Oh ok, got it. So it doesn't matter what kind of person they are? As long as they're great at football, and plays for my team. Great way to look at things.
Twitter Is Ablaze With Talk Of Frank Lampard, Too.
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Oh ok, got it. So it doesn't matter what kind of person they are? As long as they're great at football, and plays for my team. Great way to look at things.
Where are you seeing this rumor?
From what I've seen, Lampard is going to take a significant pay cut, but I haven't seen anything that indicates it will be to sub DP wages. Going from $13 million per year to less than $400K would be a very steep pay cut.
Do you even know for sure what he said 13 years ago? under the influence of alcohol i must add. was it so horrible that it never can be forgotten? ppl have done horrible crimes and got forgivness in less time. i mean seriously some perspective is needed here.
Yes it would be cheating. And it has my full support.
Reyna wouldn't be doing his job correctly if he didn't try to abuse as many loopholes as possible 
If Frank was somehow brought in as a non-DP I'm pretty sure every MLS fan's head would explode
If Frank was somehow brought in as a non-DP I'm pretty sure every MLS fan's head would explode
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Given that Frank hardly lacks money and might very well be interested in taking a position within CFG in some capacity in due time It´s impossible to know if there´s a Gentlemens agreement of some kind.
But as a more in depth interview with him I think this interview is fairly good.
http://www.theguardian.com/theguard...ampard-interview-book-frankies-magic-football
But as a more in depth interview with him I think this interview is fairly good.
http://www.theguardian.com/theguard...ampard-interview-book-frankies-magic-football
Saw that he was getting a "bonus laden contract" structured to avoid DP on twitter. Very early this morning.
I've now gone through enough booze and belligerence at the awful ref at the US match, I can't find it. Sorry. I didn't make it up, but it is prima facie far -etched.
I don't know what he said. All I know is he mocked grieving Americans hours after 9/11. I know that whatever he did caused him to get thrown out of a hotel bar. I know whatever he did lead to him getting fined. I know what he did caused employees of the hotel to be totally disgusted by him. And I'm pretty sure he was under the influence of alcohol because HE chose to imbibe alcohol.
And yes, to mock my country and my fellow citizens during one of the most tragic moments in our history, affords me the right and privilege to never forget what he did.
Lastly, I never said I couldn't forgive him. Re-read one of my previous two posts and you'll see what he needs to do (in my opinion) to earn my forgiveness. But again, I will never forget.
Thanks for sharing, we are excited to have any talented player, but being how directly this city was involved in that horrible day, you can understand the sensitivity a good amount of us will have regarding anything directed at it. I wasn't there and I don't know the details, other then it was drinking induced situation.
Possibly a positive that can come out of it, is he can mentor some of the younger players that will be on the roster and maybe they can learn from his life lessons and mistakes, so he can help them outside the stadium as well as inside.
I do remember reading he would have a bonus laden contract. But just because a contract is bonus laden doesn't mean he won't be a DP.
For example: what if he has a base salary of $2 million, but it jumps up to $5 million if he is named to the best XI? Or he makes more based on the team's success, or his number of appearances, etc.
You can fill in whatever numbers you like, but I don't think because his contract is bonus laden it means he's not a DP.
In fact, logically speaking, it should mean the opposite. I mean, let's say his base salary, pre-bonus, is a sub-DP wage: $300,000 or something like that.
Well what happens if he earns his bonuses? If he goes above the non-DP league maximum (currently something like $400,000) well then, he'll have to count as a DP!
This year, the cap charge for DPs is $387,500, which was 12.5% of the salary cap.
If someone's cap his is above $387,500, then they count as a DP, unless their cap hit is bought down below that number using allocation money.
So the only way Lampard wouldn't have a sizable cap hit is if he somehow signs for a bunch less than $400,000 per year.
(Of course all this is complicated by the fact that we don't know what the rules will be for next year, since the Collective Bargaining Agreement will expire. I think last time the cap jumped 10%, though players might push for more, along with a big push for more freedom [i.e. free agency]. The number of DPs wasn't part of the last CBA though.)
Wait a sec, I can't follow you yet. So it is possible some players don't count as DPs in the beginning of the season, but if bonusses kick in then they get raised to DP level?!? What if a club is maxed out on DP slots already then?
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