Redskins ignoring the NFL's orders?

[jtnc]

This is the official statement of Redskins general manager Bruce Allen on recent media reports of an adjusted salary cap for the 2012 season:

“The Washington Redskins have received no written documentation from the NFL concerning adjustments to the team salary cap in 2012 as reported in various media outlets. Every contract entered into by the club during the applicable periods complied with the 2010 and 2011 collective bargaining agreements and, in fact, were approved by the NFL commissioner’s office. We look forward to free agency, the draft and the coming football season.”

http://blog.redskins.com/2012/03/12/statement-on-adjusted-salary-cap-reports/

[Wither]

Surprise.

[TylerVagyler]

I really don't blame them for taking that stance.

[Jangler]

So 28 of 32 teams did everything right. But the NFL is wrong? :lol:

[Keith Moons Liver]

How do you get that from what is written there? He says they haven't even gotten orders so how can they ignore them?

[Floppin]

This offseason has been a crazy soap opera.

[bleys]

if the NFL approved everything before hand and Washington claims they received nothing in writing then there isn't much of a story here.. if anything, it sounds as though media outlets jumped the gun.. as usual.

[tiger7_88]

How do you get that from what is written there? He says they haven't even gotten orders so how can they ignore them?

So if the Redskins go out and sign a boat-load of high-priced free agents before they get "written orders", how do you think Goodell will feel? What do you think will happen?

[Ja Rhule]

Honestly, I believe NFL.com would know better than Redskins. For information to be posted on NFL.com it have to be approved from people at a top.

[jtnc]

How do you get that from what is written there? He says they haven't even gotten orders so how can they ignore them?

The NFLPA agreed on the deal and the other 28 teams who were credited the cap space, got the memo. So how didn't they?

[tiger7_88]

if the NFL approved everything before hand I don't know what leg there is for the NFL FO to stand on..

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/12/nfl-warned-teams-at-least-six-times-about-not-dumping-salary-in-uncapped-year/

Many of you (specifically, Cowboys and Redskins fans) are wondering how and why the NFL would strip millions in cap money for 2012 and/or 2013 from teams that simply took full advantage of the uncapped year.

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the teams were told “at least six times” during ownership-level meetings that there would be “serious consequences” for any team that used the uncapped year as an occasion to dump salaries.

The Cowboys and Redskins engaged in “systematic dumping” of salaries into the uncapped year, despite the warnings.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/12/nflpa-agreed-to-cowboysredskins-salary-cap-sanctions/

The NFL’s decision to remove salary cap space now from teams that dumped salary into the uncapped year of 2010 technically constitutes a violation of the labor deal with the players, because the CBA allowed teams to spend at will in the uncapped year, subject to specifically negotiated limits (e.g., six years to unrestricted free agency, the “Final Eight Plan”).

But it’s not a violation if the players agree to it.

Multiple sources with knowledge of the dynamics tell PFT that the NFLPA agreed to allow the NFL to take $10 million in cap space from the Cowboys and $36 million from the Redskins and redistribute the money to all other teams, except the Saints and Raiders.

Finally, as to the notion that the NFL approved the various contracts that took excessive advantage of the uncapped year in 2010, it’s critical to consider the broader context. The union already was prepared to pounce on any possible evidence of collusion. If the NFL had decided to reject contracts because teams were taking advantage of rules that the teams had every right to take advantage of, the NFLPA would have sued — and the case would have been bolstered by the fact that, on at least six occasions, the NFL had told the teams not to treat the uncapped year as a salary dump. So the NFL approved the contracts and delayed punishment until a point where the league had leverage to persuade the union to agree to an effort to take action after the fact against teams that refused to collude.

[CatMan72]

Cool story, Bruce.

[jtnc]

The media is saying they should fight it.

[Chaos]

Did you order the code red?

Your goddam right I did!!