Vlad The Impaler
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NYR469 said:signing bonuses have to count or it isn't a hard cap...if big market clubs can get around the cap by giving out signing bonuses and incentives that defeats the purpose in a way...
now if it is a soft cap with a luxury tax thats different because that allows flexibility, but in a hard cap EVERYTHING has to count.
They're certainly going to try to factor in the signing bonuses from now on in the next CBA. But that doesn't mean they will factor in signing bonuses pre-CBA.