Miguel

According to PFT Ty Law "got $4 million to sign, and will be paid a $1 million base salary in 2006. (As a vested veteran, his base salary is fully guaranteed if he's on the Week One roster.)"


http://www.askthecommish.com/salarycap/adjustment.asp
Manning does not have an option bonus in 2007. He has a roster bonus.





An assumption that is held on this board.

Supply low, demand high. Remember teams are required to spend a certain amount of cash each and every year on players. Teams are not going to spend the money on players 42 through 53. They are going to spend the money on star players.

How much???on the 4-team parlay??

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DaBruinz

They are the only ones reporting that. If its true, I would be surprised.



Thank you for the correction. Granted, it could be changed to a signing bonus, but how much does it add to the cap if it stays as a roster bonus?



I know that is what they did previously. I also sdee from your Askthecommish.com link that is what they assume also. But you know what they say about assumptions, right?

There are a lot of things that aren't settled in the CBA right now. That could, very well, be one of them.


The one problem with the whole Supply low, demand high thing is that it ignores quality. Which teams generally don't. And if Givens flops his 1st year in Tennessee, added to the flop of Patten in Washington already, you can bet there will be a stigma about Branch. Also, Branch is thought to be injury prone and sitting out all the pre-season games last year didn't help that picture. People don't tend to pay alot for damaged goods, regardless of how low supply is.

So, you don't think that the Titans, Colts, Redskins and Raiders will be over the cap come the start of free agency next year? Well, The Redskins are already at 106 million and that was before they signed their draft picks.

No problem. Only time will tell.

Miguel

I remember reading that players now have to sign an acknowledgement when they agree to do the LTBE move.





I happen to think that Branch's agent is greatly discounting the possibility of an injury and thinks that Branch will have a very good number wise.



Titans - no chance
Colts - no more than 40% of being over the $109 M limit. less than 33% of being over their adjusted cap number which could be as high as $115 million
Redskins - They are always over the cap because they like to have phony numbers in their contracts. Example - there is no chance that Brunell is getting a $5.2 million salary in 2007.
Raiders - they are always over the cap because they do like to have phony numbers in their contracts.


Radide

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Miguel

I found it.

http://www.nflpa.org/pdfs/Agents/2006RegAmendments.pdf

I guess that the board was right in assuming that the LTBE move still exists.

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