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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
A buyout costs the owners 666,000 dollars as opposed to paying him 1 million. I am sure they are not worried about the money. It just does not save you much cap space this year. When you factor in the replacement player it is probably more cap space to buy him out and sign a replacement player, it would actually cost you cap space.
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Question for you even with the buyout. Is his cap hit at $5M still or that gets wiped off the books after the buyout? I didn’t realize the actual dollars for the buyout is that low. If the $5M is wiped off the books I’d buy him out no question.