Cooley Restructures

JoeRedskin

And ... for those of you constantly slamming DS. It is his willingness to spend "cash over cap" that keeps players around and lets the Skins pay top dollar - always.

DS willingness to pay cash is what the small market teams complain about. They can't/won't massage the cap in the way the Skins do b/c they simply do not have the money to do it. That's why cap hits are now spread over four years as opposed to seven in the prior CBA - so that rich teams can't simply outspend poorer teams. Cinci, Jax and Buffalo simply can't/won't (depending on who you speak to) spend cash over cap to the degree that teams like the Patriots, Skins and other can and will do.

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JoeRedskin

In the last CBA, there was a "nuclear option" written into the agreement - that being to accelerate the bonuses. That was done to encourage a new agreement b/c, it was assumed, no one wanted to deal those consequences. I do not know if such a clause has been written into the new agreement. If not, then when the CBA expires, the salary cap disappears. The only reason it exists is b/c the players agreed to it. Once gone, it will be hard (if not impossible) to replace b/c salaries in the short term will skyrocket.

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