patsfaninpa
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Re: Cap will remain flat through 2014...and any spike won't be as dramatic as anticip
Glad to hear from Jonathan Kraft. The cap is based on revenues. If the revenue keeps increasing, the cap rises. Unless, you would like to see the Kraft Family keep a bigger pct. Nobody has said anything about borrowing money. It's a simple mathematical formula. The cap is a pct. of revenue. Don't believe the doomsayers or whomever you are listening to. The Krafts are doing fine.
The notion that the cap would keep going up forever is about as realistic as believing your house can only keep appreciating in value forever. When the cap first started IIRC, it was somewhere around $35MM Its now $120. Nothing keeps expanding without experiencing some down turns. If what they are saying is true about the league borrowing money to prop up the cap for the the next few years, then Bob Kraft's warning about the expected spike in 2014 no coming make a lot more sense now. Its never good to "borrow from Peter to pay Paul" long term.
Hopefully the NFLPA and the agents will see the common sense in a slow growth of this incredibly lucrative pie, and not whine about that its "not big enough". If they do, they are fools. Players have never been as well paid, protected, and able to make money outside the game. To hear them whine about "not enough" is simply obscene.
Glad to hear from Jonathan Kraft. The cap is based on revenues. If the revenue keeps increasing, the cap rises. Unless, you would like to see the Kraft Family keep a bigger pct. Nobody has said anything about borrowing money. It's a simple mathematical formula. The cap is a pct. of revenue. Don't believe the doomsayers or whomever you are listening to. The Krafts are doing fine.