Is there a cap hit when you trade a player?

[BillsFever21]

Anybody know?

[madness]

I believe no but the person you are trading with has to take the full contract.

[Forward_Lateral]

We need Eb to explain this asap.

[Devin]

I thought there was a cap hit, this came up earlier.

[Forward_Lateral]

I don't know if Eb ever answered it or not.

[madness]

I thought there was a cap hit, this came up earlier.

Okay, now I'm starting to remember a thread addressing this issue a while back.

[madness]

http://www.billszone.com/fanzone/sho...ighlight=trade

[SABURZFAN]

that says"after the first game of the season."does it apply before the first game of the season?

[Michael82]

Yes, like I said before...there is the same cap hit if you trade or cut a player.

[L.A. Playa]

in the offseason ther is no cap hit on a trade, reading is fundamental Mikey

[SABURZFAN]

here we go again....

[Michael82]

in the offseason ther is no cap hit on a trade, reading is fundamental Mikey

Really? That's not what I understood. The way Eb put it, he said that he has a feeling there will be a lot less trading because now you will have to eat some of the money on the future years if you trade or cut a player.

[Forward_Lateral]

I guess I won't be trading then.

[Ebenezer]

this was explained in the above mentioned thread...right in #1 but I created some confusion. I consistently used the phrase trade or cut (or cut or trade) except in #1. The hit is the same whether you cut or trade a player. If you trade a player now then you are assessed the cap hit described below. NOTE: the word TRADE has been added in this iteration.

1. Before the start of any season if you cut or trade a player then one half of all their salaries will be assessed against your cap. Example. If you have a player signed for 2 years at $1mil and $1.2 mil and you cut or trade them before the season begins you will be assessed a penalty of $1.1 mil.

[Michael82]

this was explained in the above mentioned thread...right in #1 but I created some confusion. I consistently used the phrase trade or cut (or cut or trade) except in #1. The hit is the same whether you cut or trade a player. If you trade a player now then you are assessed the cap hit described below. NOTE: the word TRADE has been added in this iteration.

1. Before the start of any season if you cut or trade a player then one half of all their salaries will be assessed against your cap. Example. If you have a player signed for 2 years at $1mil and $1.2 mil and you cut or trade them before the season begins you will be assessed a penalty of $1.1 mil.

Thank you for clearing it right. I thought that's what you said to me before.

[L.A. Playa]

color me corrected though that doesnt make any sense to me at all

[Michael82]

color me corrected though that doesnt make any sense to me at all

I agree. I think the cap hit should be lower if you trade compared to just cut the player. But whatever.

[L.A. Playa]

why should there be a cap hit at all to a team that is trading a player ??? that means that there will be virtually no player for draft pick trades at all

player for player shouldnt really matter that much considering that both teams will be taking an equal hit if salaries are equal

[Ebenezer]

why should there be a cap hit at all to a team that is trading a player ??? that means that there will be virtually no player for draft pick trades at all

player for player shouldnt really matter that much considering that both teams will be taking an equal hit if salaries are equal

it is to prevent stashing players and getting around the cap.

[Michael82]

it is to prevent stashing players and getting around the cap.

what do you mean by that? I'm sorry, but I just don't see that happening. And if it is, then there should be rules against it that dont screw other teams from making trades.