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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Great stuff, Bingo. This is a huge issue that hasn't really been explored yet.
I assume that the number of days is being calculated, based on the guesstimated salary that you have presented?
So basically there are 2 guys on the list for whom the team can reasonably absorb an extended holdout? That is interesting. I suspect there is going to be some feverish negotiating (and signing) during the pre-season.
And to those that will suggest thsat this gives leverage to the players, I disagree. It remains a double-edged sword because, if they start to approach the doomsday date, one of two things will have to happen: either the player takes a shorter-term, lower contract to make the cap work, or the player would be forced to sit out the entire season.
Either way, it is not good for either the player, or the team.
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Exactly on all fronts.
I solved the days to fit with the salary I gave every player and the cap situation of each team.
It is a two way street. The team has less room each day, but so too do all the teams, and not many have the cap space to absorb an elevated first year, the ones that do aren't the teams these players would want an offer sheet from.
It's effectively driving all of these guys save two into rosters by the first week of the season.