Source: Salary Cap to be $95M in '06

[NaboCane]

From Charles Robinson, Yahoo Sports:

A league source said this week that it is a virtual certainty that the salary cap will jump from $85.5 million to $95 million next year.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=cr-notebook122105&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

 

[DolfanDaveInMI]

If that turns out to be so, we will not enter the offseason over the cap. That also means that a lot of this year's free agents will get paid. Not merely paid. Paid.

 

[Prime]

That could be a good thing and a bad thing to the NFL. The good thing will be that the teams have more money and the NFL won't be in a lockout. The bad news is that the players will be wanting even bigger contracts and the money would be crazy.

 

[Silverphin]

If that turns out to be so, we will not enter the offseason over the cap. That also means that a lot of this year's free agents will get paid. Not merely paid. Paid.

To quote Big Boy from Outkast in the beginning of the 'Hey Ya' video.

"This ain't bull**** money!"

 

[NaboCane]

I think it's definitely a good thing. The league and the teams are raking it in, and it's time the mid and lower-tier players got some security out of a job that has an average career length of about 3-4 years.

There's plenty to go around, but people are greedy as hell.

 

[BennyVW]

Unless the CBA is renewed before march....then it will jump higher