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Last year, as part of the negotiations that allowed pro football to proceed in a pandemic, the NFL and NFL Players Association agreed that the 2021 salary cap would be no lower than $175 million. They have now agreed it will be a little higher than that.

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the league has advised all teams that the NFL and NFLPA have agreed to bump the minimum salary cap per team to $180 million.


“This is not the final Salary Cap for the 2021 League year, which will be set following review of final 2020 revenue figures and other audit and accounting adjustments,” the memo explains. “This agreement simply increases the minimum 2021 Salary Cap by $5 million per club, from $175 million to $180 million.”

The memo provides no indication as to when the salary cap will be set. The uncertainty makes it hard for teams to create budgets, negotiate contracts, and target potential free agents.

Some around the league expect the final number to be $180 million. The increase of the minimum to $180 million could now make that higher.
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Team owners want to make as much money as they can, but they don't want to break up their teams for a temporary situation. I would guess the cap will be closer to $190M, because many teams are over that number now.
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Team owners want to make as much money as they can, but they don't want to break up their teams for a temporary situation. I would guess the cap will be closer to $190M, because many teams are over that number now.
The players want a lower cap, makes the teams renegotiate and spend money on players that arent rookies
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The players want a lower cap, makes the teams renegotiate and spend money on players that arent rookies
Makes no sense
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Makes no sense
If the cap is lower, teams will be forced to renegotiate or cut players who can now renegotiate their deals to get under the cap
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If the cap is lower, teams will be forced to renegotiate or cut players who can now renegotiate their deals to get under the cap
But then other teams have no money to sign them
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But then other teams have no money to sign them
Its all funny money. You shift money forward, call it bonuses, bullshit highway robbery bonus, but the players ring money out of the owners and gain years on the contracts that are not guaranteed but they have more security, cutting them gets expensive

Plus, while I can only guess, the NFLPA loves fucking the owners when they can. Ive been on the players end as an employee and making the bosses squirm when they get over their head feels good
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Its all funny money. You shift money forward, call it bonuses, bullshit highway robbery bonus, but the players ring money out of the owners and gain years on the contracts that are not guaranteed but they have more security, cutting them gets expensive

Plus, while I can only guess, the NFLPA loves fucking the owners when they can. Ive been on the players end as an employee and making the bosses squirm when they get over their head feels good
Makes even less sense now.
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Its all funny money. You shift money forward, call it bonuses, bullshit highway robbery bonus, but the players ring money out of the owners and gain years on the contracts that are not guaranteed but they have more security, cutting them gets expensive

Plus, while I can only guess, the NFLPA loves fucking the owners when they can. Ive been on the players end as an employee and making the bosses squirm when they get over their head feels good
Jaff, you must be drinking some damn good liquor. A lower cap hurts players, it doesn't help them.
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Makes even less sense now.
Nothing makes sense about NFL and money. How much money was Brees suppose to make but he renegotiated it to save them from cap hell.

A lower cap allows players on a short contract to negotiate more years into the future when there will be more money when the fans come back. The pros get paid and the rookies get shit. They dont belong to the union, so what are they going to do?

Since when have the owners used good sense when it comes to spending. They wanna win, you keep vets. Renegotiate and move on
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