The Facts:
The NFL may not have a salary cap this season. The Steelers will. The club plans to follow a self-imposed cap in 2010 and won't take advantage of the lack of a collective bargaining agreement to add more quality free agents than usual.
Reported by ESPN.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
Unless a new labor deal is reached by this fall, NFL teams will be free to spend any amount they want on salaries without restrictions for the first time since 1993. Director of football operations Kevin Colbert acknowledged the Steelers could be at a competitive disadvantage, especially if big-revenue teams decide to spend freely. But he added the Steelers also "don't want to have to do something to undo what you did" should the next labor contract contain cap-like restrictions. Last season, the cap was $128 million and the floor was $111 million, meaning every team had to spend at least that amount. The Steelers will calculate what the cap would have been this upcoming season and then spend roughly that amount. "It's a common sense way to approach things," Colbert said.
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