Contract Renegotiations have begun

[redwagonskins]

My question is why are we the only franchise in the league that does this? Consistently, year in and year out, we are over the cap and are able to restructure contracts turning base salaries into bonuses and then writing down the total cap hit. What is the downside? Is it guaranteed money in future years? It seems like the FO has been able to do this for several years yet no other team in the league is either this creative or this stupid. Every year, we are supposedly in salary cap hell but I haven't even felt it get remotely warm around here. So what is the downside?

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by redwagonskins

My question is why are we the only franchise in the league that does this? Consistently, year in and year out, we are over the cap and are able to restructure contracts turning base salaries into bonuses and then writing down the total cap hit. What is the downside? Is it guaranteed money in future years? It seems like the FO has been able to do this for several years yet no other team in the league is either this creative or this stupid. Every year, we are supposedly in salary cap hell but I haven't even felt it get remotely warm around here. So what is the downside?

we're the only team. downside is releases cost more (Coles, lloyd), and if the NFL revenues ever level out, we're straight up f$%^ed. all your doing is pushing money down the road, and making a worse situation for future years... but the NFL revenue (and labor deals) have been pushing up the cap enough each year that it hasn't bitten us yet.

[SC Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by That Guy

we're the only team. downside is releases cost more (Coles, lloyd), and if the NFL revenues ever level out, we're straight up f$%^ed. all your doing is pushing money down the road, and making a worse situation for future years... but the NFL revenue (and labor deals) have been pushing up the cap enough each year that it hasn't bitten us yet.

Yep, and you also have to have the cash on hand to dole out $10 million in checks in a single day. Just a small issue (though not for DS). Go buy something from the Redskins store to help him pay for it, do your part as a fan/consumer (I'm tapped out after getting my 75th anniversary Campbell Authentic, someone else has got to go help)!

[redwagonskins]

Originally Posted by SC Skins Fan

Yep, and you also have to have the cash on hand to dole out $10 million in checks in a single day. Just a small issue (though not for DS). Go buy something from the Redskins store to help him pay for it, do your part as a fan/consumer (I'm tapped out after getting my 75th anniversary Campbell Authentic, someone else has got to go help)!

So you're the problem! J/K (see the "Do Sports Athletes Get Paid 2 Much" thread)