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Originally Posted by HoopheadVII
You seem to be confusing "paying as much as they want in an uncapped year" with "unfairly shifting salary cap hit from capped year to uncapped year." They're two different things
Punishing for the former would likely constitute illegal collusion.
The part of my post you highlighted refers to the latter. It's clear they agreed this principle with the NFLPA because there are multiple clauses in the 2006 CBA that specifically prevent teams from doing this.
The League would argue that they didn't disapprove the contracts because it would prove collusion, they're saying they didn't disapprove the contracts within 10 days because that would have created an unnecessary discussion over something relatively small while the League and NFLPA were in the middle of much bigger discussions.
I'm guessing the real reason is that the Commissioner wasn't going to move on this until he got pressure from enough owners that he had to take action - and those complaints didn't come within the 10 day window for disapproval.
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I have a serious problem with this. When I submit a document, contract or restructuring to a governing body for approval and they accept it and allow the change to take place, they are participating in the process and supposed "illegal" act. What is the point of submitting the agreements to the NFL offices if they approve it and months or years later say it is illegal and worthy of a $46 Million dollar fine?
If I am a member of the NFL governing body approving contracts and renegotiation, is it not my responsibility to inform the teams when they have error-ed in the contract process? Even if an issue is discovered later (months or years later) would it not make sense to inform the team and give them the chance to correct or negotiate a resolution. Not wait until the day before Free Agency starts AND hit the team with a huge fine? With no time to appeal before Free agency starts.
The 'excuse' above that the multi-$Billion dollar NFL being to busy is not acceptable. They don't have enough money to hire a few extra lawyers to deal with all issues in a timely manner?
Does not pass the smell test. Rotten.