In an effort to take the onus off the league and put it on the owners, we could add a rule like this...
Each owner is responsible for keeping track of his team's total salary during the draft. Once the draft is completed, all salaries will be summed. If any owner exceeds the $83 million cap, that owner will lose the fewest number of players necessary to get under that maximum limit. For example, if an owner goes $200,000 over the cap, he will lose two $100,000 players. If he goes $1 million over the cap, he'll lose one $1 million player. The last player(s) chosen in the draft at the required salary range will be the first player(s) released.
The player would be released at the end of the draft. We could either make him ineligible to be picked up or he would be available to be claimed during the waiver process.
I don't think this issue would come up, as I am sure multiple owners will be keeping up with who gets picked up and how much money each team has available.
issue prob won't crop up. If the player goes to waiver process, makes an argument for waiver picks to be thrown back to FA pool at the end of the season.
