Uncapped, but not Unlimited - Part I
By PFW staffWith an uncapped year in 2010 now a reality, Patriots Football Weekly offers a detailed primer on the rules and regulations that will govern the league during this unique period. Fans may be surprised to learn how little impact these changes may bring.
For 16 years the NFL has had a salary cap structure. There are only a dozen players in the league who predate the salary cap, and only 20 percent of the coaches, 25 percent of the scouts, and half the owners can relate to days without it. So, this is a new experience for almost everybody. This will be a process where 32 teams don't know what's going to happen this year with regard to restricted free agency, with spending levels, with cuts ... with anything. They know what the rules are, but how teams are actually going to operate within them -- this has never happened before.
