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PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Steelers will treat 2010 as if
it were a capped season and will not take advantage of the lack of
an NFL collective bargaining agreement to try to add more quality
free agents than usual.
Director of football operations Kevin Colbert acknowledges the
Steelers could be at a competitive disadvantage by remaining with
the cap framework, especially if big-revenue teams decide to spend
freely. But he says the Steelers believe a commonsense approach is
the right one.
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.
Last season, the salary 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
season and then remain within that amount.