BillsDiehard Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Prior to the Buster Davis signing, we have $23.5 mil in camp room. According to ProFootballTalk.com, all teams must be in cap compliance by today. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/04/cap-room-snapshot-as-of-thursday/#comments With the new mandate, are the Bills going to extend contracts to be in compliance? I don't see them spending any more money on a top-tier player unless it's a LT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Prior to the Buster Davis signing, we have $23.5 mil in camp room. According to ProFootballTalk.com, all teams must be in cap compliance by today. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/08/04/cap-room-snapshot-as-of-thursday/#comments With the new mandate, are the Bills going to extend contracts to be in compliance? I don't see them spending any more money on a top-tier player unless it's a LT. this has been discussed elsewhere as well. Teams do not need to meet a cap floor in 11 or 12. The league must spend 99%, which is quite easy when you use cash numbers and not cap numbers. Not till 2013 will the Bills have to spend to the cap floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUFFALOKIE Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 this has been discussed elsewhere as well. Teams do not need to meet a cap floor in 11 or 12. The league must spend 99%, which is quite easy when you use cash numbers and not cap numbers. Not till 2013 will the Bills have to spend to the cap floor. What if the league does not reach 99%? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 What if the league does not reach 99%? any thing under the 99% would be paid out to the players. Also, that 99% does not need to be met till the end of the league year. But, let's just say they were under by $2500 and there were 2500 players in the league....each wouldnget an extra $1 at end of year. But like I said, getting there is in real cash, not cap #s So all of a signing bonus goes in this year for the cash figure, but that will be prorated for cap purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Rob Johnson Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 What if the league does not reach 99%? Still, on a league-wide basis, the labor deal requires the NFL to spend 99 percent of the salary cap in cash in 2011 and 2012. So what happens if too many teams spend so little that the league isn’t able to average 99 percent of the cap in actual cash spent? NFL general counsel Jeff Pash, via NFL spokesman Greg Aiello, explained Friday night that the league would be required to pay the difference to the players. That said, the league doesn’t believe that it will be a problem, even if teams like the Bucs and Bengals and Chiefs decide to spend as little as possible over the next two years. Based on the money spent to date, the league thinks that the average expenditure of $119 million per team easily will be met. Remember, it’s not cap space but cash spent. So when a team like the Panthers gives defensive end Charles Johnson a $30 million signing bonus on a six-year deal, only $5 million counts against the cap — but $30 million counts against the league’s total spending requirement of $3.8 billion. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/30/per-team-spending-minimum-doesnt-apply-until-2013/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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