kdb209
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- Jan 26, 2005
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moneyp said:Make 850k with 15% of that in escrow, which he may never see. Ditto with the 4 million.
And what will the rules be regarding RFA signings? Do teams still have to give up two livers and a lung like the last agreement? If so, than what Ovechkin makes comes down to what the Caps decide to offer him, which may not be 4 million if they can't fit it into their salary cap. So then, what are his options? Aside from that, 2 million (escrow free!) in Moscow goes about as far as 4 million in the States, anyway.
ARBITRATION
Players will be arbitration eligible coming off of their ELS contract. Arbiters will not be allowed to take current team cap room into consideration in determining their awards. If the Caps can't fit in an arbitration award, they'll need to trade players, restructure contracts, or walk away.
It is very unliklely for the players to lose a significant chunk of the escrow amount. In order to lose any, the average team payroll has to exceed $30.6M (based on an assumed $1.7B leage revenues). In order to lose all 15%, the average team payroll would have to be over $35M. The only way there will be a significant escrow giveback will be a precipitous unanticipated drop in revenues.