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Old 03-21-2021, 11:59 PM   #1244
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You are going to have to explain your thinking on this for me. The way I see it, if Treliving did indeed approach ownership about approving a buyout I could imagine their hesitation about the immediate cost, and returning to him with instructions to find a more cost-effective deal, which he did. This strikes me as nothing more than a day-to-day business exchange; I don't see it at all as "ownership is telling the GM how to manage the cap."
But a buyout typically saves real money, in exchange for long term cap implications. Not sure what you mean by immediate cost in this case. The only reason against a Neal buyout is the dead cap money, right? Which is an awfully big reason.
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