How to deal with an uncapped year

[Miguel]

They were probably thinking about Matt Ryan and his contract. Arthur Blank got blankety-blanked when he felt compelled to sign Ryan before the opt-out, as the rule applies to current players and not rookies. What should have been obvious to him was 8th grade math; 30% of zero is zero. A percentage increase applies only to current players, and not rookies - they don't have a contract yet!

Arthur Blank probably knows about the 25% rule that applies to rookie contracts. "No Player Contract signed by a Rookie may provide for an annual increase in Salary of more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the contract’s first League Year Salary, unless such Player Contract provides for
Salary which is equal to the then applicable Minimum Salary for each League Year of the contract" so he knows that the 30% rule does not apply to rookie contracts.

and this rule - "Half of all guaranteed salary beyond 2012 will be reallocated to capped years."