As a punishment for salary cap shenanigans during the uncapped 2010 season, the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys will lose cap space for 2012 and 2013 . ESPN reports that the Redskins will lose $36 million and the Cowboys will lose $10 million . They'll be able to spread that over two years, so in the case of the Redskins, with this year's cap of $120.6 million , if they spread it evenly over two years, they lose about 15 percent of their cap space this season. Ouchie. What the Redskins and Cowboys are accused of doing is structuring contracts so players would receive a disproportionate amount of their money the uncapped 2010 season. The league didn't appreciate their ruse. And, to ensure that there's still enough money going around to make the union happy, every other team in the league, with the exception of the Raiders and Saints (accused of more minor violations), will get the cap space that the Redskins and Cowboys are giving up.
