Have we spent the GAM yet for this year? Probably not, but there in lies the rub we don't actually know how the money is spent. It could very well be that we spent 4 years of GAM on the contract and we aren't getting it back. The big question is how does MLS force you to allocate the spending.
Is it spent on a pro rated basis, i.e. Every week they paycheck is bought down, which functionally means that GAM is spent in half season increments. Or is it "spent" once a player is locked down into the roster, you spend it fully for the year once the team starts playing. Or is it spent the moment a contract is signed. We do not know.
Here's what we do know, Mix is deadweight and actively making the club worse by his presence. He eats up something like 12.5% of our cap space and a large chunk of our yearly GAM and provides exactly zero on the field. He's played himself onto the bench and then off the bench and into the reserves under two consecutive coaches despite being one of our best players. And you know what, we can't even sell him. I'm thinking we cant even cut him either due to his very player friendly contract, otherwise we would have already.
