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unusual facts about salary cap



2012–13 KHL season

The salary cap changed from a soft cap to a hard cap, set at 1.1 billion rubles (approx. US$36.5 million), but each club can waive the cap for one player transferred directly from the NHL, if he is eligible to play for the Russian national team.


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2007 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles season

The Sea Eagles went on to reach the 2007 NRL grand final which they lost to minor premiers, the Melbourne Storm (who were later stripped of this title after being found guilty of salary cap breaches).

Battle of Brookvale

This was to be the first match attended by David Gallop of either side since suspending Brett Stewart from the first four weeks of the 2009 season for a sexual assault charge for which he would later be exonerated, and since stripping the Storm of two premiership titles and three minor premiership titles for salary cap breaches; extra security was hired for his presence at the game.

Howie Roseman

Roseman was hired by the Philadelphia Eagles as an unpaid intern to work on salary cap issues in 2000.

Trip MacCracken

He spent eleven years with the Cleveland Browns, where he was in charge of managing the salary cap and the team's chief contract negotiator.

Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic

In 2009, Queensland Firebirds head coach Vicki Wilson publicly speculated that the Magic, who had six Silver Ferns in their playing roster, were not complying with the $300,000 salary cap, a claim that the Magic denied.