Good/Bad News for a Change - 2013 18MM cap penalty probably (not) going away

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by CrazyCanuck

Sorry if the sheets are confusing but yes the $18M for 2012 is included.

The penalty is part of "cap credits" at the bottom. We took an $18M penalty but we had $13M of credits from the year before. So works out to ~$5M.

Thanks for explaining, I was trying to see it listed, but didn't see it as a singular line item.

[CrazyCanuck]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Thanks for explaining, I was trying to see it listed, but didn't see it as a singular line item.

Ya maybe I'll rename it "Cap Penalties & Credits" to make it clearer.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by CrazyCanuck

Ya maybe I'll rename it "Cap Penalties & Credits" to make it clearer.

If you're going to rename things, i think it would be helpful to have three different rows: One called "Cap Penalties," "Cap Credits" and a "Net Penalty/Credit" which shows the net of the two. Maybe another name for the last column would be better, but i can see this being a continuing point of confusion throughout the offseason. If i hadnt read your post in the other thread, i wouldnt have understood what the the factors went into the "credits" calculation.

If thats too complicated, maybe we could just have a footnote or something on the page that explains how the "Cap Penalties & Credits" was calculated.

[CrazyCanuck]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

If you're going to rename things, i think it would be helpful to have three different rows: One called "Cap Penalties," "Cap Credits" and a "Net Penalty/Credit" which shows the net of the two. Maybe another name for the last column would be better, but i can see this being a continuing point of confusion throughout the offseason. If i hadnt read your post in the other thread, i wouldnt have understood what the the factors went into the "credits" calculation.

If thats too complicated, maybe we could just have a footnote or something on the page that explains how the "Cap Penalties & Credits" was calculated.

Maybe I'll add some explanation to the notes page too. I never had cap penalties listed cuz they never existed before this year. I guess Vinny ran a tighter ship than Bruce Allen.