Uncapped Rules of 2010

[EL Guapo]

Peter King breaks down what the different rules of free agency would be if the NFL went uncapped for a year.



http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200...bor/index.html

[Joey_Potter]

At least Braylon Edwards will be restricted and be easily tied up.

[Walter]

A while back, they said 2008 was going to be an uncapped year. There are always rumors of this happening, but it never does.

[starqb14]

peter king is fat.

[Walter]

LOL can't beat that analysis

[giantsfanmike]

I think it will unfortunately. The NFL will officially suck from 2011 onwards.

[starqb14]

I think it will unfortunately. The NFL will officially suck from 2011 onwards.

i should pull a matt mcguire and ***** at you saying you are not allowed to think without concrete facts and arguments. **** **** ass ****ing mother pig **** ***** ****ing **** **** ass.

[Matt McGuire]

naw the draft importance could go down if there is no cap like the MLB

[FL_Dawg]

naw the draft importance could go down if there is no cap like the MLB

I think the Draft will be even more important if this does in fact come to be.
The smaller markets like Jacksonville will not be able to spend like the New York and other bigger markets can on FA.

[Saintsfan]

If there was no cap all the players would play for the Raiders, Redskins and Cowboys.

[Matt McGuire]

I think the Draft will be even more important if this does in fact come to be.
The smaller markets like Jacksonville will not be able to spend like the New York and other bigger markets can on FA.

You can make the same argument abou the MLB though ... the draft is more important to the smaller market ballclubs but in the grand scheme of things free agency dominates the baseball offseason.

[Joey_Potter]

Not if they make all the players RFA or ERFA and increase the number of Franchise Tags per year. Then Draft stays important.

Wont happen but a nice thought.

[Jm4Steelers]

I thought this was a cool part of that article. That really would restrict the best teams from signing any top FA.

the teams with the best eight records in football in 2009 will be severely restricted from jumping into the pool. It's still not precisely determined how the system would work, but let's say the Patriots are one of the top eight and want to sign a free-agent to a five-year, $20-million contract. They'd have to lose their own player or players to contracts totaling $20 million before they could sign the free-agent they want. Conceptually, that's how this clause in the deal is going to work, but the exact mechanics of it are not clear yet.