So, in case you were wondering, the max salary budget charge for an MLS player is 12.5% of the salary cap. Per Ella, the new HIP cutoff is 12% of the salary cap. "The league can also set a limit on the number of HIP players per club." Reinventing DPs from first principles.
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, Rodman Rule / HIP Rule / Whatever You Want to Call It Criteria, you were bigger than the whole sky