02-27-2016, 12:50 AM
So I was just reading up on the most recent CBA, mainly out of curiosity in regards to the spending floor. And, unless I read it wrong, rollover money can only be carried over for one season. You can't perpetually carry over the same 8 million you didn't spend years earlier. You can roll it over once, and poof, it's gone.
So let's say the salary cap is 135 in 2013, and Team A only spends 130 mil. They elect to "rollover" that 5 mil. And now let's say the salary cap is 140 million in 2014. Team A now has 145 mil in cap space available to them because of the 5 million they rolled over.
Now here's where it gets a little confusing. If Team A only spends 130 million again in 2014, how much can they rollover to 2105?
Got your guess? Because if I did a decent enough job explaining it, your answer should be 10 million.
Even though they spent 15 million less than they technically could have, they can only carry over the money they were actually short of the league wide salary cap. That 5 mil from 2013 is gone.
Now again, I may have misread this. And I'm going to try to read up on it some more. But if this is true it's an absolute game changer in regards to our perceived lack of spending and/or strategy.
So let's say the salary cap is 135 in 2013, and Team A only spends 130 mil. They elect to "rollover" that 5 mil. And now let's say the salary cap is 140 million in 2014. Team A now has 145 mil in cap space available to them because of the 5 million they rolled over.
Now here's where it gets a little confusing. If Team A only spends 130 million again in 2014, how much can they rollover to 2105?
Got your guess? Because if I did a decent enough job explaining it, your answer should be 10 million.
Even though they spent 15 million less than they technically could have, they can only carry over the money they were actually short of the league wide salary cap. That 5 mil from 2013 is gone.
Now again, I may have misread this. And I'm going to try to read up on it some more. But if this is true it's an absolute game changer in regards to our perceived lack of spending and/or strategy.
