For those expecting a huge spike in the Salary Cap in the next couple of years......

[B-more Ravor]

.....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

[wickedsolo]

Oh, you mean certain poster's claims that the cap is going to jump to $150+ in the next two years is completely inaccurate and false?


Say it ain't so Ravor... :)

[Raveninwoodlawn]

Oh, you mean certain poster's claims that the cap is going to jump to $150+ in the next two years is completely inaccurate and false?


Say it ain't so Ravor... :)

LOL

[GOTA]

Robert Kraft keeps saying this but a lot of agents don't seem to be listening.

[leachisabeast]

I never bought much into it anyway. We have some tough choices to make pretty soon.

[Benny8444]

I never bought much into it anyway. We have some tough choices to make pretty soon.

This is usually a good thing as it means we draft well and have to decide which players to hold on to as most of our picks are turning into good players. Most teams who consistantly win and draft well have this issue. It is not a bad thing at all.

[arnie_uk]

i enjoyed being one of the many people to be prove correct on this, theres been many an arguement on this site and other regarding this "jump" or no jump as it will be

[NCRAVEN]

I never bought much into it anyway. We have some tough choices to make pretty soon.

Not as tough as other teams who are breaking the bank on 1 - 3 players.

What kinda makes this whole thing funny to me. The Steelers restructuring this year in hoping the cap rises to off set what they kicked down the road, ain't gonna happen.

[HoustonRaven]

Relax, he's using it as a metaphor and not fact. Nothing wrong in using this terminology

Hyperbole, not metaphor.

[wickedsolo]

Hyperbole, not metaphor.

Hyper...stromboli....mmmm...boli....

[Mista T]

Hyperbole, not metaphor.

Pound sand, Texan! Whether you want to call it hyperbole, metaphor, or just plain old rip-off: the NFL has been ripping off it's customer base for the past decade or so with unwarranted price hikes which far exceed the rate of inflation. Fuckin' greed!

As the sheep that we all are, we continue to take our licks to fill the stadiums.

[HoustonRaven]

Definite hyperbole now.