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Old 11-07-2021, 03:12 PM   #54
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Originally Posted by getbak View Post
Not really, escrow is capped going forward. It's 10% next year and 6% the following three years.

The league will be getting repaid the overpayment by keeping the increases to the cap artificially low for the next few years. That makes it tough for the players who need to sign new contracts over the next few seasons because teams won't have the cap space to spare to sign them in the way they were expecting 2 years ago.

The players who signed long-term deals prior to COVID are going to be okay, but the guys whose contracts are expiring in the COVID aftermath are bearing the brunt.
It’s the bottom of the roster players that are bearing the entire brunt. The star players seem to be getting their money no problem.
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