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If the NFL had not created a rule after the fact that allowed them to not count the dead money they had on the books last year, they would have been in as bad or worse shape then too.
Its bad business, and it should have come home to roost a year ago, but the NFL put a rule in the CBA that allowed teams to waive dead money hits on players cut in a very small window, which basically, only the Jets did. That was an inexpicable 8 figure gift that won't be coming again.
I don't want to go all Tunescribe tinfoil hat here folks but this CBA insert confounds me. Yes, I understand the players union wanting stuff in the new CBA that allows teams to spend profligately. But what we got was a clause that had specific timing that explicitly bailed out the Jets and I think (from memory ) one or maybe 2 other teams, not the other 30 or so teams. Why only 2-3 if this was a sop to the union? This really smacks of favoritism. My one criticism of Bob Kraft is that with Spygate and apparently with stuff like this he takes it, bends over and says. "May I please have another?"
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