Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins to Lose Millions In Cap Space
Per a report by Pro Football Talk, the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redksins will lose millions in cap space for breaking rules in 2010.
2010 was an uncapped year as an incentive for the owners and the NFLPA to settle the labor deal which was ending after the 2010 season.
Apparently the NFL instructed teams not to dump salary that year so as to decrease their cap for the years to come.
Dallas and Washington (and apparently the Saints and Raiders) did just that. The Cowboys are expected to lose $10 million in cap space, and the Redksins a whopping $36 million.
The teams can allocate the loss over the next two years any way they want.
One specific violation of the NFL’s suggestion was Dallas giving Miles Austin a $17 million base pay in 2010, but if that was a violation, why did the NFL allow the contract in the first place?
Seems to me the NFL told teams there was no cap, but to watch their spending anyhow. That doesn’t seem legal. It also does not feel like the teams broke any rules.
They may have circumvented the system, but is that grounds to penalize them so much?
No doubt both teams will appeal the decision, and they may have a case against the NFL.
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