2007 Uncapped Year

[Pocono]

Hello all....The CBA has some rules for the final league year which is uncapped. In a different section of the CBA it tells about severe restrictions on the final 8 meaning the teams which lasted the longest in the playoffs the previous year. They can only sign FA's if they lose FA's. Here is the CBA section for the final capped year.

FINAL LEAGUE YEAR

All of the provisions of this Agreement shall be the same in the Final League Year of this Agreement, except that the following rules shall apply only in that League Year:

Section 1. No Salary Cap: No Salary Cap shall be in effect during the Final League Year.

Section 2. Free Agency If Salary Cap In League Year Prior To Final League Year: In the event that a Salary Cap is in effect in the League Year prior to the Final League Year: (a) the number of Accrued Seasons required to be an Unrestricted Free Agent during the Final League Year shall be six or more Accrued Seasons; and (b) the provisions of Article XIX (Veteran Free Agency), Sections 2‑4, shall apply to any player with five Accrued Seasons in the Final League Year, as if such player had four Accrued Seasons, except that the Qualifying Offers specified in Article XIX (Veteran Free Agency), Section 2(b)(ii) shall be $50,000 greater for the Qualifying Offers originally stated to be $325,000, and $100,000 greater for the Qualifying Offers originally stated to be $700,000 or $900,000, subject to any additional increases in the base amounts in accordance with the rules set forth in Article XIX (Veteran Free Agency), Section 2(e).

Section 3. Free Agency If No Salary Cap In League Year Prior To Final League Year: In the event that a Salary Cap is not in effect in the League Year prior to the Final League Year, the number of Accrued Seasons required to be an Unrestricted Free Agent during the Final League Year shall be five Accrued Seasons.

Section 4. Franchise and Transition Players: As set forth in Article XX (Franchise and Transition Players), Section 3, each Club shall be permitted to designate one Unrestricted Free Agent as a Transition Player between February 1 and February 15,in the Final League Year, notwithstanding that Transition Players may not be designated in the League Years after the 1994 League Year(except as provided in Article XX (Franchise and Transition Players), Sections 3(a) and 11).

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One reason you wouldn't want to load up on salary in a final league year is there is no certainty that they would reinstate a cap so you may have overpaid a player for 1 year for no reason and have made it in his best interest to become a problem and try and get the team to release him so he can get some more big money.