.....the NFL says not to expect it to happen:


daniel kaplan ‏@dkaplanSBJ
IN SBJ, NFL tells teams to project flat salary caps thru 2015: 2013 ($121 mln); 2014 (122 mln) 2015 (125 mln), and then in 2016 $130 mln.

daniel kaplan ‏@dkaplanSBJ
Benefits will rise sharply though, but media deals will not spike the cap, not even a bit. Offsets from artificially higher caps in 11-13...

daniel kaplan ‏@dkaplanSBJ
...and staggering of media deals leads to almost no cap increase projection in 1st year of mega new TV deals

daniel kaplan ‏@dkaplanSBJ
If NFL projections correct, won't be until the 6th yr of new 10-yr CBA that cap exceeds level in last yr (2009) of capped year in old deal