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Originally Posted by Burt the Butcher
Renegotiation can happen anytime.
I am not sure what waiting until last day of season accomplishes? If you wait until contracts roll over, than player still has to have 2 years left in order to renegotiate their contract, without a trade. If contracts do not roll over, then you still have issue of too many years - so again, I am not sure what the idea is here?
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I read it as by waiting until the last day of the season to renegotiate, he could give a player on the last day of his 2 year contract an extension to say 5 years, even if it might push the team to exceed the max contract years, using the 24 hour loophole to be in compliance). For example, say the team is maxed out at 65 years, last day of the season they post renegotiation of a player on a 2 year deal to 5 years, putting them at 68 years overall, but since they have 24 hours to be in compliance, with the year rolling over suddenly they just come into compliance with every rostered player dropping a year off their contract.
This would be leveraging a loophole that IMO is not the intent of how renegotiation should work. If it allowed, every team should wait to renegotiate to the last day of the season so they don't have to make roster room to clear contract years.
The same applies to the cap as well, renegotiating a player on the last day could put a team over the CB cap, but magically come in compliance at midnight.
I can't imagine that the renegotiation rule is intended to work this way.