Redskins, Cowboys could go “nuclear” over cap mess

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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

Because many of the owners don't want to spend money. Several of the teams upset the "competitive balance" by taking advantage of the uncapped year to spend less than the CBA mandated league floor. Simply put, they saved a ton of actual hard cash by not spending it on the players (Believe it or not, some of these guys are intent on the bottom line as opposed to spending money to get good players).

I can respect fiscal responsibility. I look at European Club Football and see almost all the major clubs going into debt to fund payrolls. The spending over there would make a tea party member cry. With that said deliberately using unwritten rules for the sake of keeping cost down is unacceptable.