Quote ="Sheldon"O'Donnell will count on the cap, but only the wage he collected. Not his full pa salary.'"
correct:
Quote The “Salary Cap Value” of a Player is the total sum of the Gross payments and other benefits that are paid or payable by a Club or Accrue to the Player in the relevant Salary Cap Year, whether pursuant to a Playing Contract or other arrangement (verbal or otherwise), in consideration for or otherwise on account of the Player’s provision of playing (or related) services to the Club in that Salary Cap Year. '"
Therefore if LOD's contract was 200k p.a. but he left after one month of the year (and didnt take any further payment), his 'salary cap value' would be £16,666.
It a club brings a player out of retirement who is on the books as a coach, his entire coaching salary would count as his 'salary cap value' for the year, even if he only pays 5 minutes of 1 game,