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Message: [QUOTE="Brotherdu, post: 3064548, member: 9226"] i'm 99.9% sure that if it's a straight retirement, then the club doesn't owe the player anything under the cap for future years. The amount paid to the player for the year up to and including the point he retires is what counts towards the salary cap. The issue is when the club/player want's to medically retire, if it is a new injury that causes the retirement, then theoretically, they are entitled to the full amount and it is excluded from the cap. In the case of Watmaugh and Co, they were pre-existing injuries, so they could not get it excluded from the cap, therefore the player stayed on the books as they didn't want to retire as they would not be entitled to anything once off the books. We would have a similar issue with Gillo, if his back causes him to retire, then because it's pre-existing he can't get it paid out. So if he wants his 4 yrs, he has to stay on the books as an injured player, or retire with no payout. [/QUOTE]

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