#2: Require Guaranteed Portions of Veteran Deals
If a veteran signs a deal of longer than 2 years, the first half of his salaries, rounded down, are guaranteed. Simple as that. Sign a guy to 2-years, his first year salary is guaranteed. If he signs for 5, the first 2 are guaranteed, and so on. Not [...]

One of the most intriguing stories over the next year I think will be revolving around the league’s collective bargaining agreement.  Not Brett Favre,  not any team’s dramatic season, but rather perhaps the biggest labor dispute since a leaguewide salary cap was enforced on the players union. As it stands, the salary cap will vanish [...]

In large part it first happened to this clue prior to the 1999 season when we had shed ourselves of plenty of talented veterans. The bill had come due and an 18M+ cap deficit forced us to make drastic moves. After years of signing bonuses spread over contracts we didn’t finish the dead money had [...]