Updated Rules in the New League Year
In an effort to keep everyone up to date with the way the new process will work this looks to be the calender(as always these are my interpretation of the rules and may not be 100% correct):
July 26:
Voluntary training, conditioning and classroom sessions
Trades among teams
Signing of Drafted Rookies
Signing of Undrafted rookies
Negotiations with all free agents, but no signings allowed
July 28th
Teams may release their own players
July 29th
Teams may renegotiate terms with their players under contract
Teams may sign any free agent
July 30th
All players remaining on roster with offseason bonuses will be deemed to have earned bonus
July 31st
Jets open Training Camp- no physical workouts for free agents signed; rookies are allowed to workout
August 4th
New League Year Begins; all players must can be involved in physical activity
August 20th
RFA Signing Period Ends; Teams have 4 days to match an offer sheet
August 23rd
Last date player can report to camp and earn accrued season
"June 1st" Tender date
September 8
Final Date to claim veteran salary cap exemption
September 20th
Final date to sign David Harris to long term contract
Cap Rules:
No Dead Money will count towards the cap if the player was released prior to March 11th
All players released after March 11th will be treated as a June 1st cut with future prorations accelerating into 2012.
A team may take up to three $1 million dollar exemptions for veteran players on the team by borrowing against a future cap. The credit is will be applied on a weekly basis if the player is removed from the team. In other words if the Jets used a $1 million credit on Calvin Pace and he was cut in week 8, the Jets would get a $470,588 credit for 2011.
The borrowed seasons will be reaccrued to the cap during the 2014-2017 NFL seasons. The team can choose the way the money is allocated. For example if the Jets take $3 million in credits in 2011 they can reduce each season by $750,000 or one season by $3 million. Its completely up to the team.
Read somewhere that teams cannot restructure players contracts until they completed their third year, does this mean we are on the hook for Mark's entire 17 million ?
you are the MAN
Rich- I have not seen exactly how that 3.5M exemption works yet, but Id be stunned if the Jets adjusted cap is not at least 123.375M sooner rather than later.