Maxi is on a 3 year deal? I thought it was just 2. Fuuuuuck.Wouldn’t we have a problem next season when we don’t have the TAM and he reverts back to his normal salary?
Maxi is on a 3 year deal? I thought it was just 2. Fuuuuuck.Wouldn’t we have a problem next season when we don’t have the TAM and he reverts back to his normal salary?
Wouldn’t we have a problem next season when we don’t have the TAM and he reverts back to his normal salary?
Maxi is on a 3 year deal? I thought it was just 2. Fuuuuuck.
Maxi is on a 3 year deal? I thought it was just 2. Fuuuuuck.
I thought it was 4. No kidding
Maxi is on a 3 year deal? I thought it was just 2. Fuuuuuck.
I thought it was 4. No kidding
My spirits are somewhat raised!
Maxi is on a 3 year deal? I thought it was just 2. Fuuuuuck.
That's when we finally cut him loose...
I thought it was 4. No kidding
My spirits are somewhat raised!
There's always the offseason one contract buyout!
Ha. We don’t pay for shit unless it’s a marketing ploy.There's always the offseason one contract buyout!
Here's a stupid question (and some wishful thinking).Not quite. The non-GAM bulk of the transfer fee (in your example, the $1.65m) can't be used to buy down a DP to non-DP status, only to pay a DP. The buying down part has to be done with GAM or TAM.
This is why LionNYC is reminding us that we can't buy down Maxi. There are rules reasons and budgetary reasons why this is true—I think he's pointing us to the former. I don't know how to quote a second post, so:
"Players making above $1.5M cannot be bought below the DP line."
This is on the right track. The rule outside the summer transfer window is that players making above $1m can't be bought down with TAM (GAM has other restrictions, but we almost definitely don't have enough GAM anyway). There's a separate rule for the summer transfer window: in July and August you can buy down a DP who's making $1.5m on a prorated basis, or about $3m for the year.
So it could be that we could hang onto our TAM and buy down Maxi then. Whether he's in range for the prorated-$1.5m rule will depend on how the "compensation ceiling" part of the TAM limit works, which I touch on in the Harrison post.
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.
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 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:Granted they don't define "costs", but if Medina isn't officially NYCFC property for MLS purposes until the new window opens, why couldn't they use the extra Harrison money on Medina's 4 million dollar transfer fee to lessens the budgetary hit that causes?
- 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.