FINALLY! - A National Columnist Gets it Right

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Originally Posted by That Guy

we still rack up deadcap every year. as long as its manageable until new tv/etc contracts come through to boost the cap, we avoid a roster meltdown. If the contract strategy is a year short though, its a death knell.

We end up getting guys for under value basically with the way they do the contracts though. That allows them to build in the dead space every year. As long as 50%+ FAs they sign end up being better than we are really paying them up front then the Skins have extra cap space that can be used for the the other FAs that didn't "earn" their money. The dead space is simply a by product of the strategy that is unavoidable but not nearly as negative as dead space would be in other cap strategies.