Free Agnecy is gonna be crazy

[MikeO]

For 2011 and 2012 teams must spend $119 mill of the $120 mill salary cap.

That means as of today.......
Tampa Bay is $59 mill under the cap
Buffalo and Cincy are around $36 mill under the cap

You have 3 or so teams that are going to have to go crazy and pass out some insane contracts to meet the NEW salary floor. Next weekend is going to be nuts! Marginal players are going to be getting some insane contracts by these teams.

[Pats2006]

Yea, this is def going to be a crazy couple of weeks.. Pats are also in need of some players.. we can use a RB at the top of the list.. and can always use a WR.

[fyo]

You have 3 or so teams that are going to have to go crazy and pass out some insane contracts to meet the NEW salary floor.

Does anyone know if the 99% floor is per team or league total? Forbes claimed league total, but the language everywhere else is ambiguous (and clearly taken from the same source, with the exact same bad wording). The 99% floor is applicable this year and next. After that, it's 89% over three years (2013-2016 and 2017-2020) per club and 95% total for the league.

There's a huge difference in those two. The league totals are a joke. Total league salary payouts have been above 100% for 8 out of the past 10 capped seasons (with the first and the last being the sole outliers, which is not a coincidence). The 89% floor per club over 3 years is also a joke. Even the Buccaneers have only been below 89% in two years and one of those was the "pay it forward" year of 2009 (where almost everyone was way below).

99% floor for every club both this year and next year (individually) would, on the other hand, be a very significant issue.

Sports Illustrated, NFL.com and others are calling it a "a leaguewide commitment to cash spending of 99%...", which is what I'm calling ambiguous. The same text uses the word "collectively" on the totals (95% over 3 years) and "each club" for the other (89% over 3 years). Those are clear, but I'm left to wonder what exactly the "leaguewide commitment" is.

[MikeO]

Salary cap is $120 mill and change. For 2011 and 2012 EVERY TEAM have to spend $119 mill and change. 99% of the cap.

In 2013 it goes down a bit. But the next two years its at 99% and at $119 mill

[fyo]

In 2013 it goes down a bit.

89% total over 3 years is not "down a bit". It's the difference between a real difference changer in the way the system effectively works to what everybody was doing anyway.

Next two years are going to be interesting, though.

[Landshark]

What the heck is "Free Agnecy"  Is it St. Agnes's version of free agency?   

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Once again.

Where did you get the numbers that the teams are under the cap.

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