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Fidel · 11-26-2011, 07:52 PM

"The proposed Amnesty would have 75% of the salary coming both the tax and the cap.

It may also be a tool teams may be able to bank for the future (the 2005 Amnesty had to be used within two weeks). Would that enable teams to deal for players with awful contracts by the trade deadline and then cut them lose to gain the cap/tax savings?

The provision is said to only include players under contract before the current CBA but timing may allow for some wheeling and dealing with Amnesty in mind.

Additionally teams may be able to use a Stretch Exception to cut a player while paying out their salary over twice the length of the contract (plus a year). Certainly the Stretch Exception will impact who teams use the Amnesty on."

edit: i misread something. still interesting.

11-26-2011, 07:52 PM	#25
Fidel Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 3,283	"The proposed Amnesty would have 75% of the salary coming both the tax and the cap. It may also be a tool teams may be able to bank for the future (the 2005 Amnesty had to be used within two weeks). Would that enable teams to deal for players with awful contracts by the trade deadline and then cut them lose to gain the cap/tax savings? The provision is said to only include players under contract before the current CBA but timing may allow for some wheeling and dealing with Amnesty in mind. Additionally teams may be able to use a Stretch Exception to cut a player while paying out their salary over twice the length of the contract (plus a year). Certainly the Stretch Exception will impact who teams use the Amnesty on." edit: i misread something. still interesting. Last edited by Fidel; 11-26-2011 at 07:56 PM.