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The team payroll refers to the monies actually paid. For example, if a team trades a player midway through the season his salary comes off the team salary, but the money actually paid while he was a member of the team counts toward the team payroll.

Y-Knot wrote:It's been reported that the tanking Sixers are north of 8M under the minimum team salary. Do they have any incentive to spend that money? If so how and when do they have to do it under the CBA before its just bonus money for the current roster.

nodeal wrote:Incentive:
Commish might get mad if they dont get over the min. Obvious tanking cant make the league happy.
Bringing in extra salary should lead to picks/prospects two birds with one stone. Pretty sure this is hinkies plan.

Reason not to spend:
Players get a bonus check, that might lead to player loyalty. Especially the young players.

How:
Sign players or trade for additional salary. The sooner they do it the better.

The team payroll refers to the monies actually paid. For example, if a team trades a player midway through the season his salary comes off the team salary, but the money actually paid while he was a member of the team counts toward the team payroll.

When:
End of the season, Not much can be done to get over the min after the trade deadline though.

I think the penalty will be changed in the future to something more severe. Something like a reverse tax.

Scoot McGroot wrote:They could just make you ineligible to receive luxury tax distribution payments and revenue sharing payments, just as if you were over the luxury tax.

For essentially all teams this would be more than enough to persuade them to get above the floor.

DBoys wrote:

Scoot McGroot wrote:They could just make you ineligible to receive luxury tax distribution payments and revenue sharing payments, just as if you were over the luxury tax.

For essentially all teams this would be more than enough to persuade them to get above the floor.

"They could just make you ineligible to receive luxury tax distribution payments and revenue sharing payments, just as if you were over the luxury tax. "

1 No, they cannot. The rules are set and do not allow this.
2 The rules will remain as is, until there's a new CBA.
3 The league's "penalty" is already specified - you pay the difference. That's all.
4 An "added penalty" for those who want to have one, is that with a lower payroll, a team is likely to be less competitive and draw fewer fans.
5 Lower attendance is its own financial downside for a team; plus, failing to adequately perform in your market can impact eligibility for revenue sharing.
6 But none of that is tied to spending, only to revenue generated. So if a team can draw fans while spending far below the floor, they are free to do so all they want.

"For essentially all teams this would be more than enough to persuade them to get above the floor."

Persuade? No one cares. They'll end up paying the minimum in salaries, one way or the other, which is what the CBA requires. Not sure why some want to imagine that there are further penalties - or that anyone would really care - for a team being below the floor. Frankly, if your team will suck, it's much smarter from a business sense to avoid bloated salaries and long term obligations, as you rebuild, and it's in the best interest of the league that their teams make smart business decisions.

DBoys wrote:You were the first in this thread to say your thoughts were intended to theorize about some new CBA down the road, and you didn't say it until after I had replied. Mind-reading a shift in context shouldn't be a requirement to converse without getting snarkiness in response imo.

nodeal wrote:I think the penalty will be changed in the future to something more severe. Something like a reverse tax.

Sham wrote:This board needs a sense of humour adjustment, I reckon. Here's a monkey on a pushbike.

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Dunkenstein wrote:Can't you ever be serious? We're discussing weighty issues here. Issues that could affect the future of mankind as we know it. And by the way, we spell it "humor" here in America, the home of the NBA, you bloody Brit!