Are There Ways Around The Salary Cap?

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(06-06-2017, 07:20 AM)HarleyDog Wrote: When a team inserts a performance clause I'm not sure that's part of the cap is it? Something like if you offered a player X-mil guaranteed but if you gain over 1,000yds during the season you get a higher amount?

I thought that in the case of the performance clauses that the cap space had to be reserved for that extra incentive, and only in the case of that performance not being achieved would it count as available after the season was over?
So like let's say Eifert had a 10 TD incentive of $1 million. Until the season is over, that $1 million counts toward the cap, and it's only until after the season but before the start of the new league year does that money come off the cap books if he doesn't meet the performance. In which case, that freed up $1 million could then be rolled over to the next year or used toward an extension or pocketed by the owner?