Wouldn't the buy down be prorated to 50% if we use it this summer to get to the end of the season. Then he's a DP again.
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Wouldn't the buy down be prorated to 50% if we use it this summer to get to the end of the season. Then he's a DP again.
He wouldn't be signing a new contract so there's nothing to prorate. The only way this might work is if we paid some money for him and decided to bring all of that transfer fee forwards to year 1, which is allowable; for example Chanot.
On the other hand there is a genuine disconnect between actual salary/cap numbers and what the players union puts out, that's been said in the media enough times.
Of course its not unknown for MLS to change the rules at the drop of a hat, so its still possible that we can buy Maxi down, its just not likely.
Where are you seeing this $1.5 million?
And the prohibition on using GAM and TAM on the same player is still in my link, so I don't think that's gone either.
Might be the Marseille fan in my talking but I find it pretty wack that Maxi is on more than Alessandrini.
If a big player such as Zlatan, or anyone else the club wants to pursue, comes along this summer, we could also loan a DP, such as Maxi, out. TFC did this a few years ago when they signed Bradley, Jozi and Giovinco leaving Gilberto as the odd man out. He was loaned out to VdG in Brazil. Not exactly sure what happened but after he loan he was waived by TFC and picked up off waivers by Chicago. How all this works out under the cap, I have no idea, but having 3 dp's under contract does not necessarily preclude us from bringing in a higher profile DP. We have options that other than outright transferring or otherwise terminating a DP's contract.
http://www.chicagonow.com/fire-confidential/2015/07/fire-acquire-tfc-forward-gilberto/
http://www.chicagonow.com/fire-confidential/2015/07/fire-acquire-tfc-forward-gilberto/
I mean, I was one of those people. Because I didn't think there was any way in hell a club with our resources in our situation would burn a full long term DP slot on a player like Moralez.
So while I am apparently an hopeful damned idiot, it's for an entirely different reason: presuming competence among a single son of a bitch who is paid to make decisions for this shitshow masquerading as a football club's front office.
Fart noise. I like you. But you're consistently super sunshine-y, so I must discount your credibility or the credence I give it commensurately.
like I said in a later post, I just never presumed that level of capability in our FO.
Your quote does make it seem plausible that Maxi is precisely intended to be a buy down. Of course, I'm tired at this moment and burdened by real word problems and having read lots of stupid shit thus far. But combining the various posts that aren't prima facie full of shit, it would seem we could still grab another DP slot.
For all we know, there's a max GAM deal already agreed to to sell Mata. And Jack, for that matter. Which, I again say, I'll fucking turn in my tickets if it happens.
Its in the salary parameters section. Buts its 1.5 only if the player is being bought down during a secondary transfer window.
"A Player must earn more than $480,625 per year (2017 maximum budget charge) to qualify for Targeted Allocation Money. The compensation ceiling for such players is set at $1,000,000 per year, except as follows: if a Designated Player is converted to a non-Designated Player through the use of Targeted Allocation Money during the Secondary Transfer Window, that player may earn a maximum of $1,500,000 on a prorated basis."
Of course if its prorated over the life of the total contract, 3 years, and we're paying the full transfer fee this year, its possible that we can still get a third DP. But that doesn't seem to be a likely read on the situation.
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Yeah. The thing is, I'm far more hopeful than I get credit for around here. It's just that when I'm negative, I'm 99.9% right. And when I'm right, I gloat. And message boards aren't great for subtlety.
So the next question is, does MLS make the salary cap charge the average of each year's salary? For example, Maxi's making $2M this year. What if he's down to $1,500,000 next year and $1,000,00 the year after that?
If that's true, then his average cap hit per season is $1.5M, which puts him right in that spot where he can be bought down.
It's probably unlikely, but I wonder if that's possible. It only is if cap hits are via average salary vs. actual yearly salary.
I will be delighted and amused if Claudio proves me wrong and pulls off some arcane salary cost averaging maneuver to buy down Maxi and get us a super DP this summer.
Yeah, but you're a Charlie Brown optimist. Against your better judgment you run to kick the football knowing it will be pulled away.
That changed. There is no longer any clause specifically restricting the use of GAM and TAM on the same player.
Forget about GAM and TAM and Maxi - do any of us honestly believe that this team can win MLS Cup without another impact player? I sure as hell don't.
They brought up Chelsea losing an assistant coach after the match yesterday.
They brought up Chelsea losing an assistant coach after the match yesterday.
No I don't. I think were going to see a repeat of last year in terms of post season performance. We will get to the playoffs and probably get to the second round, at best.
Our next 5-6mm player needs to be a serious impact player if we cant a shot at winning the cup while Villa is still playing for the team. But I honestly don't think we're going to win it while Pirlo is here, and probably not while villa is here. Though Villa will likely be the first NYCFC player with 100 appearances for the club.
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