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Mostly, if the team gives it to the player it's supposed to count. Tom Brady and his TB12 business were looked into under section (4) to see if it was skirting the salary cap but was found not to be (of course). (iv) Non-Cash Provisions. (1) The fair market value of all non-cash provisions (e.g., automobiles, houses, insurance policies) shall be included in Team Salary during the year in which such provision is made. If the parties cannot agree on the fair market value of such provisions, such dispute will be submitted to the Impartial Arbitrator. (2) Any tangible item of value provided to unsigned players (or their affiliates) recruited by Clubs will be included in Salary. Reasonable travel cost, lodging and entertainment, incurred in connection with recruiting an unsigned player (or his affiliate) at a Club facility or Club geographic area will not be included in Team Salary or Benefits. Miscellaneous costs associated with recruiting unsigned players but not paid to players (or their affiliates) are not included as part of Salary or Benefits, except as set forth above. (3) Expenses for travel, board and lodging for a player participating in an offseason workout program or classroom instruction shall not be included in Salary or Team Salary, so long as such expenses are reasonable and customary and generally offered to all players by that club. Any such expenses in excess of reasonable and customary levels, or not generally offered to all players by that Club, shall immediately be included in Salary and Team Salary. (4) The voluntary provision to all players on a Club of meals, team apparel, or one team trip for celebrations in each League Year (plus any trips to the White House for the Super Bowl Champions) will not be included in Team Salary or Player Costs. This Subsection does not affect the treatment of consideration paid to a player for services other than football playing services, as provided in Section 4(b) above. (5) Except as provided in Subsections 6(e)(iv)(2)–(4) above, if any money or tangible item of value is provided by any Club to any player (or his affiliate) not pursuant to this Agreement or a Player Contract, the value of the money or item shall immediately be included in Salary and the Team Salary of the Club making such provision. This Subsection does not apply to consideration paid to a player (or his affiliate) for nonfootball playing services, which are subject to Section 4(b) above. (6) If a Club provides one or more gifts to a player during the term of the player’s Player Contract to commemorate the player’s retirement, and the player has been under contract with the Club in three or more seasons, the fair market value of such gifts up to $15,000 shall not be counted as Salary, and any excess fair market value above $15,000 shall be counted as Salary. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, if the player has been under contract with the Club in less than three seasons, the entire fair market value of any such gifts shall be counted as Salary. (7) Without limiting Subsection (4) above or any other provision of this Agreement, each Club participating in the Super Bowl may elect to provide its players with a gift or gifts, the value of which shall not, in the aggregate, exceed a manufacturer’s suggested retail price (less an imputed discount of 10%) of $1,350 in the 2020 League Year, increasing $50 per League Year thereafter. The total amount of such gifts provided to players shall be charged to the Club’s Team Salary for that League Year (or, if the Club does not have adequate Room to absorb the full charge, then the difference shall be carried over and charged to the Club’s Team Salary for the following League Year). The Club shall provide the Management Council and the NFLPA with a description of the gifts provided, proof of the manufacturer’s suggested retail price, and a list of the players receiving the gift. The terms of this Subsection shall not affect in any way the status or any treatment of Super Bowl rings provided to players, and this Subsection may not be referred to in any dispute regarding such rings.

Won't you lay down beside me the cold's creepin' in And hold me 'til I'm warm and sleeping again I can tell on your breath all the places you've been You got lost in those Queen City streets once again Tie tight your boots, bundle up to the wind A Canadian cold front's movin' southward again It busts down the alley and freezes the men Who got lost in those Queen City streets once again

Sometimes I'm a strong man Sometimes cold and scared And sometimes I cry But that time I saw you I knew with you to light my nights Somehow I'd get by Lovers forever face to face My city, your mountains Stay with me, stay I need you to love me I need you today Give to me your leather Take from me my lace

Men, they build towers to their passing yes, to their fame everlasting Here he comes chopping and reaping, hear him laugh at their cheating And time waits for no man, and it won't wait for me Yes, time waits for no one, and it won't wait for thee

The wind it was howlin' and the snow was outrageous We chopped through the night and we chopped through the dawn When he died I was hopin' that it wasn't contagious But I made up my mind that I had to go on I broke into the tomb, but the casket was empty There was no jewels, no nothin', I felt I'd been had When I saw that my partner was just bein' friendly When I took up his offer I must-a been mad I picked up his body and I dragged him inside Threw him down in the hole and I put back the cover I said a quick prayer then I felt satisfied Then I rode back to find Isis just to tell her I love her

She said we couldn't do no wrong No other love could be so strong She locked up my heart in her bottom drawer Now she took my heart, she took my keys From in my old blue dungarees And I'll never go to Texas anymore

Only with an injury settlement.

