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Yohan
01-31-2011, 11:07 PM
http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1110/major-league-soccer/2011/01/31/2330985/monday-mls-breakdown-revised-roster-regulations-provide
dantdot
01-31-2011, 11:51 PM
Off-budget players
* Players occupying roster spots 21-30 do not count against the club’s salary budget, and are referred to collectively as the club’s Off-Budget Players (maximum of 10 per team).

I don't get this, it lists the minimums but what is the maximum salary for a non-budget player? Conceivably you can't have 10 off-budget players making $335,000?
oxygenatedbrain
02-01-2011, 12:08 AM
I don't get this, it lists the minimums but what is the maximum salary for a non-budget player? Conceivably you can't have 10 off-budget players making $335,000?

Do you really think the league would sign such contracts?
dantdot
02-01-2011, 12:19 AM
Do you really think the league would sign such contracts?

No, but we still don't know the maximum unless I'm missing something.
Waggy
02-01-2011, 12:31 AM
All great stuff. The part that I liked the most: that teams can sign 2 Gen Adidas players on their own. That's freaking amazing for teams that can develop their own talent. In 3-4 years TFC may actually be able to compete consistently with a constant supply of good young talent (those last 10 roster spots and the 2 extra gen adidas spots) and can use the 3 DP slots on the ones who would develop enough to bolt to a major european club in search of fame/fortune. I suppose that's a bit of a dream scenario, but not too far fetched. I have full faith in the level of talent in the GTA.
oxygenatedbrain
02-01-2011, 12:46 AM
No, but we still don't know the maximum unless I'm missing something.

The wording does seem to be bothering some people. My guess, based on Garber's offhand comments last March and a quick scan of last year's salaries (when slots 21-24 were "off-budget") is that they are minimum contracts, unless GA. Which is a perfectly plausible reading of the published rule.
But we'll see...
DichioTFC
02-01-2011, 02:56 AM
^ I would assume the top 20-paid players are under the salary cap, leaving 10 lowest paid to be cap-exempt. Seems like a very solid idea especially with the reserve league coming back