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There’s no denying that payroll and winning have a strong correlation in Major League Baseball. Every World Series champion since 2018 has ranked in the top 10 when accounting for luxury taxes. Based ...

The Detroit Lions committed to Jack Campbell with a new four-year contract extension that will take affect beginning next season. When the team elected to decline his fifth-year option, there was ...

The Detroit Lions made it official Thursday that they plan to have Jack Campbell step into a bigger leadership role beginning in 2026. With Lions fan Sweta Patel breaking the news Thursday and the ...

The New Orleans Saints are no longer entering the void. Well, to be specific, the Saints are no longer using void years. That was the salary cap tactic, for those who need a refresher, that allowed ...

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Former NBA star Jalen Rose suggested in a recent podcast there was a racial aspect behind certain professional sports leagues having a salary cap. Rose appeared on a live edition of the "Joe and Jada ...

The Carolina Panthers signed free agent linebacker Devin Lloyd to a three-year, $45 million deal on Monday, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. The Panthers didn't come into the offseason with a ton of ...

The Minnesota Vikings continued to move closer to the NFL’s 2026 salary cap Friday. The latest effort from the Vikings to accomplish that feat involved cornerback Byron Murphy Jr. The Athletic’s Alec ...

The Green Bay Packers enter Thursday roughly $5 million over the cap and must be salary cap compliant by Wednesday, the start of the new league year. Green Bay also needs to free up as much cap space ...

Before 1994, the NFL had no salary cap. It also had no salary floor. Teams could spend as much, or as little, as they wanted on players. With limited (at best) free agency, there was never an arms ...