The Niners blog link is missing. Right now its a dupe of the ESPN article.
I've been combing through all available material and sources trying to get confirmation that the 99% floor applies on a per club basis and have yet to find anything conclusive. Most articles mention the 99% using the same language as the 95% floor for 2013-16 & 2017-2020 periods.
Yet the 95% floor is league total, not per team (which is 89%).MikeO, the first article you linked to contains the same phrasing I was complaining about in the locked thread:
"Teams must spend" for the 99% versus "Each team must spend" for the 95%.
In terms of free agency craziness, some teams (e.g. Dallas) are going to be helped by the ability to borrow $3M cap space from any future season before 2018. Next year, another $1.5M cap space can be borrowed. Not a huge amount, but if you're close to $20M over the cap (*cough* Dallas *cough*), every little bit helps.
The Dolphins, btw, are about $12M under (source:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/football/dolphins/fl-dolphins-nfl-lockout-over-asf-072620110725,0,5110218.story ).
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