it would be cool if we could see everyone's actual amount!
also, i think you have a unique job that you work for a company that you're kind of an outsider to in some aspects but have some inside information but not maybe a lot... or maybe a lot that you just don't share. but it is cool that you can give your honest opinion about your company and the different moves that take place!
Thanks for breaking that down and providing some clarity on the GAM mystery.
I just don't understand the Lewis Morgan trade. The GAM swap is like the old "I'll Gladly Pay You Tuesday For A Hamburger Today" scenario. His guaranteed compensation for 2025 was $1,479,358.00. So if RBNY is paying 2/3 of his 2026 salary, that's about $1 million to not play for them. On the one hand, Cade Cowell is definitely better than odd year Morgan (i.e., injured Morgan). But on the other hand, neither Cowell, Harper nor anyone else on the roster is half as productive as even year Morgan (17 G+A in 2022, 18 G+A in 2024 per FBREF). So as a Red Bulls fan, do I hope he plays lights out for San Diego so we get extra GAM in 2027, or that he is not productive so we don't miss him?
Either way, it seems the story of the trade was they desperately needed to get him off the books to 1) reduce the cap hit, and 2) open an int'l roster slot.
Sometimes I wonder if the teams themselves are perfectly aware of the amount of Garberbucks they have. I also am curious about the mechanics of how the league manages them. Does the league have some kind of modified double entry accounting system that they maintain for each team? How do teams know what the league office’s records for their Garberbucks looks like? What happens if a team disagrees with the league’s records and calculations, what is the process for resolving that?
I thought I knew everything about MLS's inane salary cap and then boom, I open up this newsletter and for the first time in my life I'm reading about this "you suck" GAM and also the 3rd DP GAM given to 2 DP teams?? What the hell
Love that you still call Montreal the “Impact”.
it would be cool if we could see everyone's actual amount!
also, i think you have a unique job that you work for a company that you're kind of an outsider to in some aspects but have some inside information but not maybe a lot... or maybe a lot that you just don't share. but it is cool that you can give your honest opinion about your company and the different moves that take place!
There's... quite a bit that I can't share.
Thanks for breaking that down and providing some clarity on the GAM mystery.
I just don't understand the Lewis Morgan trade. The GAM swap is like the old "I'll Gladly Pay You Tuesday For A Hamburger Today" scenario. His guaranteed compensation for 2025 was $1,479,358.00. So if RBNY is paying 2/3 of his 2026 salary, that's about $1 million to not play for them. On the one hand, Cade Cowell is definitely better than odd year Morgan (i.e., injured Morgan). But on the other hand, neither Cowell, Harper nor anyone else on the roster is half as productive as even year Morgan (17 G+A in 2022, 18 G+A in 2024 per FBREF). So as a Red Bulls fan, do I hope he plays lights out for San Diego so we get extra GAM in 2027, or that he is not productive so we don't miss him?
Hope he's lights out so you get the extra GAM.
Either way, it seems the story of the trade was they desperately needed to get him off the books to 1) reduce the cap hit, and 2) open an int'l roster slot.
What is Schrodinger‘s GAM?
A Schrödinger's cat joke. It either exists or doesn't depending upon when you look at it.
Sometimes I wonder if the teams themselves are perfectly aware of the amount of Garberbucks they have. I also am curious about the mechanics of how the league manages them. Does the league have some kind of modified double entry accounting system that they maintain for each team? How do teams know what the league office’s records for their Garberbucks looks like? What happens if a team disagrees with the league’s records and calculations, what is the process for resolving that?
I thought I knew everything about MLS's inane salary cap and then boom, I open up this newsletter and for the first time in my life I'm reading about this "you suck" GAM and also the 3rd DP GAM given to 2 DP teams?? What the hell