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Originally Posted by DoubleK
I read the MOU again today and still don't see where it permanently decouples the salary cap from HRR. Do you?
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There is nothing permanently delinking the two, but there is also no concrete timeline for when the cap will once again be linked to HRR. The plan as I have read is to keep the cap set at $81.5M until HRR gets back to almost what it was(however the league and PA agreed to define that), the first year where it is linked again will be after they’ve had 2 consecutive seasons of “normal” HRR and will calculate the cap based on the average HRR for those two seasons, or at least that’s my understanding of what I read about it.
The CBA has an expiration date and does guarantee that the split will be 50/50 by the end of it’s term. That isn’t to say 50/50 can’t or won’t happen and I’m sure that’s the league’s hope, but it’s not guaranteed even with the changes the league is proposing. Under the previous CBA it was guaranteed because they didn’t have a cap on escrow. The new deal is structured in a manner that it will likely end up being very close to a 50/50 split, but it does not guarantee one.