Redskins, Cowboys could go “nuclear” over cap mess

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Originally Posted by HoopheadVII

If the Commissioner took away draft picks, as he has the authority to do, the NFLPA wouldn't be involved at all, there would be no arbitration, everything would be neat and tidy, and the Skins wouldn't be getting RG3.

Everything got messy because the Commissioner, apparently pushed by multiple owners, wanted to impose a different, lighter, and possibly fairer penalty on the Skins.

They had to get the NFLPA involved because he wanted to touch salary cap space.

I guess it depends on what side of the fence your on. Personally I didn't expect to get RG3. I had figured we were out of the running because he would not be there at #6. So using that money on FA's and a 2nd round QB is what I suspected anyway. My first round pick was going to be a WR. But we picked those up in FA.

But no matter what I still have issues with the fact the league approved these deals when they could have said no back in 2010. I have issues with what on the surface looks like a conflict of interest with Mara heading up the whole CAPGATE issue. I don't care that there were 24+ other votes. He's in our division, he got 1.6 mill out of the deal, he hindered our FA ability by 18 mill, and he gained an advantage through all that by keeping our two teams from picking up better talent.