2018 Roster Discussion
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There's always the offseason one contract buyout!
Ha. We don’t pay for shit unless it’s a marketing ploy.
Here's a stupid question (and some wishful thinking).
Are transfers in are "official" for MLS purposes until the MLS window officially opens in February (was Feb 14th last year)?
Point being, if Medina is not yet a current DP for MLS purposes, can't the Harrison transfer kitty (3.35 million in your scenario) be used to pay down his transfer fee for MLS budgeting purposes? That would then allow then to fairly easily use the Team TAM to pay him down out of DP range and give them the ability to go after a 3rd DP.
There is a limit to how much budget relief we get from the Harrison transfer. It is $650,000. There is no way to use any of the other money to buy down anyone for budget purposes.
But aren't their two parts? That 650K is the first part which I agree is for pure budget relief. But the amount the club is allocated above that (i.e the amount over 650K) is for:
The remaining balance of the club's share (if any), and which cannot be traded, will be available to be used by clubs in the following ways:
- Against the expenses incurred by the club in relation to the costs of an existing or new Designated Player
My thought on this is that money can be used to pay that amount, but that payment wouldn't necessarily relieve the cap hit of it.
BUT, it's possible that it could be as you lay it out, and I've even speculated as much in an earlier post (not sure if in this thread or elsewhere).
Right. The Club gets the cash, but no salary cap relief. The Club can use the money to pay a DP's wages, but the money doesn't buy down those wages so that the person is no longer a DP.
This. Basically you get $650k of GAM even if you sold a player for one billion dollars. The extra fee can be used to save the actual club cash payout to a DP - example: right now Club pays Villa $5m (or whatever) over his 500k cap hit. If the club “nets” $2m from the sale above that GAM, they could use that to pay Villa and only pay him $3M out of the club’s $$$.
Basically, if you are a cheap team this can offset your DP club costs. This is a rounding error to CFG and really doesn’t make a difference whether the club lays out $3M or $5M for Villa.
http://sbisoccer.com/2018/01/nycfc-...-going-to-be-good-enough-to-challenge-toronto
“Yeah, we’re not finished yet,” said Vieira. “We still have spots in our roster, so we just try to do a little bit more business before the deadline. There is a spot in the midfield, there is a spot as well at the back so we still have a few players that we can bring in.”
“Yeah, we’re not finished yet,” said Vieira. “We still have spots in our roster, so we just try to do a little bit more business before the deadline. There is a spot in the midfield, there is a spot as well at the back so we still have a few players that we can bring in.”
https://www.atlutd.com/post/2018/01...-no-longer-occupies-international-roster-spot
Villabla has been in the U.S. for less than 12 months. I fully expect Chanot, Villa, Moralez, Ring, and all internationals signed for the 2016 season to get green cards.
Villabla has been in the U.S. for less than 12 months. I fully expect Chanot, Villa, Moralez, Ring, and all internationals signed for the 2016 season to get green cards.
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