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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Interesting part is that HRR being at $6.2B...wouldn't that put the HRR/Salary breakdown at $3.1B for Salary, which actually means the cap per team should be $96.875M.
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That's the midpoint of the salary range. The cap is set 15% above the midpoint.
If leaguewide HRR this season is $6.2 billion, using the current cap calculation formula, the cap for 2025-26 should be $111.4 million. Instead, because of the 5% cap on year-over-year cap increases, it will be $92.06 million.
Revenue would need to stagnate for a long time for the cap to not keep jumping like this.
Last season's revenue was projected to be $5.7 billion. This year being projected at $6.2 billion is almost a 9% increase... and that's with the shakeup of the local tv rights deals for about half the US-based teams.