Quote Originally Posted by Pookie View Post
Let's discuss that "cap impact" statement.

Only the "base salary" counts against the cap and there are "official statements" out there (on the Timbers website for one) explaining that the maximum base salary and cap hit for any player, including DPs is $335k.

Since DeRo makes a base of $375k, we can only assume that allocation money is being used to "pay down his cap hit."

While deciphering MLS salary cap information is like trying to understand women, if you go on the knowledge that only the base salary counts against the cap and $335k is the max, there isn't a big advantage on the savings front.
Am I mistaken but does not his current salary have a cap hit of 435k or somewhere thereabouts? If so, the cap savings would be 100k. In MLS, that is quite a bit of space. Now if you're right and the current cap hit is 375k then the savings would be less but there would still be savings.