Chiefs are 63m under the cap

[BigRock]

Originally Posted by milkman

I had never heard of the 30% rule until Parker mentioned it a few days ago.

After researching, as I understand it, a team can not extend a player's contract with more than a 30% increase.

So, in order for the Chiefs to pay Carr what he's worth, they have to let his contract expire.

Someone correct me if I have that wrong.

As I understood it, the 30% rule was a provision put into the last CBA that only applied to contracts being signed during that CBA's final death knells. It only came into effect once the salary cap had expired, or once the CBA was in its final year, or something to that effect. That's why it suddenly became a big deal around 2010, but nobody had ever heard of it before then.

Now that all the CBA stuff is cleared up, I would think it's a dead issue. I'd go as far to say I'm certain it is, or the 30% rule would have applied to numerous contract extensions that have been signed since the new CBA was ratified. Guys like Tamba, Adrian Peterson, Chris Johnson, etc. have all gotten new deals coming off their rookie contracts. I don't remember a word about the 30% rule impacting any of those.