Re: Another cap suggestion

["Jim Meninno" <jim_meninno@hotmail.com>]

Just as now, a team could only offer another team's free agents what 
they have under the cap.  That's the whole point.  It would stop teams 
from having to overpay for their own players.

Jim

>From: Douglas342@aol.com
>Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 16:47:34 EST
>To: jim_meninno@HOTMAIL.com, celtics@igtc.com
>Subject: Re: Another cap suggestion
>
>In a message dated 11/18/98 2:34:31 PM Central Standard Time,
>jim_meninno@hotmail.com writes:
>
>> What if the LBE could only be 
>>  used to match offers from other teams for your free agents.  So, if 
you 
>>  had a free agent you could either sign him for an amount within the 
cap 
>>  or he would test the market.  If he did, you could match any offer 
he 
>>  got. 
>    Jim, wouldn't you have a problem in that the other offering team 
would
>have to be able to sign the free agent to the offered contract?  But 
how can,
>for example, the Celtics offer Jordan $30 mil when he isn't the 
Celtics' free
>agent?  The Cs can only offer him whatever they - the Cs - have under 
their
>own cap, right?  Or do all free agents become eligible for the Bird 
exemption?
>


______________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com