Slow day at work today, so I was thinking of the upcoming NFL labor contract. Why I dont know LOL. Anyway what do people here think would be fair for the league and the players in terms of compensation and competitive balance??
Here is an idea I came up with. First the NFL is the only league that does not have guarnteed contracts, which is why you have huge signing bonuses and I think is unfair to the players. So here is my proposal, players get Guarnteed contracts but they can be no longer than 5 years in length, the owners get a soft salary cap, there will be a cap based on the current formula but and owner could exceed the cap but then would be fined dollar for dollar and the money would go back into a revenue pool that would be split amongst the teams that did not go over the soft cap. This would help players get some job security and also allow for teams to only be in cap hell if they choose, I believe it would allow teams to retain key players rather than having to rebuild every 4 years or so. Any comments or other ideas ??
Here is an idea I came up with. First the NFL is the only league that does not have guarnteed contracts, which is why you have huge signing bonuses and I think is unfair to the players. So here is my proposal, players get Guarnteed contracts but they can be no longer than 5 years in length, the owners get a soft salary cap, there will be a cap based on the current formula but and owner could exceed the cap but then would be fined dollar for dollar and the money would go back into a revenue pool that would be split amongst the teams that did not go over the soft cap. This would help players get some job security and also allow for teams to only be in cap hell if they choose, I believe it would allow teams to retain key players rather than having to rebuild every 4 years or so. Any comments or other ideas ??
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