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Originally Posted by Mile High Mania
I would imagine that the 'interest paid' for agreeing to not take the regularly scheduled payment is what triggered it, yes. The players ultimately made more money... but, it did not open up cap room so they could fit in another player or two, which is what I believe most suspect happened here.
The NFL deemed it punishable by a fine and a loss of draft picks, and I said at the time I didn't have an issue with it. Now, if you can point to that move giving them the opportunity within the salary cap to sign someone like a Neil Smith, then yeah - that would have given them a competitive advantage. But, again, I don't believe that is what happened and neither did the NFL or they would have said so at the time.
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We both know what happened...Horseface/Davis both needed to get paid the same year...so the Donks concocted their little story to retain them. HF knew he was going to retire...so they attempted to push his $$ forward to a "ghost" season.
Al Davis knew they were full of shit...and called them out...and he was correct.
Like a NFL owner, building a new stadium, didn't have the financial connections to cover two contracts...use your brain. I guess owning a franchise really puts a cap on your credit level....
"high risk of default"....poor broke-ass Bowlen...owning a franchise is obviously worth nothing in collateral.
It forced the NFL into a bind as they didnt want to take their SB trophies away for cheating...but had to do something...then you have a legacy QB to factor in. Lot of optics in play...cheating teams winning SBs is bad for business.
You dont win either of those SBs if Davis had split...
That same cast of scumbags also greased their jerseys in a play-off game the same season....should tell you everything you need to know about their "integrity".