Ugh. First of all, the restructure in March was two different things. Diggs had a $16 guaranteed option bonus that had to be exercised by March 21. Don't anybody be fooled by the word "option" in a guaranteed option bonus. It's not an option on whether to pay it, it's guaranteed after all. It's a team option on how to pay it. That means when the guaranteed bonus is due the team has the option to pay it all in the season as guaranteed salary (almost never happens) or to convert it into signing bonus and prorate it over the rest of the contract (almost always happens). The sole existence of a (guaranteed) 2nd year option bonuses is a way to guarantee a player more money at signing, but not having it hit the salary cap until the 2nd year of the contract, while still being able to prorate it in the subsequent years. All the big contracts have them, White, Allen tons of players on all teams around the league. Many times those of us who look casually at the numbers don't always even realize they're there because in many cases the restructure of the bonus is automatic. And even if it's not automatic it always still happens except in rare cases. Because it's literally always going to happen, very often sites like Spotrac simply show the number as option bonus and the cap hits in future years as though the restructure has already happened, and we don't really even see it as a restructure. So we never think about it. This $16 million was an option bonus in the 2nd year of the new contract Diggs signed in 2022. And yes, by agreeing to be paid in option bonus form, Diggs totally gave, and expected, the Bills to "restructure" that part of his contract in March. So the only part of any March restructure we're talking about in relation to the OP's question is the $6.745 million of guaranteed salary that was also converted to signing bonus and gained some $5+ million in cap space. The CBA specifically requires all salary to be paid throughout the season in either weekly or bi-weekly payments. It is possible, as maddenboy pointed out above, to have an addendum whereby a player can agree to let the team restructure salary without gaining permission. But the real point is, whether Diggs had that in his contract or not, even if he could have refused and did refuse, he could only have refused to restructure the $6.745 million. Everything else he already agreed to when he signed the new contract in 2022. It would have been possible for the Bills to reduce the dead cap by another $16 million but they would have had to trade Diggs before that exercise date of March 21st. That was unlikely and didn't happen, and the option bonus was converted as expected. So the end result is, the restructuring of the $6.745 million in March that increased our '23 cap space by $5+ million, also increased our dead cap figure for trading Diggs in 2023 from $38.721 million to $45.466 million. That number could be split by trading Diggs after June 1st. But the total amount is the same. So, as Mango said above, restructuring Diggs didn't make him unmovable this year. Giving him the whole new contract with tons of guaranteed money in 2022 did that. Whether Diggs had the ability to negate any restructure in March is basically irrelevant since the only amount of dead cap he could have controlled was a mostly negligible when compared to what was already there.

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Time can tear down a building or destroy a woman's face Hours are like diamonds, don't let them waste Time waits for no one, no favours has he Time waits for no one, and he won't wait for me

Well, when you're sitting back in your rose pink Cadillac Making bets on your Kentucky derby day I'll be in my basement room with a needle and a spoon Some other girl will take my pain away Take me down little Susie take me down I know you think you're the Queen of the Underground You can send dead flowers every morning You can send dead flowers by the mail You can send dead flowers to my wedding And I won't forget to put roses on your grave

If you see him in the subway, he'll be down at the end of the car Watching you move until he knows, he knows who you are When you get off at your station alone, he'll know that you are Know when you see him Nothing can free him Step aside, open wide It's the Loner

The lunatic is in my head You raise the blade You make the change You rearrange me 'till I'm sane You lock the door And throw away the key And there's someone in my head, but it's not me And if the cloud bursts thunder in your ear You shout and no one seems to hear And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes I'll see you on the dark side of the moon

I hope it doesn't feel like I'm spamming the board. I just want to thank those of you who have read Deadly Possession. And to say that in conjunction with Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, we're running a "sales" promotion this weekend. The kindle ebook version of Deadly Possession will be available to download absolutely free from now through Sunday. Positive reviews on Amazon when you're done are greatly appreciated. Cheers all. Amazon.com: DEADLY POSSESSION eBook : Danielson, M. K.: Kindle Store

Help me, I think I'm falling in love with you Are you going to let me go there by myself? That's such a lonely thing to do Both of us flirting around flirting and flirting, hurting too We love our lovin' But not like we love our freedom

Time can bring you down Time can bend your knees Time can break your heart Have you beggin' please Beggin' please

