BringBackFergy

There's a lot of numbers being bandied about: soft, hard, luxury, cash to strap, cash to cap, hard cash, cold cash, deferred cash, IRA's, TSA's, SEP, Franchise fees, not to mention Use Taxes and the entire tax code. Most guys on here are more knowledgeable than me, so it's nice to get an answer now and then. I could email the Bills' front office and ask them why they don't take advantage of the luxury tax, but I don't want to tip off other teams that might be thinking the same thing.

That's a long and frustrating process.

No one has disproven the S L User Tax yet and I believe it is a viable option to give teams more freedom to pick and choose the best players (even if they go over the "cap"). If you google it, I think you'll find Jerry Jones has taken advantage of the Soft Luxury User Tax in the past. Those who maintain the NFL deals strictly with a hard "cap" may not understand how teams can finesse the user tax to get what they want and still abide by NFL guidelines.

Cops always be hasslin us.

You haven't even addressed the LT or the Soft Luxury User Tax that they were considering. I heard what I heard and read what I read. Sorry if it bothers you. If Brady is paid other ways (as you agreed) then is he not exploiting the Soft Luxury User Tax as discussed above?? Kraft is scum.

They pay a luxury tax. See other thread.

Joe Buscaglia said we need $9 million to sign our rookies....so there's that little gem.

You tellin' me some of these teams like the Patriots and Seahawks don't go over the cap?? Ever??

The NFL has what many interpret as a "soft cap" with teams going over the soft cap being charged with a per dollar tax for those amounts over the soft cap value. See Wikipedia and other sources. So the Pegulas could simply pay some large contracts and then pay a small tax for going over the soft cap threshold. I do recall there being discussion among several owners who wanted to move to a luxury tax model; just researched it and can't find the exact article but I believe the NFL By Laws were amended accordingly to impose a "soft luxury user tax" on teams over the limit. I'll keep searching and assume the Pegulas are putting their number crunchers on it as well.

I see so many teams signing their best players year after year (you telling me Bob Kraft isn't paying some luxury tax to the NFL for signing Brady to another extension)...what about the Steelers (Big Ben, L. Bell, WR's etc), the Broncos (with Manning, Von Miller, D. Thomas). The list goes on and on of teams that are paying a luxury tax because they go over the salary cap. The article I read awhile ago said the owners approved a bastardized version of the NBA and MLB luxury tax, so why not go ahead and spend money on our good players to retain them and to attract bigger stars. The rule is in place for a reason...pay a little tax if you go over the cap and, in exchange, you get good players.

Well, let's see who put the $9 million figure out there?? Ohhhhh, it was the J Bus Bus (Joe Buscaglia)...he should have just said "Need a lot of money to sign rookies" like he says "That Tyrod Taylor is a good player"

I could have swore Gugny had a thread a few years back proclaiming the benefits of a memory foam mattress. ????

<Enter "Little Gronk" stage left.>

So we're still about even??

Is this news??

Social media is out of control. Poor guy. I know how he feels because mine gets away from me when I'm wearing knee length bermudas as well.

Secret: When I first joined TBD, I received a private message from Gugny (then known as FigNewton or something like that) and he told me to watch out for messages from a guy named Beerball; the messages would first appear to be threats or warnings but slowly morphed into his own sick attempt to learn more about me as an individual, my sexual preferences and where I live. So that would explain why I am kind of "standoffish" and reserved on this board.

...he must be selling the memory drugs though. https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-scratching-heads-over-bald-man-whos-stealing-143157076.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/farmer-arrested-child-tells-growing-special-plants-171102583.html

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/24/google-robot-is-the-end-of-manual-labor-vc.html Can't find a thread for this, but this robot is "alien like" so I now believe in UFO's again. If we can build these things, just think what is being built in other galaxies.

"Aarf, aarf....whimper...aarf" Dances with Wolves

LOL

How do you suspend a BabyMama? Tie her tubes?

Pretty sure the officers will follow any leads and have a leg up on the robber.

That's a sick joke...I hope you're hoppy