Post by Cubbies on Nov 3, 2016 1:17:52 GMT -5
For illustration purposes I made a list of what it would look like under five different buffer ideas. Team A is basically where we are now. If they are exactly at their cap for W1, and then go to exactly $5MM over for W2 and stay there, they'd owe 4.808 the next year.
Team B is what it would look like if we allowed the buffer for W1, and that was the only change. Of course the most they could owe the next season is $5MM.
Team C is if we allowed the buffer W1, but then halfway through the season, after W13, increased it to $25MM. The most a team could owe the next season would be $15MM.
Team D is if we did the same, but made the increased buffer active at W17, so the last two weeks of the regular trade deadline have increased cap.
And Team E is if we waited until W19 when R-Waivers start and increased the buffer to 25 then.
I think it helps to visually see these things so we know what we're proposing. Obviously an uncapped R-Waiver period allows for a much higher debt for the following season. And remember, it would be easier to keep a buffer for now, and just increase it, than it would be to totally remove it, find out the system can break, and then try to re-implement it.
Team B is what it would look like if we allowed the buffer for W1, and that was the only change. Of course the most they could owe the next season is $5MM.
Team C is if we allowed the buffer W1, but then halfway through the season, after W13, increased it to $25MM. The most a team could owe the next season would be $15MM.
Team D is if we did the same, but made the increased buffer active at W17, so the last two weeks of the regular trade deadline have increased cap.
And Team E is if we waited until W19 when R-Waivers start and increased the buffer to 25 then.
I think it helps to visually see these things so we know what we're proposing. Obviously an uncapped R-Waiver period allows for a much higher debt for the following season. And remember, it would be easier to keep a buffer for now, and just increase it, than it would be to totally remove it, find out the system can break, and then try to re-implement it.
