The Start Of Free Agency To Be Delayed? (CBA Extension Talk)

[rjs246]

Fine with me. Don't want to talk about that passtime anyway...

[hunt]

if the cap goes away & the eagles "buy" a championship, will all of you celebrate?

[rjs246]

Of course. But as IGY said, football is the most obvious example of a team sport where 'buying a championship' might not even be possible.

[SunMo]

your Yankees bear trap is very obvious

[hunt]

it was meant to be obvious.
and i already know everyone's answer....somehow, the eagles doing it would be different.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Of course. But as IGY said, football is the most obvious example of a team sport where 'buying a championship' might not even be possible.

Yeah. The taterskins didn't "buy" their championships. That's why, even with the cap, Gibbs is teh bestest coach @vaR! LeWT! Bizitch1!1!Please ban me, I have nothing to contribute.!

[rjs246]

As much as I hate to admit it Skins didn't buy their championship... they had a good team together for the first one and were able to spend whatever they needed/wanted to keep that team together. They built a championship caliber team and then had the money and leeway to keep them together as a championship level. The trick was putting that team together in the first place and you can't begrudge them that.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

As much as I hate to admit it Skins didn't buy their championship... they had a good team together for the first one and were able to spend whatever they needed/wanted to keep that team together. They built a championship caliber team and then had the money and leeway to keep them together as a championship level. The trick was putting that team together in the first place and you can't begrudge them that.

Noted.* But you missed my point:

The taterskins suck.........and their fans love manmeat.
*I think someone must have hacked RJS' account....

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Cap status as of today

Note that the Eagles' cap includes T.O.'s contract, so that will throw another $6m or so onto the heap.

It's good to be prepared.

[ice grillin you]

interesting to note you must be at the cap by 4pm thursday not midnight...i guess midnight is just when FA starts

altho wip has been reporting the owners will meet tomorrow at 830am and if they deem that there is even a sliver of hope for an extension on the cba the start of fre agency will be delayed for up to a week

[Rome]

if the cap goes away & the eagles "buy" a championship, will all of you celebrate?

Damn straight.

Pfft... I'd celebrate it if the other team they'd be facing in the Super Bowl went down in a plane crash killing all aboard on the way to the game.

As long as they win, I don't give a shtein about the circumstances surrounding it.

[Feva]

Cap status as of today

Note that the Eagles' cap includes T.O.'s contract, so that will throw another $6m or so onto the heap.

It's good to be prepared.

Lovely... so we're actually in the top 5 once again. 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Yep, we'll shake out right around $20 million in space once T.O. and possibly Grasmanis are released...

Player	Cap number	2006 savings
DT Paul Grasmanis	$700,000	$700,000
DE Jerome McDougle	$2,001,666	$407,502 (charge)
WR Terrell Owens	$6,778,333	$4,544,999
QB Koy Detmer	$720,000+?	$720,000
QB Mike McMahon	$800,000+?	$800,000

They aren't going to cut McDougle, but the others are all either definite (Owens) or possible.  Of course, McMahon and Detmer's numbers would be replaced with new backups at a net cost, so they wouldn't REALLY end up being realizable savings.

[ice grillin you]

im pretty sure that number clayton came up with is already excluding TO

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

im pretty sure that number clayton came up with is already excluding TO

I'm pretty sure it's not.  But since the Eagles always screw us fans by not even coming close to using their cap dollars, why does it even matter?  Jeff Lurie hates us all!  We're not going to sign anyone!  Mediocrity prevails!!