I'm wondering if there is a certain percentage of next seasons player payroll budget you can use? Example I have an offer out to a free agent and next season shows I have a player payroll budget of 83, of that I've already used or have under contract 44m. So my question is, can I use up to the 83m for next season or can you only use a certain amount.

thanks in advance

80%

From the help page:

Budget Information, Player Payroll Budget - This captures your current budget status. The player payroll figure represents the amount that you have allocated to your player payroll +/- any transferred cash from trades. The amount that you may allocate to future seasons is reduced by 80%, 70%, 50% and 50% in order to prevent trashing a franchise for the future. You may not allocate more than this payroll budget for any season.

Thanks