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Monday, May 22, 2000
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Steelers’ fine
for salary-cap violation
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Steelers were fined $150,000 by the NFL last Friday and told to repay OL Will Wolford for
a salary-cap violation. The team itself brought its transgression to the NFL’s
attention. Pittsburgh will also lose its third-round pick in next year’s draft in
the settlement.
The penalties were part of a case that’s been pending since last June, when the
Steelers informed the league that they had made an undisclosed commitment to pay Wolford
without including it in his contract. That is considered a violation of the salary cap.
The settlement requires the payment of $550,000 by the team — $400,000 to Wolford
and $150,000 as a fine. The league said in a statement that Wolford’s agent was
unaware of the undisclosed commitment at the time it was made.
ProFootballWeekly.com asked contributing editor Joel Buchsbaum to weigh in on the
situation?
Q: What are your thoughts on the matter?
Buchsbaum: Obviously, the Steelers tried to circumvent the salary cap in an illegal
way. They were up-front about it, and they turned themselves in.
Q: Given that the Steelers turned themselves in, were you surprised by the severity
of the penalty?
Buchsbaum: I think (commissioner) Paul Tagliabue wants to set an example in regard to
this for the other teams. |
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