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Originally Posted by Mathgod
So what would you consider to be 'not minor' then? Holding out for an extra 20 games after the player is healthy enough to play? 25? 30? 35? 40? A whole season?
If players are required to be taken off LTIR the moment they are healthy enough to play, it forces the team to make enough cap room available right away to accomodate them. This forces the team to make tough decisions, as it should. Letting teams keep players on the LTIR for as long as is convenient, gives them a way of avoiding making those tough decisions. In my opinion, this severely undermines the entire purpose of the salary cap.
Then again, maybe this is the way the league and the players want it to be. Who knows. All I know is, this does create an unhealthy incentive structure, and gives an advantage to those who abuse it over those who don't. I don't like it one bit, but then again, I'm not holding my breath on the league doing anything about it unless/until it starts hurting them financially.
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I don’t see how you can ever definitively determine a player’s health. And certainly not with 100% certainty or their specific level of health.
Guys have been asked to fake injuries in the cfl to go on the injured list. It effectively becomes a taxi squad of guys ready to slot in at any time.