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Originally Posted by HoopheadVII
As explained earlier in the thread: - Punishing teams for overspending in an Uncapped Year would probably be illegal collusion
- Punishing teams for shifting salary cap hit into an Uncapped Year is not illegal collusion. The 2006 CBA contained multiple clauses prohibiting shifting too much salary cap hit into an Uncapped Year
- Mara has said the Clubs are being punished for shifting too much cap hit into the Uncapped Year
- The NFL Bylaws give the Commissioner specific authority to discipline clubs up to certain limits if he believes in his sole discretion that they acted in a way detrimental to the League and adversely affected competitive balance.
- The League has said the the Commissioner warned Clubs not to try to shift too much cap hit into the Uncapped Year in advance
- The League does not approve contracts - it has the right to veto them
- The NFL Executive Committee is not the same as the NFL Management Council Executive Committee. The MCEC reports to the Commissioner who reports to the Executive Committee.
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Mara said they violated the "spirit of the salary cap", so a ghost cap did exist? Also, signing a restructured deal could be viewed the same as spending more in an uncapped year. Just the same way you restructure and resign agreements in years you have more cap space. So I guess it could down to which way the arbitrator sees it.