Franchise Cap

[JuicyJ]

I'm trying to get a grasp on how cap penalties work in franchise mode.

Chris Snee has a 6 year contract but is in his last year of it. This year he will be making $10.73M. His total bonus is 12.00M. At the end of the year, before I progress to the offseason, would it be more beneficial for me to take the $2.00M cap penalty by releasing/trading him, or pay him 5x that on his salary and not re-sign him?

The answer is obvious, I'm just not sure if I'm going to pay $2.00M for the next 6 years or just for the current year..

[xblake16x]

Cap penalties are always the current year. So just one year

[JuicyJ]

So with the situation I just described, I'd save $8.00M, correct?

One other thing. At what point do the players actually get payed? Is it as soon as the offseason begins?

[xblake16x]

Right you would save 8 M.

But I do not know when the penalty kicks in or when the players get paid

[mestevo]

I don't see it as really ever being 'paid out', it's more of a limit on the total of the salaries on the team at any one time.

[JuicyJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by mestevo

I don't see it as really ever being 'paid out', it's more of a limit on the total of the salaries on the team at any one time.

I don't understand what you're saying pal

[mestevo]

The cap is just all the contracts on your team added up, minus any penalties there's no pay out, I'm not sure what function that would serve. If a player is cut all that needs to be accounted for is the bonus money, since nothing else is guaranteed.

[JuicyJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by mestevo

The cap is just all the contracts on your team added up, minus any penalties there's no pay out, I'm not sure what function that would serve. If a player is cut all that needs to be accounted for is the bonus money, since nothing else is guaranteed.

Ahh I see that, thank you.

The problem that arose for me is that I noticed that the cap penalty compared to the last year on a big contract are dramatically different. I'm paying Eli Manning like $22.00M which is coming out of my cap. Instead I could release him before the season is completely over and rather than paying $22.00M, I would only have to pay 8-9M penalty. That's if I am comprehending this correctly.