2017 Preseason Thread
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ZYanksRule
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Probably similar to what baseball teams do in spring trainng when they sign guys to minor league deals with invites to spring training -- if they play well they can make the team, otherwise they're released.
The Kitman didn't get the memo when doing his heat-transfer ironing.
Those shorts, I believe are from last year.
ABAICT, once upon a time it was as simple as "Homegrowns don't count against the Salary Cap" but not any more. All of what follows comes from the MLS Roster Rules with some help from the Wikipedia entry on MLS Homegrown Player Rule.
Every roster has 3 parts: Senior, Supplemental and Reserve.
Senior comprises spots 1-20, Supplemental is 21-14 and Reserve 25-28.
Supplemental and Reserve do not count against the salary cap.
Reserve must be 24 years old or younger during the league year.
Homegrown can be any category.
Homegrown on the Senior roster counts full cost.
In addition, clubs get $125k Homegrown Garber bucks to defray homegrown salary.
So you have maximum 8 slots for homegrowns who don't count against the cap, but 4 of those have to be 24 years old or younger, and you need those slots for other purposes as well. For example, GA players have to be on the Supplemental Roster.
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There's is also a bullet point where it's cost-wise beneficial to not stock the last few spots, but I cannot recall the fine points to it.
What's curious about the HG$ is whether it can be banked from year to year if unused? If so, then we've been hoarding for the last few years, and this would theoretically allow a talented HG to be part of the senior roster with no Cap hit.
It would be nice to know that. My understanding is GAM does not expire but TAM does. The Homegrown cash was announced in connection with TAM and I'm betting it expires, but that's a guess.
Let me clarify and say that it's not a word for word quote. It's more along the lines of SOP for most all teams and really young players.
You get some that seize the opportunity and others who are determined to be best left on the vine to ripen a bit more.
If he's even in the current top ten central midfielders and looks full of potential, I would hope they keep him around.
Thank you. I believe the allocation Garber Bucks was upped to $250,000 last year to get Jordan Morris to sign.
So it sounds like a HG on the Senior Roster counts, but you get Garber Bucks to offset their cap hit. So if we sign 5 kids for $50k, they wouldn't count probably. But if we signed 5 kids for $100k, we could buy each of them down to $50k?
Something like that. But first you would stash as many of them as you could fit onto the reserve and/or supplemental rosters where you would not need any Garber Bucks. Then you would use the GBs to buy down those who had to be on the Senior Roster. The article I linked to specifically said you could spread the money among multiple players.
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snugglefarts
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Sean Johnson already looks quicker and more composed than Saunders in that 15 seconds of game tape.
Angela Miller
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The Boy's working together all hot and steamy then a cool ice bath together DAMN !! Nothing and I mean Nothing can get any sexier than that !! With there clothes on that is !!
Same as when the Wilmington guys went to Mexico for the Necaxa match- they didn't have numbers on their training gear, so I'd go with "artifact of his previous club connection".
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Also noticed that Johnson has the 1 on his jacket which is out first #1 (i believe)
Yes, I posted this in the Sean Johnson player thread.
Historic First Player to wear the first number.
Akira Fitzgerald wore #1
Historic first player to dress to wear #1
