Quote: Shaggoth "So say we did play him and it triggered a clause in his contract that came into force after a given number of games. But that clause simultaneously would cause a breach of the salary cap. Could the enforcement of the cap lead to a situation whereby your are technically in breach of pre-arranged contractual agreements with players?'"
I thought I'd sort of answered that one? The player is deemed to play (I think it is) 18 games regardless, when assessing his "salary cap value". Its that value that is used in the live cap monitoring, as far as I can see. If the player plays MORE than that actual number of games (regardless of his contract) then what I am not clear on is whether those extra games are "free" or payments in respect of them count under the cap. And, conversely, whether any fewer games give rise to an "unspent" amount? Someone did try and explain this to me but I clearly did not fully get it.
Certain clubs have their entire senior squad on contracts where they get paid minimum wage, but with massive bonuses for each game they play for the club in a season. All those players have salary cap values based on 18(?) games cost, but on average play far more than that...
Doesn't really sound right, does it? Too open to abuse, so must be more too it than that. Hopefully someone can shed some more light on all this. I'll have another look through the Operational Rules tonight.
