Salary cap violations

[MrBigglesworth]

I don't know if this has been discussed here before, but we are starting to get to the point where teams enter the new season way over the salary cap and I've had some issues with this in other leagues. The league rules state:

F. Owners/GMs are responsible for their team's salary cap, if it is deemed that an Owner/GM is damaging his team long term by taking multiple, long term cap hits, then that owner may be removed. This owner will have a chance to explain his actions/strategies and the removal of the owner would be put up for debate among the owners. I have seen teams get as deep as $30 million in the hole and still be competetive, and with a plan laid out to improve, but situations like these will be monitored and questioned.

I had a situation in a league once where a player went over the salary cap by over $60 million (not sure of the exact figure). The in-game punishment for this is a loss of a third round pick, not being able to sign rookies, and not being able to sign FA's. All-in-all, the in-game punishment can be bad, but not bad enough to not make it a viable strategy to completely flaunt the cap for a year or two. The real NFL's penalties on going over the cap are so punitive that no teams even attempt it.

The league rules are kind of vague on this, so I just wanted to get a general view of the leaegue's opinion before this issue crops up. It's a lot harder discussing it after someone has already attempted it. It would be better if it was already determined to be a viable strategy or a cheat.

[sovstar]

It's a good topic to bring up. Unfortunately I don't have too much to say on the issue. Guys just need to stay level-headed and not be asshats. People should know that there are plenty of eyes in this league and a team in *big* cap trouble will not be taken lightly. I sure wouldn't want to be the guy that forced Cringer's hand in making new rules.