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Originally Posted by Giantone
There was no "collusion" against the players,no player was denied the right to make money(see A.Haynsworth) the NFL players Association agrees to this ,what was agreed to by 32 owners was not dumping the saleries during the uncapped year,something all but 4 did,why not all 32 just do it and it would benift eveyone?
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You are wrong. They engaged in textbook collusion. By "agreeing" to not dump monies into the uncapped year they did several things:
First they denied players guaranteed monies that would have come from non-guaranteed future monies. in the form of modifying salaries into bonuses.
Second, by "agreeing" to not clear future cap space into the uncapped year they denied players that future cap space. If teams had engaged in clearing say 500 mil of cap space into the uncapped year then that is 500 mil of future cap space that the players should have the economical advantage of having. But they don't. It is a clear and easy case to make for collusion.