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Brain Dead Squirrel Chasers · May 5th, 2003, 01:54 AM

This is something I've been thinking about for a while. I'm not sure if I ever brought it up. I've always thought that if we cut a player with multiple years left on their contract, that the team should take a larger cap hit. Similar to an NFL team eating the remaing prorated portion of a signing bonus if that team cuts someone with multiple years left on the contract.

Here's how it could work

Randy Moss signed at 100 cbs for 3 years
year 1 salary 100
year 2 salary 110
year 3 salary 121

If he's cut in year 1 the team would take 20% of his year 1 salary and 5 percent of each remaining year. That would be an additional 12 cbs. (110 + 121)*5% = 11.55 (round up). So the total cap hit for Moss would be 32 cbs.

Of course this is just an example. We could adjust the numbers to whatever everyone thinks is fair. I always thought that cutting a player with multiple years left on their contracts should cause a larger cap hit. We can discuss this and vote on it for next season.

May 5th, 2003, 01:54 AM	#1
Brain Dead Squirrel Chasers Feeding Frenzy Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: San Jose, California Posts: 946	Larger cap penalty for multiple years left? This is something I've been thinking about for a while. I'm not sure if I ever brought it up. I've always thought that if we cut a player with multiple years left on their contract, that the team should take a larger cap hit. Similar to an NFL team eating the remaing prorated portion of a signing bonus if that team cuts someone with multiple years left on the contract. Here's how it could work Randy Moss signed at 100 cbs for 3 years year 1 salary 100 year 2 salary 110 year 3 salary 121 If he's cut in year 1 the team would take 20% of his year 1 salary and 5 percent of each remaining year. That would be an additional 12 cbs. (110 + 121)*5% = 11.55 (round up). So the total cap hit for Moss would be 32 cbs. Of course this is just an example. We could adjust the numbers to whatever everyone thinks is fair. I always thought that cutting a player with multiple years left on their contracts should cause a larger cap hit. We can discuss this and vote on it for next season.