Redskins just got hosed: $36 mil of capspace gone

[Ruzious]

I'm speechless. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... -redskins/

Really, NFL owners? Really? Really?

[TNBT]

I don't understand a huge amount about the CBA in the NFL, and I haven't read the links posted here, so I'm just going to say what seems to me to be what the situation is. Correct me if I'm wrong.

The NFL and the players agreed to have a year with no cap. Because of this, we signed a bunch of guys for a lot of money, but structured the contracts so that the bulk of the money would be paid to them during the uncapped year, therefore meaning that we would still be able to fit under the cap when it came back the next year. Now the NFL are saying that we gained an "unfair advantage" but getting all these guys in that manner, and as such they are penalizing us now when they approved the contracts in the first place. Is that right?

If so, then what the hell is wrong with the NFL and other team owners? Are the other teams and the league being run by a group of monkeys or something? If you, as the league, KNOW that certain contracts are going to give a team an unfair advantage in the future and therefore violate the rules, then why the f*ck would you approve them in the first place?


I have to go lay down for a while... this is making my head hurt.

[Rafael122]

Because they all wanted the salary cap to increase which means more money for players and to a certain extent the Players Association. If I'm not mistaken. It was either penalizing the Skins and Cowboys and have a higher cap or not penalizing them and having a smaller cap. In the end the Cowboys and Skins got hosed.

[hands11]

I had forgotten this happened.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d8 ... n-cap-case

So any update on this ?

[verbal8]

I had forgotten this happened.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d8 ... n-cap-case

So any update on this ?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/foo ... _blog.html

It was dismissed by the arbitrator because he interpreted it as not being subject to arbitration. The Skins and Cowboys did not pursue the issue further.

[LyricalRico]

Adam Schefter was on the Sports Fix (ESPN 980) today and said that there still could be a favorable ruling on this for the Skins this upcoming offseason, so stay tuned.

Either way, isn't it great that the Giants ownership was the driving force behind this illegal penalty and now they have to watch the Skins in the playoffs while they sit at home? Take that, Mara family!

[Rafael122]

If they get some of the $ back, that will help. They need help at the right tackle spot, they need a tall corner, a free and strong safety. Probably an inside linebacker as well.