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The resign value should be based on average annual overall cap value (salary + signing bonus) and not merely the annual salary. The only exception for this would be bonuses paid to prospects.
You are making the assumption that big market teams always has a lot of unused salary cap room, which is not the case.This restructuring debate was brought up by who has one of the lowest caps in the league. Teams like and cannot restructure any contracts simply because they don't have the cap room.
No assumption needed, it is fact. If a team has more salary cap they are more able to have the extra cap (after compiling a roster) to make those types of moves. Furthermore, for all competitions sake, it allows teams to eat a cost in one year that should take longer to eat, while they still are allowed to keep that player. That is atrocious.
This move along with the contract restructuring are within the rules that govern FGM. I made my trade for Morneau with the idea in place to restructure his contract and then extend him which the current rules allow. Not allowing this extension and changing the rules because it is your opinion that this is not fair affects the value of Morneau and is unfair to me. You don't change the rules to the game in the middle of it and not allow a move. Now if you want to change the rules in response to this move that is for the league and the Rules Committee to discuss.
The Commissioner decides what rules are placed before the Rules Committee, not vice versa.
While I agree the re-sign value is a loophole that needs to be addressed, I don't think restructuring constructs favors big market teams at all.Most teams, regardless of small or big capped, spend to the limit of the cap. This IS a fact. The R^2-value on the relationship between cap size and free cap room is 0.4% (e.g., NO correlation at all between cap size and free cap room). If a team has the cap room to restructure a deal, he should be able to do it. As for the Morneau restructuring, found a loophole and as Colby alluded to, should be applauded. He did something that was entirely within the rules of the game and should be allowed until the rules are changed.