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Is March 15, 2010 after the year ends for the 2009 salary season?
I believe it is.
Which means that that option bonus will count ENTIRELY for next year's salary cap.
Of course, next year there may be NO salary cap.
I may be wrong about this (I'm not Miguel after all) but I think the Patriots are already getting ahead of the no salary cap for 2010!
No, it is still prorated over the last 3 years of the deal.
Miguel can answer this best but does this deal comply with the 25% rule??
I know, some little schmuck at a keyboard is asking if the Pats are in compliance with the CBA but inquiring minds want to know.....
The jump from year 2 to year 3 (2010 to 2011 ) appears to be about a 47% raise which IIRC is beyond the amount of increase allowed. They could always tweak it to comply by starting at 380K and going up 25% per year. Net result would cost them 80K in cap space this year but the ultimate payout (not adjusted for net present value) would be close.
You are misunderstanding the 25% rule. First of all, it takes into account cap hits, not base salaries. Secondly, it does not say rookie salaries can't increase more than 25% per year. It says cap hits in each year of rookie deals can't increase by more than 25% of the first year cap hit.
Here are the numbers in Butler's case. It was obviously engineered to exactly comply with the 25% rule. This does not take into account workout bonuses or the log bonus, which is a NLTBE.
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