(03-21-2018, 04:50 PM)FreeAgent01 Wrote:

(03-21-2018, 11:21 AM)MalabarJag Wrote: Actually, this was a very common restructure. Teams have been doing this since the salary cap was created.

The only weird thing about it is that it appears the Jags don't need the cap space.

I am not talking about the actual restructure itself.  I'm talking about the fact that it seems like a pointless restructure unless moves are made this season.  This restructure does nothing for us in the future.

Then you didn't read my earlier post. 

It frees up about $4 million in cap space for 2019 by spreading out the cap hit for the $8 million over 4 years instead of having it all in 2018, and it had to be done now because it was a roster bonus that had to be either paid or restructured.  

Mathematically, it works like this: the cap hit for the roster bonus for 2018 was $8 million.  Now it's all spread out, over 4 years, at 2 million per year.   That saves $6 million this season, which can be rolled over to next season.   The $6 million rollover, minus the $2 million in amortization for 2019, yields a cap savings of $4 million for 2019, and an extra cap hit in 2020 and 2021 of $2 million per year.

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