Amnesty Moves (as part of new $350 cap):
Sweet Home Gridiron Gang
- Matt Ryan (cut)
- Remi Ayodele (cut)
Fransburg (r)EvoLUtion
- Casey Matthews (cut)
- Joseph Addai (cut)
Batavia Colliders
- Jonathan Baldwin (cut)
- Patrick Willis (cut)
Bestine Banthas
- Knowshon Moreno (cut)
- Jay Ratliffe (cut)
Marshfield Pirates
- Rashard Mendenhall (cut)
- Kam Chancellor (contract extended by 2 years)
Oregon Dream Team
- Matthew Stafford (contract reduced to 2-years remaining)
- Kyle Vanden Bosch (cut)
North Point Chitons
- Mark Sanchez (cut)
- Will Smith (cut)
Sullivan’s Island Silvertips
- Cedric Benson (cut)
Kensington Dragons
- Peyton Hillis (cut)
Kamino Bounty Hunters
- Reggie Wayne (cut)
- Tyvon Branch (cut)
Madtown Marauders
- Owen Daniels (cut)
- Ed Reed (cut)
As owners make their amnesty decisions, I will post to this page.
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Okay, wait a second … if I amnesty a guy who is currently holding out (Jackson) and add years to his contract, that should negate the holdout, correct? (The answer is yes and I want to un-amnesty Vilma)
I disagree with the logic here on both fronts.
First if you use amnesty to cut a player, that player immediately becomes a Free Agent, so you can’t change his contract or franchise him.
Second, once a player holds out, you can’t negate the holdout. Adding years to his contract using the amnesty clause at this point has nothing to do with the fact that under the terms of his initial contract, the player is allowed to hold out.
Depends on if amnesty precedes the updated holdout rule. If so, I can change the contract years on Jackson before the new rule comes into effect, which, as you stated on Facebook, will go back and correct all current holdouts. Why are they affected and an amnesty modified contract of the same length not?
Also, I don’t really feel that strongly about it. But if I can do it I will. If everyone thinks it’s stupid then I can live with that. The purpose of amnesty is to live with the new salary cap, so in that vein, what I’m proposing seems silly. But it sort of made sense if you’re going to honor the new holdout rule for all the people who have already held out. If you look at it like that, then I hardly see a difference.
Okay, I think I see what you’re getting at. Here’s my perspective:
The holdouts that were “corrected” were still under their original contracts.
Using the amnesty clause is modifying the terms of the original contract, thus the player is still eligible to hold out.
Plus, there is the spirit of the thing. I mean, I’m not suggesting that I should have Bradshaw w/o paying a holdout because under the terms of the new rule he wouldn’t have been able to hold out in the first place.
Jesus Christ dude, what are you up to now?
Okay, so we said you could use the amnesty thing to change the years of a contract if you didn’t want to cut him. That doesn’t negate the holdout. It just changes the years.
I mean, extending his contract would mean that he has completed less than 50% of his contract, but this just seems like another example of you circumventing the spirit of the rule.
I guess I don’t care that much, but I’d be interested to hear other people’s opinions on the matter.
You can always just cut D’Qwell Jackson and try to get him for less than $18 in the auction (assuming you cut him before Monday.)
Dude, I’m a schemer. This is what I do. (also I meant to put “if” up there in my first post)
Also, we just passed a rule that circumvents the holdout rule, so why wouldnt amnesty? I’m just asking.
Yeah, I see what you’re getting at. I’m not sure I have an opinion on the matter yet. If everyone does it, then we’d have virtually no holdouts this year.
Not necessarily. I mean, some could but Jackson is sort of the poster-child for this situation where it would be worth it (and I have no bad defensive contracts). Obviously you couldnt save Peterson because of Willis.
I dont now man. I was just looking at my roster wondering why the f I didnt make Jackson’s contract longer.