference.
The league is at 56.2 percent of total football revenue, and the union is at 60 percent. Logic tells us that the deal gets done at 58 percent.
And we've picked up some info that corroborates our belief in this regard. Per a league source, it's been projected that 56 percent of total football revenue equates to a $100 million salary cap -- less than $5.5 million more than the current cap number of $94.53 million. It's also been projected, we're told, that each additional percentage point will result in another $2 million per team in cap room.
At 58 percent, the team-by-team cap is $104 million, which is right in the middle of the ballpark that we've been hearing for much of the week as to what the new salary cap will be if/when a new agreement is reached.
Which tells us that the NFL already has resigned itself to going to 58 percent.
Which tells us that the NFLPA likely would drop to 58 percent.
Which tells us that, as we've believed all week, it all comes down to whether the owners can get their act together on revenue sharing or, as we now understand the operative term to be, "cost transfer."
Let just get this thing done already!!!
POSTED 6:18 p.m. EST, March 2, 2006
THURSDAY CUTS UNDONE
Chris Mortensen of ESPN reports that, due to the three-day extension to the deadline for getting under the 2006 salary cap, the NFL has undone any cuts that were made by teams on Thursday.
This applies, for example, to four veterans released on Thursday by the Chiefs, including corners Eric Warfield and Dexter McCleon and linebackers Shawn Barber and Gary Stills.
As to players cut on Wednesday, they remain cut and are free to sign with any other team.
POSTED 10:00 p.m. EST, March 2, 2006
58 PERCENT EQUALS $104 MILLION SALARY CAP
We've been suggesting in this space for the past couple of days that the supposed gulf between the NFL and the NFLPA of 3.8 percentage points of total football revenue is a gap that easily can be resolved by essentially splitting the difference.
The league is at 56.2 percent of total football revenue, and the union is at 60 percent. Logic tells us that the deal gets done at 58 percent.
And we've picked up some info that corroborates our belief in this regard. Per a league source, it's been projected that 56 percent of total football revenue equates to a $100 million salary cap -- less than $5.5 million more than the current cap number of $94.53 million. It's also been projected, we're told, that each additional percentage point will result in another $2 million per team in cap room.
At 58 percent, the team-by-team cap is $104 million, which is right in the middle of the ballpark that we've been hearing for much of the week as to what the new salary cap will be if/when a new agreement is reached.
Which tells us that the NFL already has resigned itself to going to 58 percent.
Which tells us that the NFLPA likely would drop to 58 percent.
Which tells us that, as we've believed all week, it all comes down to whether the owners can get their act together on revenue sharing or, as we now understand the operative term to be, "cost transfer."
Let just get this thing done already!!!