Hard Cap in Offseason

[Commissioner]

All teams must remain below the hard cap of $300 during the offseason. They can only go over the salary cap by trading for additional cap dollars (up to the limit of 350) during the playing season.

[bthoman]

I did not originally support this, but I will admit that you were correct James. This should have been put in force.

[Jash13]

Seems reasonable to me. I like the idea of the $350 hard cap (aka $50 max additional cap that can be traded for) as opposed to the limitless cap that could be received in trades from this past season and could get a little out of hand. $350 seems reasonable for a hard cap. I'm not overly concerned whether it's enforced only during the season or offseason as well.

[ennelson7]

I agree

[detroitlions]

agree

[rafastw]

Agree.

[PhiladelphiaEagles]

I would propose the max acquisition for team budget to change from 50 to 20 or 25. 50 bucks is almost a 15% increase in salary. I think an 8 to 10 percent max increase is more reasonable.

[Washington Redskins]

There is no reason given for this change.
I can’t think of any positive results it just completely locks you down.

[Washington Redskins]

The hard cap in offseason would be very limiting for trades, especially during the rookie draft. How many trades were made last year during the off-season with salary attached?
You would be shutting down a significant amount of trades by taking away a key bargaining chip.