CBA and salary cap question

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What happens to the cap in 2021 if teams have to play in empty stadiums this year?

I heard on the radio yesterday that because of the way the NBA cba is structured, if they were to cancel the rest of the current season, next years salary cap would go way down, throwing most teams into cap he’ll

Could this happen to the nfl? Even if they do play but have to do it in empty stadiums, that’s still a huge chunk of money being lost by teams

[Patler]

More than half of their revenue comes from broadcast rights, which would still be there if they play with or without fans. Game day revenue would be gone, but so would much of their game day expense. It would certainly be a difficult year, but likely manageable.

As for the salary cap, if needed, I suspect players and management will negotiate league wide wage cuts, a cap freeze, a compromised cap calculation or combinations thereof to make it work for 2020 and 2021.

[RashanGary]

I kind of thought that too, Patler. Would be interesting if the players held firm and the league died and xfl took off. You never know what could happen.

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I kind of thought that too, Patler. Would be interesting if the players held firm and the league died and xfl took off. You never know what could happen.

Didn’t the xfl already die? Or are they gonna try again next year?

[KYPack]

Didn’t the xfl already die? Or are they gonna try again next year?

It died.

the ratings followed a similar arc of XFL I.

Strong out of the gate, but down down thereafter

They reserved the right to come back, but few observers think it will.

[run pMc]

I kind of thought that too, Patler. Would be interesting if the players held firm and the league died and xfl took off. You never know what could happen.

If the players didn't want to play, they'd try to replace the players before the league would fold. The owners are billionaires and have sunk a lot of money into this, plus those TV contracts aren't going to go away. It basically would be like watching the XFL except with NFL uniforms. I would expect the NFLPA and owners to negotiate some kind of deal or freeze the cap in place.

I'm not really sure why the players wouldn't want to play, unless there wasn't any attempt at taking precautions -- and that would reflect badly on Goodell, the league, and the owners.

[smuggler]

My understanding of the current CBA is that the cap will be affected, but only in the short term. It would, in theory, apply to the 2022 free agency period. They may intervene to keep it from dropping too drastically.

[Sparkey]

I mentioned this in another thread, but I am guessing that they come up with a way for teams to stretch the cap hits of the top so many players over a short period so that teams are not forced to cut players.

There is no way the players union would agree to current contracts being reduced.

[pbmax]

My understanding of the current CBA is that the cap will be affected, but only in the short term. It would, in theory, apply to the 2022 free agency period. They may intervene to keep it from dropping too drastically.

Unless forced on them by timing or other situation, I doubt the owners will let the situation fester all of 2020. They'll adjust this years cap to some degree.

The interesting questions will be quarantining players and staff AND what happens to shared revenue if some teams don't have fans.

[texaspackerbacker]

Not to bring politics into it hahahaha, but the government is bailing out a whole lot of things. If in fact the seats really are empty, I'd be surprised if they didn't throw a few billion the NFL's way.

[Upnorth]

So the Canadian government is not giving money to the cfl (yet) so they are looking at asking for donations to stay afloat. #1 target is the nfl. So maybe your tax dollars can save the CFL...

[Rastak]

Not to bring politics into it hahahaha, but the government is bailing out a whole lot of things. If in fact the seats really are empty, I'd be surprised if they didn't throw a few billion the NFL's way.

The head of the government,sued the NFL and got a fully erect dick up his ass. You think so?

[ThunderDan]

The head of the government,sued the NFL and got a fully erect dick up his ass. You think so?

He got $4.

[Rastak]

He got $4.

I thought it was 3. Plus the dick.

[ThunderDan]

I thought it was 3. Plus the dick.

You are right, it was $3. They won $1 but damages were tripled.