cap or no cap

by patriotguy on Jun 21, 2009 5:17 PM EDT Comment 7 comments

As many people know, there is much speculation about an uncapped season. I don't have numbers or anything that could give you guys an idea of how the nfl's cap has recently been for the last 5 years but i would like to give an opinion.

I don't want to have one. Football is too interesting with cap.

With cap there is strategy, it keeps the good teams from getting too overpowered and helps bad teams compete.

If at all possible, keep the cap system.

If anyone can copy and paste the average football cap in the last 10 years, that would be a great, and could also help me understand the cap system better.

Anyways please give opinions and/or statistics about the cap situation and how it can affect the future.

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Salary Cap

Currently, the salary cap is at $128 million per team, which is $12 million higher than last year. Here’s a look at the last decade or so of figures:

2008 – $116 million
2007 – $109 million
2006 – $102 million
2005 – $85 million
2004 – $80 million
2003 – $75 million
2002 – $71 million
2001 – $67 million
2000 – $62 million

by Justin_Bobo on Jun 22, 2009 12:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Q. and thanks

Okay our cap is going up an average 6.7mil./year. What year is everyone predicting that the cap would be over. And when that time comes, instead of getting rid of it, why don’t we start back at 0, or a set number to limit spending?

I don’t understand cap very well, so i hope this is not a stupid or confusing question.

by patriotguy on Jun 22, 2009 2:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Currently the cap is slated to go away after this season.

Unless the owners and players agree to a new Collective Bargaining Agreement that is what will happen.

Playing Realistic Optimist at Buffalo Rumblings since 2008. Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

by MattRichWarren on Jun 22, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It would be impossible to start back, because you’d have to restructure nearly every player’s contract in the NFL in order to get under the spending limit.

by Justin_Bobo on Jun 22, 2009 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

They did it in the NHL

It’s not impossible, just not likely.

Playing Realistic Optimist at Buffalo Rumblings since 2008. Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

by MattRichWarren on Jun 22, 2009 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

still

wold you guys rather have no cap

by patriotguy on Jun 23, 2009 6:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Without getting too technical I'll say yes.

But as a Patriots fan you shouldn’t have to worry. The Pats are one of the highest revenue teams in the league. As a Bills fan the cap gives me some comfort but currently built into the CBA are several items that will help the smaller teams succeed including mandatory 6 years of service with the team that drafts you and limits on free agents signing with teams that make the divisional round of the playoffs. If those mechanisms stay in place it won’t be as bad as people think – Major League Baseball.

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by MattRichWarren on Jun 23, 2009 7:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs