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Originally Posted by SkinzWin

Either that's not true or your math is wrong. Cap for this year is in the low 120's. I think I heard $122 mil.

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Franchise tag numbers tentatively set; 2013 cap near $121M - NFL.com

He said that he was using hypothetical numbers that made the math example easier. He was not speaking to the specifics of this year.

Originally Posted by Skinzman

Dont come over to this section much and I realize that this is a week late. But the NFL cant lower the salary cap on the NFLPA, it is done by a formula that has been negotiated between the two. The salary cap was going down automatically due to the new CBA. What happened was the player percent of money went down due to the CBA having a smaller cut for the players. (Players money went from something like a 56% to 50% of overall money. Not sure of exact numbers).

IE.. These numbers arent real, just using easier than the real numbers to show the example. I also doubt the formula is this simple, im only using the basics of it.

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