schaffy wrote:AaronB wrote:
It is not that fair for the NBA to have a uniform cap for every team based on state taxes alone, but it is the system current;y in place and teams like the Texas teams and the Florida teams should be able to take advantage of it.
I think its the most fair way to do it. Its set on the gross salaries to be paid by the organization.
How else would that even work? Trying to base it on the actual net, take-home pay? Having to try and calculate a cap based on the rates players are taxed at would be a nightmare because there are certainly some states (think NY) where players on the same team might not even be in the same tax bracket. Plus how would they account for any other income those players might make away from the court that could change their tax bracket for a given year?
I don't know the solution, but it seems a little unfair to teams in high-tax states. Maybe there are other benefits to playing in those states, however.