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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
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Teams found to have violated the cap face fines of up to US$5 million, cancellation of contracts, loss of draft picks, loss of points and/or forfeiture of game(s) determined to have been affected by the violation of the cap.
So technically, shouldn't Vegas now be fined and lose some draft picks? If Martinez is healthy, how can he stay on LTIR?
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The weird thing is that the way the CBA is written, there doesn't appear to be any requirement for a team to activate a player from LTIR when he is healthy.
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A Club may then exceed the Upper Limit due to the addition of replacement Player Salary and Bonuses of Players who have replaced an unfit-to-play Player, provided, however, that when the unfit-to-play Player is once again fit to play (including any period such Player is on a Bona Fide Long-Term Injury/Illness Exception Conditioning Loan to another league), the Club shall be required to once again reduce its Averaged Club Salary to a level at or below the Upper Limit prior to the Player being able to rejoin the Club.
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They can't reactivate him until they're compliant, but there's seemingly no requirement for them to become compliant and reactivate him.
It's strange. The league can require a second opinion before allowing a team to put a player on LTIR to ensure they're not faking an injury to circumvent the cap, but there doesn't seem to be a similar mechanism on the other end of the injury.