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Is the contract of Kobe fall under the Bird Exception?
Posted: Wed Mar 2, 2011 12:45 am
by asero
Does it count in the computation of the teams salary cap?
Re: Is the contract of Kobe fall under the Bird Exception?
Posted: Wed Mar 2, 2011 1:08 am
by Gek
Bird exceptions still count towards team salary, it just allows a team over the cap to maintain their players.
Re: Is the contract of Kobe fall under the Bird Exception?
Posted: Wed Mar 2, 2011 1:15 am
by asero
G=K wrote:Bird exceptions still count towards team salary, it just allows a team over the cap to maintain their players.
Yes. But if Kobe is under the bird exception, why does the team pays luxury taxes for exceeding the salary cap by 20 million.
Re: Is the contract of Kobe fall under the Bird Exception?
Posted: Wed Mar 2, 2011 1:24 am
by Gek
Because it has nothing to do with a team not paying luxury taxes. It allows the team to go over the luxury cap to re-sign players. Else, they could not re-sign anyone if it exceeded the luxury cap (aside from the MLE, LLE and Vet's min).
Re: Is the contract of Kobe fall under the Bird Exception?
Posted: Wed Mar 2, 2011 2:53 am
by Dr Aki
they're not exceptions
they're bird rights.
you must've been confused with the word exception and thought MLE/LLE/TPE
Re: Is the contract of Kobe fall under the Bird Exception?
Posted: Wed Mar 2, 2011 5:56 pm
by CowsMoo
Now I'm craving bananas.
Re: Is the contract of Kobe fall under the Bird Exception?
Posted: Wed Mar 2, 2011 6:00 pm
by LApwnd
bird exception is just like MLE, it just gives team who are over the cap ability to sign the player that is ALL, every player salary counts against the cap/luxury tax.