Boy who thought being part of the start of an MLS franchise would be like this?
Official (random Player Name) To Nycfc Rumor Thread
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Well, first off the salary cap has a bunch loopholes built into it. It only counts the top 18 or 20 paid players, there's money called allocation money which basically increases your salary cap, the designated players only count a small fraction of their salaries against the cap, I'm pretty sure "homegrown" players get a cap break as well.
Most teams spend quite a bit over the cap.
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So what prevents NYCFC or another club from exploiting all the loopholes and getting great players?
Nothing.
Really, I kinda understand why they did it (they did it so they can break their own rules when it was convenient) but when people see that the cap is only 3 million they think its a worse league than it is.
The top spenders in the league are knocking on the door of $20 million in wages. I won't be surprised if NYCFC is around $40 million by the end of the 2015 season even if the cap is only ~$6 million...
Really, I kinda understand why they did it (they did it so they can break their own rules when it was convenient) but when people see that the cap is only 3 million they think its a worse league than it is.
The top spenders in the league are knocking on the door of $20 million in wages. I won't be surprised if NYCFC is around $40 million by the end of the 2015 season even if the cap is only ~$6 million...
Nothing, really the only thing is the want for 11 great players to sign with us. We'd also need a lot of allocation money to buy down players salaries in that scenario.
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Oh alright, I understand thanks! That is kind of what I thought.
I just don't see why increasing how much clubs could spend on players wouldn't help attract more talent.
Wait. How could we spend 40 Mil? Unless we paid three guys 12 Mil a year
It would, but attracting world class talent isn't the league's top priority right now. It's measured growth.
Whether that's a good plan or not is a totally different argument.
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Makes sense. In the last few years has there been a good amount of measured growth?
In other words, is the plan working?
You're here, aren't you?
CBA is changing this year and I believe TT when he says there won't be just 3 DPs next year...
There's been A LOT of DP spendimg already in the offseason by the smaller clubs, this (I believe) tells me that there's going to be a lot more spending next year.
Houston grabs Torres.
Chicago outbids EPL clubs for a young African player.
New England grabs Jermaine Jones.
Montreal is buying a bunch of DPs.
These guys didn't used to spend like this...
Houston grabs Torres.
Chicago outbids EPL clubs for a young African player.
New England grabs Jermaine Jones.
Montreal is buying a bunch of DPs.
These guys didn't used to spend like this...
This could be the biggest offseason yet. Looks like quite a few owners don't want to get left behind.
After this enormous no respect for all the NYCFC fans, I hope that our club will buy Ibra for next July.
However forza NYCFC for ever !!!
However forza NYCFC for ever !!!
He used to play at Barca when Ferran Soriano was there? He was on my short list of possible pick ups. Even bought him into NYC on FIFA! Any other links in the news to him?
We need a big signing to get all the talk away from this Lampard shit.
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DeRossi please. I really hope the club announces a new big signing soon, which hopefully isn't just going to put some gloss over the bigger issues at hand.
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