02-26-2016, 02:55 AM
(02-26-2016, 02:22 AM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: I dont think you understand what the rollover is. If it was going in to Mike Browns pocket they wouldnt roll it over. They dont have to do any rollover. They could just sit on it and not roll over a dime. But they dont.
By rolling it over we have more to spend this year. Im not looking it up. But we seem to rollover a similar amount every year. Basically the emergency fund and extension money. Or if the guys like Iloka who we tried to extend would have signed last year that is the money he would have got. He didnt take it so we roll it over for future use. Real easy concept.
This isnt some Mike Brown conspiracy to line his pockets. The owner of a billion dollar franchise probably isnt worried about skimming the salary cap leftovers. Its our front office doing more smart business.
We wouldnt be recognized as having one of the most loaded rosters in the NFL if our front office was as piss poor as you would like to imagine.
It's never spent. That's the point. Yeah, great they'll roll it over so they can theoretically spend more. Except they won't. They'll again have roll over next year, because they'll leave money unspent this year.
It's not that hard to follow.
They rolled over unused cap space from 2011 to 2012. Meaning they didn't spend to cap in 2011. They left money on the table. They did the same 2012. The same in 2013. The same in 2014. The same in 2015. It goes on and on and on...
You're right. It is a real easy concept. If they were actually spending to cap, or close to it, there wouldn't be money to roll over EVERY SINGLE YEAR. You're now talking about extensions for guys that weren't even on the books when this idea of rollover started.
And don't even get me started on the "emergency fund". What emergencies exactly? Explain them to me. Why don't other teams have them built into their spending? Can you give one single example where we needed 10 million dollars in any single season to cover injury settlements and the like?
IT'S ALL BULLSHIT. They throw some bologna year after year, about rookie pools and rollover, and injury settlements, and unicorns and bigfoot's magical dick. It's all bunch of garbage to divert your attention from the fact that they spend less than other teams.
You don't need 10 million to cover emergencies, you don't need to set aside funds for players beginning immediately after their rookie seasons. The cap changes, players come and go, situations change. This idea that we forever this holding pattern of not being to spend because of drafts and future deals is smoke and mirrors. All teams have to deal with these issues. Yet NO ONE ELSE is rolling over money every single damn year.
The fact is, you believe because you want to. And that's ok. Perhaps your so blindly by your fandom and loyalty to this team that you just don't want to see it. But it's simple math. Money goes unspent. Regardless of whether or not they have to roll it over, it would be rolled over in the first place if they spent to cap. And yeah, maybe sometimes to you need to set aside for the future. But for 5 straight years?
Wake up...
