Redskins, Cowboys could go “nuclear” over cap mess

[HoopheadVII]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

Understand your second half.

Your first half although it is coincidental.... is a conflict of interest. I don't think some outside individual should have heard the facts, all I'm saying is most of the boards have a #2 to take over if the #1 can not hear the case. Mara should have advised the committee he would not be heading this issue up because the two teams to be punished resided in his division. He should have stepped aside on this and allowed another team owner or the #2 to step up and hear the issue. Thats all I'm saying. He had a ton to gain by agreeing to the punishment because it would limit two teams that spend a lot in FA. It would give him 1.6 mill in spending CAP. It would keep him from possibly losing some of his players to one of these two teams. and it benifits him in 2012 if these two teams can't bring in top talent to challenge his team.

1) Any owner has a similar conflict of interest.

2) If 29 of 30 owners support it, it wouldn't have made a difference who it was.

3) I'm guessing it went something like this:
- Multiple owners complain to the Commissioner
- Commissioner decides on punishment - take away cap space
- Taking away cap space affects the CBA, better talk with NFLPA first
- Commissioner gives it to MCEC because they are responsible for negotiating with NFLPA

MCEC (Mara's committee) doesn't have authority to discipline teams. Mara's involved because he's the League's main contact with the NFLPA.