Found November 11, 2011 on Crossover Chronicles: Yardbarker Blogger Network
With these CBA talks, a new amnesty clause has been among discussions as a new addition to the mix.This clause would allow for each team to shed one contract outright before next season through a one-time amnesty provision that wipes that contract off a team's books -- even though the player must still be paid.How sweet would that be? The ability to just take a contract of an under performing, overpaid player, and be able to have them not count towards the salary cap would be great. It would be even greater for the player because technically, they would draw the money from their amnesty, and they could sign on with another team. This would be guaranteed money for these players.Of course, there are rules that teams want to include where the player can't be brought in as part of a trade that has a big, bad contract, and then bought off, so to speak. I think that most of the issues have been ironed out, and since each team only would get to do it once, I think they should b...
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