Mls To Increase Tam And Homegrown Spending

[Ulrich]

I actually don't think they're as complicated as they sound at first glance.

• Salary budget of $3.66 million (edit: for team's 20 highest paid players).
• Players paid under $457,500 cost their salary against the budget.
  
• Players paid over $457,500 cost $457,500 against the budget, of which teams are allowed 3, with the following exception:
  • Additional players paid over $457,500 can have their salaries reduced on the books via targeted allocation money (TAM) or general allocation money (GAM), but not both at the same time.
• TAM can only be used to reduce the salary of a player signing a new contract from above $457,500 to below that number.
  • Each team has $800k in TAM per year, plus up to an additional $400k to be used all at once or $100k per year.
• GAM can be used to reduce the salary of any player on the book at any time.
  • Each team gets around $100k-250k GAM each year, depending on where they finish and if they won trophies, and can be stockpiled and used whenever.

That's as simple as I can put it, and with the rewrite of the TAM rules as to when it can be applied, this simplification is still 95% accurate. (The extra 5% of nuance would double the length of the explanation.)

Finally, to answer your question, we don't appear to be able to use TAM on Mix (because of the bolded line above), until we re-sign him. However, we can use GAM, of which we should have enough. In addition, we can use our TAM for any new signings this year that cost over $457,500.

Hopefully that helps and isn't just a rehash of what you already know.

You probably shouldn't have even posted that or you will be accused by a blogger that you allegedly are the 2nd person ever to understand MLS rules.

 

[Ulrich]

any jam?

Only if smothered on YAMs.

 

[sbrylski]

You probably shouldn't have even posted that or you will be accused by a blogger that you allegedly are the 2nd person ever to understand MLS rules.

Just someone let me know if NYCFC ever has a job posting for a capologist, lol.

 

[Tom in Fairfield CT]

Just someone let me know if NYCFC ever has a job posting for a capologist, lol.

Hi, for your interview we would like to know, is it better to spend 75k or 125k on your fourth string CB?

You: 75?

Them: you're hired!

 

[Ulrich]

Just someone let me know if NYCFC ever has a job posting for a capologist, lol.

Oh trust me, I've been looking - after last year there's only one way to go - up - so I'd be guaranteed at least one year of job security.

 

[Ulrich]

Hi, for your interview we would like to know, is it better to spend 75k or 125k on your fourth string CB?

You: 75?

Them: you're hired!

No, no, no..... you also have to factor in how badly the said player could be victimized by Giovinco when the 4th CB is forced into the rotation. One goal & 125K > 3 goals & 75K

 

[Seth]

TAM can lower a players salary down to 150k.

You're right. I wasn't as clear as I would have liked to have been there. What I meant to say was you could lower a salary against the cap to *below* the max salary, not just *to* the max.

 

[Sabo]

Dont you mean HYAMs (Homegrown Youth Allocated Money)?

Only if smothered on YAMs.

 

[danger]

 

[BlueWarrior]

I am not even gonna bother trying to understand this rule as it will probably change in another two weeks. Hopefully we can use it to pay down mixes salary and get a center back or defensive midfielder who can kick some ass.

 

[Kjbert]

Green eggs and HAMMMMMM

 

[franchise646]

https://twitter.com/x/status/675370518246109184

 

[ktdNYCFC]