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So, I was listening to the BS Report and Simmons had Mike Lombardi of the National Football Post on and he made an interesting point about the potential of an uncapped 2010 season (due to the lack of a CBA), and how that could cause many teams to pull back on the spending, creating a Yankees - Marlins-like salary gap in the league.

Knowing that TT is not the biggest spender and recognizing that we're largely a blue-collar fanbase, how do you think that'll affect the financial stability of our team cap-wise? I'm concerned that we'll really hold back on making any big FA splashes and may end up really trying up the purse strings over the next couple years. That may also somewhat, though not entirely, explain TT's reluctance to invest bigtime in FA.

I'm not as concerned about the team selling out games, as that'll almost always happen (unless things get exponentially worse, and our recession becomes a depression), and some luxury boxes might be sold by the organizations that currently own them. But, I feel our team may be affected in ways we don't expect. Will we be the Marlins? Probably not. But we sure as hell won't be the Yankees, either.

No, we still have one of the upper-echelon dollar values on our net worth.

I agree, we are still going to be a bit lower in the spending, but TT spends small amounts because he feels that is best for the team. Right or wrong, that is his strategy but if he needs to spend money on someone worthwhile, he will.

We are still in the upper half in revenue but what we don't have is a deep pockets owner. We can't get into a bidding war nor would we want to. The NFL is such a cash cow for owners and players that having an uncapped 2010 would be a disaster for the league.

MickeyDavis wrote:We are still in the upper half in revenue but what we don't have is a deep pockets owner. We can't get into a bidding war nor would we want to. The NFL is such a cash cow for owners and players that having an uncapped 2010 would be a disaster for the league.

I think teams with deep-pocketed owners will benefit the most from an uncapped 2010 (and beyond), and big time free agents may be more likely to hold back on signing extensions with their current teams if they think they can get big money elsewhere, while those same teams will be less likely to make potentially crippling long-term investments in players. That could heavily impact a team like the Packers, which has relied upon building within and using their cap space to invest in their own talent.