Around the NFL...Week 15 Style

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by Hail to the SteelSkins

It was most defiantly Collusion, and even if they don't return or cancel the cap hit, I am just begging that they punish that P&!@K Mara, since it is blatantly obvious that he pushed it only against his division rivals. I hope they take the full amount that all of the teams that were penalized and charge it to Mara, then he can enjoy trying to figure out how to maintain personnel with roughly 50 MIL missing from his cap. Tha Bastige!

Point,
the Redskins' Dan Snyder and the Cowboys' Jerry Jones -- faced with a 29-0 vote from ownership approving the sanctions against them --

John Mara was only the chairman of the committee,he doesn't have the power to initiate cap penilties all by himself.

[Skinzman]

Originally Posted by Giantone

Point,
the Redskins' Dan Snyder and the Cowboys' Jerry Jones -- faced with a 29-0 vote from ownership approving the sanctions against them --

John Mara was only the chairman of the committee,he doesn't have the power to initiate cap penilties all by himself.

As Chairman of the Committee, he absolutely has the power to initiate the cap penalties (someone has to initiate them, they dont come to fruition otherwise). He doesnt have the power to authorize and execute them without the vote of the other owners. Plus, why would an owner say no when the league was dangling extra cap space in front of them for a yes vote? Not like that could be construed as buying a vote...