As filed to SportsJourney this evening, Washington Redskins’ general manager Bruce Allen released a statement indicating that the NFL agreed to all 2010 and 2011 contracts tendered by the team in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The statement reads:
“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.”
This is not exactly what the public was led to believe earlier today by the NFL’s Greg Aiello who released the following in a statement:
“The Management Council Executive Committee determined that the contract practices of a small number of clubs during the 2010 league year created an unacceptable risk to future competitive balance, particularly in light of the relatively modest salary cap growth projected for the new agreement’s early years. To remedy these effects and preserve competitive balance throughout the league, the parties to the CBA agreed to adjustments to team salary for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. These agreed-upon adjustments were structured in a manner that will not affect the salary cap or player spending on a league-wide basis.”
Wow. Stay tuned.
Hail.