IUBillsFan Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Can a team trade a draft pick for cash? Could Snyder give say $5,000,000 (or more or less)to the Lions for the second pick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I don't see why not. Hell, we traded Chris Spielman to the expansion Browns for past considerations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Can a team trade a draft pick for cash? Could Snyder give say $5,000,000 (or more or less)to the Lions for the second pick? I know cash has been a part of other trades so I don't see why not. If a team went overboard on selling picks I think the commish would stop it. Nobody would need to give Millen money. He's so stupid he'd probably trade the second pick for a canned ham. One draft article I read said that Millen should draft Calvin Johnson and then try to trade him to TB or another team. It makes a lot of sense but it's too much contemplating for Millen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cincinnati Kid Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 I feel like that has been outlawed within the last few, say 5 years, but I could be totally wrong. I know that baseball teams do it all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coltrane34 Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I'm pretty sure that in the NFL unlike baseball and basketball money cannot be involved in trades. Only because of the implications on the salary cap. It may have been done in the past but not anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganesh Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I'm pretty sure that in the NFL unlike baseball and basketball money cannot be involved in trades. Only because of the implications on the salary cap. It may have been done in the past but not anymore. It can happen in the NFL...just in a sort of indirect way... Take the example of Jake Plummer. Plummer was traded to the Bucs for a 5th round pick (I think). The Broncos get the draft pick. Now if Plummer does not report to Tampa and remains retired, he MIGHT have to forgo about 6M of the bonus money he earned before in the contract he signed with the Broncos. If Plummer remains retired, the BUcs have a very good chance of getting millions back for doling out their 5th round pick to the Broncos. I would call that a money-for-draft-pick trade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cincinnati Kid Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I think that is more coincidence than money-for-draft-pick trade. They didnt call the Broncos and say we'll give 2.3 million for your fifth round pick... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coltrane34 Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 It can happen in the NFL...just in a sort of indirect way... Take the example of Jake Plummer. Plummer was traded to the Bucs for a 5th round pick (I think). The Broncos get the draft pick. Now if Plummer does not report to Tampa and remains retired, he MIGHT have to forgo about 6M of the bonus money he earned before in the contract he signed with the Broncos. If Plummer remains retired, the BUcs have a very good chance of getting millions back for doling out their 5th round pick to the Broncos. I would call that a money-for-draft-pick trade Not even close and this example is exactly why money cant be traded. Teams are forced to adhere to the contracts that players have signed with other teams and those contracts effect the salary cap as the contracts expire. So plummers contract will count against tampa's salary cap. There is no way you could possibly account for cash given to a team and its relation to the salary cap? Would it be counted against the cap in the first year, year 2, or 3? It is not done anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganesh Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 Not even close and this example is exactly why money cant be traded. Teams are forced to adhere to the contracts that players have signed with other teams and those contracts effect the salary cap as the contracts expire. So plummers contract will count against tampa's salary cap. There is no way you could possibly account for cash given to a team and its relation to the salary cap? Would it be counted against the cap in the first year, year 2, or 3? It is not done anymore. Nope.....What the Bucs are chasing is the pro-rated portion of the signing bonus that Plummer received from the Broncos. As long as Plummer remains retired, his salary does not count against the Bucs cap. And since he was traded, all the remaining portion of the signing bonus (cap purpose) accelerated and counts against the Broncos cap. What the Bucs are on the hook is only the annual salary for the player for the reminder of his contract...However, since he is retired those salaries don't count against the cap.... Net result is the Bucs can recover close to 6M dollars if the arbitration went their way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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