Sorry I think I think I had a slight misunderstanding of the rules (or was overly simplifying my understanding of it) - thanks for sharing that section. That said, if we use GAM on a designated player, they don't stop being a designated player. If the player makes more than $1.6M they HAVE to be a DP and have a budget hit of $612k. So if Salcedo is making more than $1.6M he has to be a DP. If Salcedo starts off as a DP making between $600k and $1.6M we can use GAM/TAM to buy him down to below $600k as a TAM player.

I don't think a player can be on a salary of over $1.8M (for example), be bought down with GAM to $1.6M and then bought down with TAM to $600k.