Sentences with phrase «with salary caps»

Even with a salary cap, the well - to - do teams dominate the free - agent market by offering front - loaded deals to stars

But with the salary cap issues, there are concerns they may not have enough cap space to do so.

After all, the owners are linking revenue sharing with a salary cap.

They have most of those on long - term contracts too, and we're here having issues with salary cap space (not after this year though finally)

Now granted it hasn't always panned out for him (Kalil and Floyd are notable misses with the 5th year) but he's certainly worked the draft to get himself that kind of flexibility with the salary cap.

It's not cheating because the league with a salary cap and guaranteed contracts doesn't allow you to overcome mistakes.

I can not imagine a medical report that the Chicago Bears, with the salary cap being what it is, should draw the line in the sand at 2 million as opposed to 3 million.

The players decided not to play when they were threatened with a salary cap.

With the salary cap it might not be fixable, especially with those missing draft picks.

He will be taken in the first round as a starting QB on a rookie contract is the most valuable asset in the NFL with the salary cap.

But as was the case last year with the Senate's initial proposal, veteran teachers would be ignored — those with 25 years and on would receive no raise, with their salaries capped out at $ 50,000.

Not exact matches

The key sticking points remain with the owners wanting concessions on many issues, most notably an 18 - game regular season, a rookie salary cap, and a pay cut in the players» share of the overall revenue.

As far as Clinton's proposal goes, she'd give companies an expense incentive to set up a profit - sharing plan by offering a tax break of 15 percent on gains shared with employees, capped at 10 percent of a worker's salary.

Unless carefully designed, salary - cap systems can be harmful to the smallest - market teams, as they typically come with salary floors that require a certain level of spending.

There is some evidence suggesting that salary caps assist teams in larger markets compete with teams in the largest markets; salary caps level the playing field only so far.)

After the lockout, the deal signed with the players set a salary cap of 54 % of league revenues.

Starting next season Curry's salary should be in line with his performance; the NBA's new collective bargaining agreement has dramatically increased each team's salary cap and Curry is expected to make over $ 200 million over the next five years.

Nonis will have some salary - cap space with which to play.

Combined with the guaranteed salary on their cap sheet, that puts the Thunder at around $ 90 million, just $ 12 million below the projected cap.

If he gets replaced on the roster by a minimum - salary player, it's a net - positive against the cap even with the retained salary.

Another benefit of waiting for both the process in the courts and with the NFL commissioner is that the 49ers can keep their 6 mil in salary cap space if the league suspends Foster or he is convicted.

There's a defined pool from which NFL teams can spend on rookies now, and it increases slightly each year along with the NFL salary cap.

My concern with converting base salary to signing bonus is that you're only giving yourself short - term cap relief by kicking the salary can down the road.

The team had just 28 players under contract, so it came into the day with over $ 25 million in salary cap space.

This leaves them with $ 24 million of salary cap room — enough space to sign LeBron James to a max contract with enough left over to sign a few smaller role players.

Now, we're in an offseason where a potential superstar like Shohei Ohtani is only getting the league minimum after signing with the Angels for a capped international bonus figure; where one of the very best hitters in the game, J.D. Martinez, still can't find a reasonable offer with less than two weeks to go before spring training; where Yu Darvish can't sign with either of the teams he would like to (the richest out there, the Yankees and Dodgers), despite their having a need for a starter of his caliber, because they «need» to clear salary in order to avoid paying the luxury tax.

with the pieces currently in place («Back on the envelope» calculation — this takes the average proportion of the salary cap devoted to corners and multiplies it by the projected 2018 cap number with no assumption for a rainy day fund).

Luckily Ennis doesn't have a NTC so it's possible to package him with a draft pick as a salary dump to a cap floor team.

Over the next five seasons (when he would again be eligible to become a free agent) Hill could earn $ 56.25 million if he remained with Detroit, or $ 54 million if he jumped to Orlando or Chicago, the only teams that now have enough room under the cap to offer him the maximum salary.

For the past five seasons, the Saints have had limited salary cap space to work with, but always seem to make just enough (questionable) moves in free agency with the limited funds they have.

That means a team with less salary cap space might actually be better at managing contracts but because of lesser a lesser cap they will look to be overspending.

If the NHL tries to declare an impasse and implement a salary - cap system for the 2005 — 06 season (box, page 63), it would raise the specter of replacement players and create long - lasting animus not only with the players» association but also with the league's business partners.

He wielded all the power in this scenario; the Rockets are working their spreadsheet magic to make this deal work while technically staying over the salary cap (thus allowing them to make use of provisions like the mid-level exception), but this entire process was set in motion by Paul wanting to play with Harden.

We have to remember with the cap going up salaries across the board will keep going upm

The Dolphins were pushed tight against the salary cap before doling out big money to their star receiver, with less than $ 6 million in spending room slated for 2018 even before signing their upcoming draft picks.

But with the contracts of Billy Owens and Abdul - Rauf up this summer and the Kings unlikely to pick up their option on Polynice, Sacramento will have room under the salary cap to upgrade its personnel.

With Rice and the Ravens apparently having handled business, one remaining question is whether he counts against their 2015 salary cap.

There was no salary cap difference with that trade, so it was indeed to get bigger for whatever reason.

When his contract expires this summer, the Rockets will be at least $ 11 million under the salary cap, which with minor tinkering would allow them to offer Webber the maximum $ 13 million in 2001 - 02.

I would assume the Rams put the franchise tag on Cooks next year leaving them with less salary cap.

Squads like the Kings (picking No. 5, about $ 11.8 million in cap room this year before holds), Raptors (No. 8, $ 10.3 million), Hornets (No. 10, $ 20.3 million) and Suns (No. 13, $ 25.7 million) make more sense as trading partners for the Bulls, due to their combination of a lottery pick and cap space to absorb Deng's salary and provide the Bulls with instant savings.

Even the Yankees are treating the luxury tax as a soft salary cap this year, and they make enough from just their television network that they could outspend everyone with ease if it were their only revenue stream.

Two weeks ago the NBA rejected free - agent Chris Dudley's contract with the Portland Trail Blazers (SCORECARD, Aug. 16), charging it circumvented the league's salary cap.

Even with the caveat that Lebron is probably the greatest all around player on the planet right now and makes any team an instant playoff team and any playoff team an instant Championship Contender, I give signing any FA this year a hard pass including Lebron, unless you can get George on a reasonable, team friendly deal that will help with fitting the TtP core under the salary cap for the next 3 - 5 years.

The only player due to count more than $ 8.5 million against the team's salary cap is defensive lineman Muhammad Wilkerson — the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears are the only other teams with just one player over that mark.

Los Angeles finished with just 33 points, tied for the fewest in MLS, and left Arena with a salary - cap mess for 2009 — too many overpaidunderperformers.

Here's the reality: every single «hit» with a late round pick, be it a core special teamer or a versatile backup or a quality starter, makes a team better with talent AND depth AND salary cap health.

I doubt we ever see that but it would address the salary cap jail teams with good QBs often find themselves.

It's a balancing act, at each position with that equation and the salary cap each year.

As I noted before, the dollars handed out this weekend either on the free agent market through extensions just don't jive with the slow climb of the salary cap over the last few years.