All things salary-cap
![NFL Safeties are getting the short end of stick this offseason](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/d0388082ae11645901421936c4e46ba1.jpg)
![When NFL teams say they have salary cap problems, don't believe them](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-600/082ac97d9e3909e57d23a7ac4343b8a5.jpg)
![When NFL teams say they have salary cap problems, don't believe them](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/082ac97d9e3909e57d23a7ac4343b8a5.jpg)
![Despite the NFL salary cap rising, these players may be cut](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-600/50a94ce667c9f4c1a9f89779ed648c70.jpg)
![Despite the NFL salary cap rising, these players may be cut](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/50a94ce667c9f4c1a9f89779ed648c70.jpg)
![NFL Safeties are getting the short end of stick this offseason](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/d0388082ae11645901421936c4e46ba1.jpg)
NFL Safeties are getting the short end of stick this offseason
It’s cap casualty season. The new league year begins on March 13, and every team in the league has t...
![The NFL’s franchise tag is un-American](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/90745ee6422d61fdd45488d058d7f436.jpg)
The NFL’s franchise tag is un-American
What happens every time an NFL quarterback resets the QB market? A relatively crap quarterback gets ...
![When NFL teams say they have salary cap problems, don't believe them](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/082ac97d9e3909e57d23a7ac4343b8a5.jpg)
When NFL teams say they have salary cap problems, don't believe them
It’s that time of year in the NFL when you’ll hear the term ‘salary cap’ about 100 times per day. Fo...
![Despite the NFL salary cap rising, these players may be cut](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/50a94ce667c9f4c1a9f89779ed648c70.jpg)
Despite the NFL salary cap rising, these players may be cut
The NFL officially set its salary cap at a record high of $255.4 million for the 2024 season. With t...
![Rick Pitino wants a player salary cap. Funny how coaches never want <i>their</i> earnings limited](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/c8846e2a8cea98447dac847601167c1b.jpg)
Rick Pitino wants a player salary cap. Funny how coaches never want <i>their</i> earnings limited
The idea that you should stay out of someone else’s pocket is a pretty standard societal norm — exce...
![Here’s the worst hockey take you’ll see all day](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/13f028db6aeccb2bbe4bd65ba580e302.jpg)
Here’s the worst hockey take you’ll see all day
As the NHL grapples with Salt Lake City’s agitation to crash the party through an expansion team, th...
![Ain’t no love in the heart of NFL ownership for running backs](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/b0f82c7478e4767ee02fdf72f9ddd9bc.jpg)
Ain’t no love in the heart of NFL ownership for running backs
On the field, running backs have an offensive line to protect them. Off of the field, all they have ...
![The NFL and NBA players associations are taking questionable leadership routes](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/cf29d37de686a93b1c68219450480b8a.jpg)
The NFL and NBA players associations are taking questionable leadership routes
The first collective bargaining agreement in the history of professional sports was signed by the ML...
![NBA contenders might have to start holding onto those first- and second-round picks](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/e39b75c55e7c3e7c711a43543cc854a8.png)
NBA contenders might have to start holding onto those first- and second-round picks
The Golden State Warriors have been the model franchise for how to keep a core group together. Steph...
![The new NBA CBA does nothing for the entertainment value of the game](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/f89152521381678b9ed59b4353bd5336.jpg)
The new NBA CBA does nothing for the entertainment value of the game
The NBA this season is arguably more competitive than it has ever been. The Western Conference is up...
![The NBA’s new CBA is almost here, bells and whistles included](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/2ab4899de64b261739015119055e3597.jpg)
The NBA’s new CBA is almost here, bells and whistles included
The NBA and NBPA have all but finalized a new CBA, and as far as CBAs go, it’s pretty interesting. F...
![Some MLB owners are ready to pick a fight with other MLB owners that they’ll take out on the players and fans](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/feb0d3da9224f83f86c773666490166c.jpg)
Some MLB owners are ready to pick a fight with other MLB owners that they’ll take out on the players and fans
For as much worship as billionaires seem to get around here, and the runway they receive to shape ou...
![NFL salary cap is going up, but remember who gets most of the profits in sports](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/6ecdf9414bfd2c110538e514d52a070e.jpg)
NFL salary cap is going up, but remember who gets most of the profits in sports
For 93.75 percent of NFL teams their season is over. Those 80,000-seat stadiums will be largely empt...
![Sports franchises approach every contract negotiation like its Black Friday](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/9a7a13ee8ebee5615ce95d7412190665.jpg)
Sports franchises approach every contract negotiation like its Black Friday
You may be looking for a new television or Macbook today and on Cyber Monday, but general managers i...
![Running Back contracts have been stuck in amber for the past decade](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/072202b1487a230daa8ef29a3ccb88c3.jpg)
Running Back contracts have been stuck in amber for the past decade
We used to be a country. A proper country, where the running back position was the focal point of an...
![The NBA found its pretense to probe the Philadelphia 76ers](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/017e7b4adae6acc128692939433e76d0.jpg)
The NBA found its pretense to probe the Philadelphia 76ers
Over the last few years, jilted NBA Governors have raised a bigger stink over their players mingling...
![Lane Kiffin’s terrible NIL fix could have been enlightening if he’d completed the thought](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/c2a566b3f2251e262edfe9e28f2cf247.jpg)
Lane Kiffin’s terrible NIL fix could have been enlightening if he’d completed the thought
Lane Kiffin’s mouth is moving, which history tells us, means obnoxious words are spilling out. At Mo...
![Big bucks for wide receivers is bad news for several other positions](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/9bf09f4ce970494d35e97d040d71f8ae.jpg)
Big bucks for wide receivers is bad news for several other positions
There are currently 12 wide receivers in the NFL with contracts that earn them an average annual val...
![In the NBA, who just got overpaid? And who got underpaid?](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/480af1e9d7573a098c91e3ba0780014b.jpg)
In the NBA, who just got overpaid? And who got underpaid?
One of the best things about NBA Free Agency is witnessing the many athletes who have spent years to...
![What is it, you would say, Donald Fehr does here?](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/8871ac1fc34a2d6445b3b4bf418ae8f5.jpg)
What is it, you would say, Donald Fehr does here?
You knew it was trouble as soon as the NHLPA announced it would put out the results of their investi...