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Excellent explanation Torognius.
I'm just going to add a bit:
You can see your teams current Salary vs the Cap on the Roster menu. Just look at the bottom.
If you're playing as the Jets, you should have more than enough room to make that call up, so you should be fine.
The Cap is there to make sure no teams have a $ advantage, not only in terms of Money allowed to be paid, but also to make sure teams can recruit players.
Using Winnipeg as the example - Winnipeg is one of the most interesting cities in a Sports Market. It gets hot and nice during the summer, but it is known for being a Cold place in the Winter. Many players when given a choice would prefer...better climates, so often you would see Winnipeg on a place where players don't want to go. The Salary Cap system allows for Winnipeg to make contract offers to get an retain Free Agents without worry of another team swooping in and stealing their players (often). (although Side note: It's not very often you'll actually hear someone complain about the weather once they are here.)
The Salary Cap isn't in affect in Historical Mode (if you're playing the 80s Jets), as the Cap wasn't introduced until after the lockout in 2004/05. What you have instead is Team Budgets, which we have discussed (although I'm not sure which video that is at this point), where it can be dealing with Scouts and Coaches but also a part of budgeting for your Owner. More often you shouldn't run in to budget problems (you can see this under the Finance tab), but an owner can become more likely to fire you if he's paying a lot and not getting results.
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