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Old 09-05-2019, 09:13 AM   #998
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Originally Posted by sureLoss View Post
To mitigate escrow they are talking about either locking the salary cap or capping a salary cap increase by a % or $ amount.

Either way, they are discussing decoupling revenue increases to the salary cap until escrow becomes more manageable from the players' perspective
Wasn’t the whole point of the cap that it was supposed to be a 50/50 split of revenue? Now the players want to detach it from revenue in order to lessen effects of escrow? Wouldn't that just enable a potential split in the owners favour?

I mean it’s possible I’m over-simplifying and or missing something, but right now I’m wondering what the big fight was all about during the lockout.
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