Many NFL fans like to whine about bad officiating. It's never the team's fault--it's that the league has it out for them.
Redskins fans are no different. But what separates us is that we were really screwed by Mara. We're victims. We've been screwed like no other.
Did the league really penalize us unfairly though? And who is really to blame? The real truth:
2.) Cap shenanigans are nothing new with Mike.
In Denver, Mike Shanahan was penalized repeatedly for violating the league’s rules on the salary cap. Al Davis (who is looking more sane and more right about Mike all the time) had said that the Broncos 1997 Super Bowl run should’ve had an asterisk next to it. In December of 2001, the Broncos were fined $968,000 and forfeited a third round pick, relating to $29 million in deferred payments to John Elway and Terrell Davis. In 2004, the Broncos were fined $950,000 and forfeited another third round pick for circumventing the salary cap for a period of time between 1996 and 1998 — i.e, Denver’s Super Bowl years.
The league found that the Broncos had agreements with “several” players to defer salary payments with interest, and to a 1997 agreement between the team and a former player to not waive the player before a certain date.
So, let’s be clear; since 2001, teams Mike Shanahan has so happened to be the coach of, have been fined a combined total of $37, 918,000 in cap space, and lost two draft picks.
You know, John Mara may be a jerk, but suddenly that comment about the Redskins”being lucky” that they didn’t lose draft picks doesn’t seem like such a cocky thing to say..
5 Reasons More Cap Space Would Not Help Mike Shanahan
F Mara? Or F Mike?
And people wonder why we never sued? We never thought about suing. Not even for a second.
Redskins fans are no different. But what separates us is that we were really screwed by Mara. We're victims. We've been screwed like no other.
Did the league really penalize us unfairly though? And who is really to blame? The real truth:
2.) Cap shenanigans are nothing new with Mike.
In Denver, Mike Shanahan was penalized repeatedly for violating the league’s rules on the salary cap. Al Davis (who is looking more sane and more right about Mike all the time) had said that the Broncos 1997 Super Bowl run should’ve had an asterisk next to it. In December of 2001, the Broncos were fined $968,000 and forfeited a third round pick, relating to $29 million in deferred payments to John Elway and Terrell Davis. In 2004, the Broncos were fined $950,000 and forfeited another third round pick for circumventing the salary cap for a period of time between 1996 and 1998 — i.e, Denver’s Super Bowl years.
The league found that the Broncos had agreements with “several” players to defer salary payments with interest, and to a 1997 agreement between the team and a former player to not waive the player before a certain date.
So, let’s be clear; since 2001, teams Mike Shanahan has so happened to be the coach of, have been fined a combined total of $37, 918,000 in cap space, and lost two draft picks.
You know, John Mara may be a jerk, but suddenly that comment about the Redskins”being lucky” that they didn’t lose draft picks doesn’t seem like such a cocky thing to say..
5 Reasons More Cap Space Would Not Help Mike Shanahan
F Mara? Or F Mike?
And people wonder why we never sued? We never thought about suing. Not even for a second.
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