Redskins, Cowboys could go “nuclear” over cap mess

[HoopheadVII]

Originally Posted by tryfuhl

Seeing as they argue that it hurts the future aka the current cap and cba... is there any language in the current cba agreed upon by both sides as pertaining to the matter? If there was I'd think that we would have heard about it by now.

There is plenty of language in the previous CBA (google 2006 NFL CBA) about what could and couldn't be done re: salary cap treatment in an uncapped year, including:

- In contracts signed in an uncapped year, salary (excluding signing bonus) couldn't decrease more than 30% from the uncapped year to future capped years.

- In contracts signed in a capped year prior to an upcoming uncapped year, any bonuses loaded into the uncapped year would be treated as signing bonus and the cap hit would be spread across the whole contract.

Snyder and Jones will argue that there are specific rules to cover specific situations, there was no rule to cover this specific situation, and the League approved the contracts at the time.

The League will argue that there was a clear agreement not to unduly shift salary cap hit into an uncapped year, they attempted to address this as best they could in the CBA, but either couldn't catch everything or couldn't negotiate that rule in advance. And, they didn't address this in 2011 because there were more pressing issues to address - like starting the season.

I think the 'Skins got screwed here, but the more I read of the CBA, the previous CBA, and the NFL bylaws, the more I think they should start trying to get along with the other owners.