This is me having a little fun on my Facebook author page . . . M. K. Danielson - Author Welcome to Book Club meeting #1. Today's subject – Propounderance. No, beloved readers, I did not misspell the word preponderance on page 45 of Deadly Possession. The word is propounderance. And yes, I am fully aware that's not really a word. Why then, you might ask, would I use such a non-existing word? Well . . . honestly, it should be a word. Consider for now the root of the word – propound: to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose. Now, just as we see right in the above definition, the word acceptance, as we all know means – that which is accepted, or is to be accepted, or has been accepted. Following this literary line, it stands to reason that the word propounderance should come to mean that which is propounded, is to be propounded, or has been propounded. And that is the meaning aimed for on page 45. Now for those of you who haven't yet read Deadly Possession (shame on you), let's bring up a little context. The paragraph reads – Tommy filled a cooler with beer. He took it out to the front porch, ignoring the propounderance of salad that stared up at him. He rolled the gas grill over next to the TV, got a chair and sat down. He popped the top off a fresh beer, grabbed a piece of perfectly cooked chicken, put his feet up on the cooler and watched the race. As you can see, the word preponderance would have no place in that sentence. Not even close to the right word. Okay, so why use propounderance, and what's so important about the salad anyway? Why even include it? Fair questions. We know from our first meeting of Tommy that he is recently, once again, back together with his girlfriend, Lisa, with whom he admittedly has an ongoing contentious relationship. In the text body preceding the above paragraph, Tommy and Lisa have a doozy of a fight, during which, in addition to them screaming and name calling before Lisa leaves, a salad, that was meant to go with the grilled chicken, gets spilled on the floor. In the immediate aftermath of the fight, we, the reader, need to know that this time Tommy has really had it with Lisa. We need to feel that this isn't just another run of the mill fight, but that he's totally fed up and feels like he's completely done with her. And in this immediate aftermath there are two reminders of what just happened – a grill full of mostly perfect chicken, except for the two burned pieces that spawned the latest clash, and a freshly made salad that sits spilled on the floor. Now most all us would move to clean up the salad immediately, as leaving it on the floor just isn't right in anybody's world. But in this instance, Tommy, needing to distance himself from all things Lisa, at least in his present, short term post-fight cool-down, chooses to leave the salad on the floor for the time being. So why not just tell you, the beloved reader, all that in so many words like those above? Well, it has to do with great writing. 🤣😁Quality literature arrives when the author shows the reader what the character is feeling rather than telling the reader. Show-don't-tell is where it's at when looking for the audience to connect with characters. So given that the reader already knows the backstory behind the salad on the floor, rather than spell out Tommy's feelings by telling the reader something like, this time Tommy felt like he was really, really done with Lisa (boring)🤑, we can add just enough anthropomorphization🤔 to the salad in order to give it enough of its own life to not sit inanimately on the floor, but to offer itself up (propound itself), tauntingly, to Tommy as a mocking reminder of what just happened. And when we see (not hear about) Tommy choosing to ignore the propounderance of salad, at least for the short term, we, the beloved reader, can see and feel the same frame of mind the character, Tommy is in. Show the reader in a sentence rather than tell the reader with a paragraph. Great literature.😉 Writing like this, my friends, is why, someday (when we're all long gone), Deadly Possession will be talked about as a literary classic, right alongside others like Moby Dick and The Grapes of Wrath.🤣😂😎🥇 The word is propounderance. It's not in the dictionary, but it's my word, and it stays. Thanks for joining today's book club meeting, beloved reader. I heart you all.❤️ M. K. DEADLY POSSESSION: Danielson, M. K., books, horror: 9798374744347: Amazon.com: Books

Take away your companies Take away your societies and go Get me off this backwards ride Take away your fictitious books See the woman standing in the door World gone by again and again See the blisters growing on your feet Pushed on, pushed on

Well, I used to be a folk singer Keeping managers alive When you saw me on a corner and told me I was jive So I unlocked your mind, you know To see what I could see If you guarantee the postage I'll mail you back the key Well, I woke up in the morning With an arrow through my nose There was an Indian in the corner Tryin' on my clothes

In the beginning I believed every word that you said Now that you're gone My world is in shreds Oh, you loved me and left me You took all the things that I needed so bad I'm standin' here wondering Where is the love that I had Give me silver, blue and gold The color of the sky, I'm told My rainbow is overdue

Spotrac is currently projecting a $235 million cap for next year. Just the fact that the 3-year window of subtracting the rest of what should have been the reduction in 2020 (by the deal that was made back then between NFL/NFLPA) will be back to even, will certainly have it rising more than that. And with all the new TV money coming in it's likely the cap will be much higher than $235 million in 2024. I don't really mean to throw water on the thread, but in this case, I really think it's too early to be concerned.

I saw a review from a "Kindle Customer" that looks very familiar to this comment. So I'll say thank you very much. And if anyone else gives it a read or has read it, I will thank you very much for any reviews left on Amazon. They do help as much or more than anything in convincing prospective buyers to give it a try. Go Bills!

When danger reared its ugly head He bravely turned his tail and fled Yes, brave Sir Robin turned about And gallantly he chickened out

I wanna live, I wanna give I've been a miner for a heart of gold It's these expressions I never give That keep me searching for a heart of gold And I'm getting old

One and only rebel child From a family meek and mild My mama seemed to know what lay in store Despite all my Sunday learning Towards the bad I kept on turning Till Mama couldn't hold me anymore And I turned twenty-one in prison doing life without parole No one could steer me right, but Mama tried, Mama tried Mama tried to raise me better, but her pleading I denied That leaves only me to blame 'cause Mama tried