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everardteach said:
I went to all the trouble of finding this blurb but I was beaten to the punch.:goof:
Wright Could Affect Rookie Signings
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I went to all the trouble of finding this blurb but I was beaten to the punch.:goof:
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how could it logically be any other way? it is a pick from next year...
Nublar7 said:
Schefter is right and that's not guessing.
Only Wright's signing bonus if any will count against Team Salary until the day before the season starts when 53 players count against the Cap because Wright will make the league minimum salary for rookies $230k. If he makes the roster then his salary and bonus will count.
If he dosen't make the roster and is signed to the practice squad then $79,900 and his bonus will be charged to Team Salary for Wright.
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Merman said:
The question of this thread, I believe, is not regarding the SALARY cap but the ROOKIE cap. You are absolutely correct regarding the salary cap. The NFL article is correct regarding the rookie cap. The first PBP article which assumed that we will have an extra "mouth to feed" within the already assigned 2005 rookie cap is wrong. That reporter did not do his homework before writing that.
The rookie cap is seperately maintained and will go up the appropriate amount. My question is will Wright sign for his "slotted" money or try and hold out for what he thinks he deserves based on where he could have gone next year? I doubt it but that imo is the only glitch capwise in this scenario.
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I thought the issue was that we'd be compensated an extra allocation equivalent to a 5th round price however Wright would likely hunger a larger contract?
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HysterikiLL said:
That "hunger" as you well put it, is simply my speculation, I have seen nothing in print about it. There is a history of supplemental draft players getting odd contracts. However given that he fell to the fifth round, I doubt it will happen, just my basic paranoid observations.
Ohiophinphan said:
The frist sentence of by post answered the rookie pool allocation question that nfl.com was correct. The added information just reinforces that there is no significant salary cap issues for Wright which is more important than the rookie allocation pool.
There is no glitch capwise. Wright's allocation will be for a fifth round pick, which the Dolphins will remind him. They will also tell him and agent Peter Schaffer that the longer he holds out the less bonus he will get because the rookies who sign frist get a bigger percentage piece of the allocation pie. That is a carrot and stick approach that the whole league uses.
It occurred to me that maybe most would not understand what I was trying to say by pecentage piece. Poor choice of words.
Most know that lower round draft picks get the minimum salaries and a signing bonus that they hope is larger than the previous year. The increase is measured in percentage such as a 6% increase from last year.
This year's Rookie Allocation Pool was increased about 5%. So if a Club gives players who signs early a larger percentage increase the last to sign will have to take a smaller percentage increase because the pool has already been spent.
Most know that lower round draft picks get the minimum salaries and a signing bonus that they hope is larger than the previous year. The increase is measured in percentage such as a 6% increase from last year.
This year's Rookie Allocation Pool was increased about 5%. So if a Club gives players who signs early a larger percentage increase the last to sign will have to take a smaller percentage increase because the pool has already been spent.