No Hard Salary Cap In The First Year Of The New CBA?

by Christopher Gates on Jul 21, 2011 10:02 AM CDT in NFL

While I was cobbling together today's Starting Lineup for SB Nation Minnesota, I noticed this posting on the Twitter from Tom Pelissero of ESPN 1500.

Interesting rumor passed along by @RavensInsider that hard cap might not be imposed in 1st year of labor deal. Would avoid cap casualties.less than a minute ago via TweetDeck Favorite Retweet ReplyTom Pelissero
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In a way, I suppose that this makes sense. There are still going to be some veterans that are going to get cut regardless of whether there's a salary cap or not. (Yes, Madieu Williams, I'm looking at you here, regardless of how awesome you are off the field.) But given the relatively little time that teams will have between the ratification of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement that will (hopefully) take place today and the start of Training Camps and everything else, it might help to make things a bit easier on teams like the Vikings, who would have had some pretty tough decisions to make.

Now, I'm not sure if this means that there isn't going to be any cap at all, similar to 2010, or if there's going to be some kind of a "soft cap," which is what the NBA currently has and is pretty much a complete joke.

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Would this affect the salary cap floor?

I sure hope that the salary cap floor is implemented immediately. Being a Chiefs fan, we need that salary cap floor activated so Clark Hunt doesn’t go cheap on us this year. lol

by ChiefMojo on Jul 21, 2011 10:39 AM CDT reply actions

Heard from

A guy I know that Nnamdis favorite color is purple. Hey, I’m just sayin.

Ponder to Harvin for 6!

by Percy Harvin My Fav! on Jul 21, 2011 11:13 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

i wonder if this "rumor" came from clayton via espn.

i just posted this in another thread, it seems relevant here.
http://m.espn.go.com/nfl/story?w=1au2g&storyId=6775674&i=FB&topslot=1&wjb

The big move Friday was the owners backing down on having three first rights of refusal. That frees Santonio Holmes, Braylon Edwards and others to hit the market without restriction, figuring that free agency may start as early as July 25.

The salary cap is going to be at $120 million with a $3 million exemption. Here is how the exemption works: A team such as the Cowboys, who are $18 million over the cap, can designate one player this season and discount $3 million of his salary from the salary cap.

In 2012, teams will have three exemptions worth $1.5 million on three players.

by danny lloyd on Jul 21, 2011 12:24 PM CDT reply actions