2007 Uncapped Year

[Pocono]

CRT3...Ignore the first part it was just a bad joke.

If there is no CBA extension by 3/1/06 new signing bonuses will only be allowed to be prorated over 4 years and the first year salary will have to be large because the CBA only allows increases in salary from year to year that are 30% of the 06 salary not including signing bonus. Teams that routinely do restructures to pass cap hit futher back into the contract won't be allowed to do that because that will be shifting the hit from the final capped year into uncapped years which is specifically what they are trying to prevent.

Their are likely to be earned[LTBE] incentives which are basically incentives that were met or would have been met the preceding season and they count against the cap right away and there are unlikely to be earned[ULTBE] incentives that weren't reached the past year and they don't count right away but do count if they are earned. At the end of the season the league balances a team's ULTBE incentives that were met with the LTBE incentives that aren't met and either debits or credits the team's cap the following year with an adjusted cap total. Since Brunell's incentives are based on improved O ranking they are ULTBE but with him sitting on the bench they will be acheived and come do in 06 along with a nice escalator for Ramsey. It would be interesting if Crazy Canuck could see just how many escalators and incentives could come due. If Brown signs a contract loaded with incentives that could worsen the situation.