Okay I have a feeling I'm going to get absolutely torched here.......and I'll be honest I haven't gone through this with a fine tooth comb but here it goes
*deep breath*
It a seems somewhat reasonable to me...
My understanding is what he is getting paid (half this years contract, and whatever he gets paid for the rest of the years ambassadorial role) counts towards the cap and what he gets paid next year for his ambassador role counts towards the cap. I think that seems fair?
I mean, he has walked away from his contract right, as in he isn't getting paid the 2 million, so only what he gets paid should count.
Matai and Stewart (argument on whether it should have been medical retirement or not aside) got their full allotment of money no?
Not sure on the details of Nate, but if he got his contract money then it should count, if he walked away from the money than something does stink.
I dunno, maybe I'm being slow here on a Friday morning but IMO whatever a player is getting paid should be in the cap, if a player chooses to retire and give up those payments then it shouldn't be in the cap
Okay.............let the roasting begin