Well, we sent back Lovitz to Toronto for allocation money.
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Per MLS rules (for random reasons) MLS does not post the results, but each team is free to disclose their selections, if any.
That's interesting. I suppose with this allocation money you can offer a bit more to the players who will make up the majority fo the squad?
http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/artic...-swinging-fences-expansion-draft-orlando-city
Seems like Orlando only picked a few keepers in the draft. They have already traded away 3 of those picked today in the expansion draft
Seems like Orlando only picked a few keepers in the draft. They have already traded away 3 of those picked today in the expansion draft
Gotta say, this being my first year following MLS, the rules of this league are wacky. It's like playing a manager simulator.
Can someone explain what allocation money is, and how it can be used? Why does NYCFC keep acquiring it when they need players?
This might help a bit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allocation_money
Basically the idea is that teams can use Allocation money to "buy down" a player's salary so that they can pay a normal player more than DP money or go over the cap, but what's on the books still remains under the cap. It can also be used to pay part of the transfer fee for international players.
I think it is basically like obtaining more cap space. Say you can spend $100 dollars total on your team. If you trade a player for $5 allocation money, it's like you can now spend $105 on your team.
Players salary (September report)
(Base Salary) (Guaranteed)
Brovsky Jeb M 115,000.00$ 119,000.00$
Jacobson Andrew M 180,000.00$ 180,000.00$
Saunders Josh GK 48,504.00$ 48,504.00$
Villa David F 60,000.00$ 60,000.00$
Watson-Siriboe Kwame D 55,000.00$ 56,666.67$
Dunn Matthew M 48,500.04$ 48,500.04$
Williams Josh D 125,000.00$ 125,000.00$
Grabavoy Ned M 160,000.00$ 175,000.00$
Mullins Patrick F 70,000.00$ 100,000.00$
Hernandez Jason D 210,000.00$ 213,333.33$
Taylor Tony F 69,996.00$ 79,371.00$
Ballouchy Mehdi M 65,000.00$ 65,000.00$
John George D 300,000.00$ 326,666.67$
McNamara Thomas M 48,500.00$ 60,000$
Zizzo Sal F 77,000.00$ 91,045.71$
Wingert Chris D 163,590.00$ 170,590.00$
(Base Salary) (Guaranteed)
Brovsky Jeb M 115,000.00$ 119,000.00$
Jacobson Andrew M 180,000.00$ 180,000.00$
Saunders Josh GK 48,504.00$ 48,504.00$
Villa David F 60,000.00$ 60,000.00$
Watson-Siriboe Kwame D 55,000.00$ 56,666.67$
Dunn Matthew M 48,500.04$ 48,500.04$
Williams Josh D 125,000.00$ 125,000.00$
Grabavoy Ned M 160,000.00$ 175,000.00$
Mullins Patrick F 70,000.00$ 100,000.00$
Hernandez Jason D 210,000.00$ 213,333.33$
Taylor Tony F 69,996.00$ 79,371.00$
Ballouchy Mehdi M 65,000.00$ 65,000.00$
John George D 300,000.00$ 326,666.67$
McNamara Thomas M 48,500.00$ 60,000$
Zizzo Sal F 77,000.00$ 91,045.71$
Wingert Chris D 163,590.00$ 170,590.00$
Non DPs equal $1,859,000
When you add in Villa and Lampard, you are at $2. 63 Million. Room for another DP and 90,000 more. That's why that allocation money was so important today.
When you add in Villa and Lampard, you are at $2. 63 Million. Room for another DP and 90,000 more. That's why that allocation money was so important today.
I know John George's option wasn't picked up so they will be able to negotiate that down a lot considering he's spent more time in a hospital bed then a pitch.
Yea I think an MLS example that would work would be say a team goes out and signs a player for 380k, they can then use lets say 200k in allocation money on that contract so only 180k would cap against the teams cap. Its basically another mechanism similar to the DP rule that allows teams to spend more money, which makes it a pretty hot commodity. It can be used for another things as well such as transfer fees, paying players, and to buy players with salaries that would be higher than allowed.
....That is right, correct?
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That is also assuming the cap stays at where it is at. I would be shocked if that cap isn't 4 million or higher by the next CBA.
I like this, flip a player who we wouldn't use for allocation money.
