NFL taking away Redskins cap space

Is this really a penalty or is it cap space we wouldn't have had if we did not restructure or dump these contracts.

right, not great. just good


A few restructures here and there, and we're probably right back in the ballpark of where we were.

IMHO, this is simply wrong and probably a violation of the labor laws governing collective bargining.

Glad a lawyer (you are a lawyer right?) agreed on this. It HAS to be collusion. It is almost textbook from my half-assed understanding of it.

A few restructures here and there, and we're probably right back in the ballpark of where we were.cooley better take one for the team

A few restructures here and there, and we're probably right back in the ballpark of where we were.

id prefer not to restructure and just take our lumps now. restructuring to get under the cap is what got us into perpetual cap hell before.

where's randy thomas when you need him?

F'ing owners...

Rich Campbell ‏ @Rich_Campbell
It sounds to me like the owners strong-armed the union into agreeing to the penalties against WAS/DAL. Wild stuff.

what!! that is ****ing collusion!! then that is mos def not right

The penalty seems wildly excessive given that:

1) there were no well-defined rules or specified penalties, just a vague "agreement"

and

2) Hall and AH might have gotten some bonus money, anyway.

The NFL should at least reduce the penalty.

as ashamed as i am, i actually sent florio and e-mail and raised this issue. no one else in the media seems to be raising it yet, and id love to have it addressed. without a CBA in place, the teams had not right to collude in this manner.

Haha, dont be ashamed, ive emailed Floria before too...... no response.

I bet he will chime in on this though with his background. I can see one of his thorough and over analytical legal opinions on this.

I'd still lawyer up for reduced penalties. the haynesworth dump was flagrant, i don't remember the hall bonus...