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5/1/09
No need for an NFL rookie salary scale
Do we need a rookie salary scale in the NFL? No, we really don't, primarily because the owners are raking in more than enough already.
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A rookie salary scale in the NFL. Is it needed? Hell no. It's just a ploy by the owners to line their pockets with even more money. You really think they'll raise veterans salaries as a result of a move like this? Yeah right.

Plus the NFL already has the most one-sided contracts in sports. Go to hell, owners.
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5/1/09
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I think its a good idea to limit the rooks for 3 years. What other job in the world can you walk in off the street and make more money than someone who is the best in the business without proving anything? they don't have to increase veteran salaries to get this done , just put the rooks on a pay scale. Works fine in the NBA.

5/1/09
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That's because the NFLPA has been run by morons since it came into existence. If I were an NFL player I'd be ashamed by my players union. It's a joke.

5/1/09
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I really don't care either way, as long as my team doesn't pay some outrageous amount of money to a bust. So far, they have had a pretty good track record with that.

The owners are the idiots in this situation. If they don't want to have to pay rookies so much... then don't. If you're scared of crippling your franchise with a huge contract, then don't give $41.7M guaranteed to a guy who has never played an NFL game. It just seems too simple to me. It's horrible cap management to give an unproven player more than 3-4 vets combined. If an owner is stupid enough to do it, then screw them.

5/1/09
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I think its a good idea to limit the rooks for 3 years. What other job in the world can you walk in off the street and make more money than someone who is the best in the business without proving anything? they don't have to increase veteran salaries to get this done , just put the rooks on a pay scale. Works fine in the NBA.

5/1/09
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(Edited by mk_donley)
I thought  the MLBPA  is the worst union. Dadburn am I cottonpickin' wrong!

5/1/09
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You can put a rookie salary cap but its not gonna make a difference. EXAMPLE the Tampa Bay Bucs.....Here is a team that has so much salary cap room to make significant offseason moves. But is willing to be just above the salary cap threshold. Yes just as there is a MAX there is a MINIMUM. That is way they screwed Garcia from his bonus 2 years ago. You can put a cap on rookie salaries....BUT....it comes down to the team if they want to pay the player what they demand. Aaron Curry had said he would take less then what Jake Long signed for last year...AND he is considered the best player in the draft. This does not come down just to the NFL & their rookies, but all Pro Sports. Ask yourself this...IF a player is asking to make $20 million a year but no team is willing to pay that, don't you think he will start lowering his asking price? It comes down to this....players are hustlers....They go to the teams & say I want this per year, if you won't give it to me I'm sure another team will give it to me. It then becomes a game of chicken. Where the player eventually wins, as I don't think there was a player that has lowered his asking price and has always gotten what they wanted. So if the team pays the player what their asking it's their fault. I won't over pay for something if I know it's not worth that amount on the street. So to all you owners & GM's SUCKAS!!!!!!

5/1/09
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Mannysworld wrote:
I think its a good idea to limit the rooks for 3 years. What other job in the world can you walk in off the street and make more money than someone who is the best in the business without proving anything? they don't have to increase veteran salaries to get this done , just put the rooks on a pay scale. Works fine in the NBA.
Yep, limiting rookie salaries also helps to protect NFL veterans from being salary cap victims.

5/2/09
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Pat wrote:
I really don't care either way, as long as my team doesn't pay some outrageous amount of money to a bust. So far, they have had a pretty good track record with that.

The owners are the idiots in this situation. If they don't want to have to pay rookies so much... then don't. If you're scared of crippling your franchise with a huge contract, then don't give $41.7M guaranteed to a guy who has never played an NFL game. It just seems too simple to me. It's horrible cap management to give an unproven player more than 3-4 vets combined. If an owner is stupid enough to do it, then screw them.
Its a nice idea, but in this day and age, no rookie or agent is going to play for the amount that they dont think the are worth. Here's an example: Eli Manning. It wasnt exactly a money issue, but the point still applies. Manning didnt want to play and SD and pissed and moaned and threatened to hold out to the point the Chargers had to get rid of him. Today rookies all believe they are owed something, that they have a right to huge paydays, but the fact is, there are more busts then bangers drafted. ANyways, my point is, until the nfl steps in and say this is all your gonna get till you prove something, then teams are going to keep paying these guys huge contracts, and will continue to ignore the verterns who deserve it.

5/2/09
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RespectTheStar wrote:
Its a nice idea, but in this day and age, no rookie or agent is going to play for the amount that they dont think the are worth. Here's an example: Eli Manning. It wasnt exactly a money issue, but the point still applies. Manning didnt want to play and SD and pissed and moaned and threatened to hold out to the point the Chargers had to get rid of him. Today rookies all believe they are owed something, that they have a right to huge paydays, but the fact is, there are more busts then bangers drafted. ANyways, my point is, until the nfl steps in and say this is all your gonna get till you prove something, then teams are going to keep paying these guys huge contracts, and will continue to ignore the verterns who deserve it.
If enough owners put their foot down and the rookies realize that they will either have to take less money or find a different job, they'll get the point.

Unfortunately, that would probably be considered collusion, and that's illegal, but whatever.

5/3/09
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Pat wrote:
If enough owners put their foot down and the rookies realize that they will either have to take less money or find a different job, they'll get the point.

Unfortunately, that would probably be considered collusion, and that's illegal, but whatever.
I dont think it'd be considered collusion, because its a free market, and the owners have the right to hold out agianst paying for a product that it is not worth. The problem lies in the fact that the NFL now-a-days is in a what have you done for me lately mindset. Because of this, there will always be teams like Detroit, Oakland, NY Jets who will roll the dice on players to get that instant win. Nothing will stop this rediculous overpaying till the league steps in and puts their foot down. I mean, Its worked pretty well for the NBA.

 
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