Sentence examples for minimum payroll from inspiring English sources

Teams would also have a minimum payroll, which also has not been set.

However, waiving Lewis would leave the Wizards with just $19 million in salaries — $30 million below the minimum payroll.

*Set a minimum payroll that would force needier teams to spend most of the cash they get from revenue-sharing, rather than pocket it.

There is not as much disparity in football team salaries as in sports like baseball, however, because there is also a mandated minimum payroll.

A person who attended the meeting said some representatives of low-level teams grumbled about the suggestion of a minimum payroll.

But wait, you say, doesn't the new agreement require teams that receive revenue-sharing money to meet a minimum payroll standard?

The commission linked more revenue sharing to setting minimum payrolls, discouraging teams from lining their greedy pockets.

A few teams have such low payrolls that they would dip below the minimum-payroll requirements.

It would help if baseball had a minimum-payroll requirement forcing small-market teams to invest the big-market largess in the on-field product.

After years of spending the minimum on payroll under league rules, the Islanders showed that they may be getting serious about constructing a stronger team when they bought out goalie Rick DiPietro this week.

The minimum team payroll was $28 million last season and jumped to $34 million for the current campaign.