Who to cut (cap hits included)

jeanpierre · 01-30-2014, 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by TheOak

"If" I were the 32 owners I would change the way the league pays and go to a structured pay scale. Let them make the lions share in endorsements, which would also clean the league up a good bit...EG - A starting QB would make 10m a year salary period. He gets a bonus for perfect record, playoffs, SB etc... It does away with all the over and under paid BS. Each and every position would have a price tag, and the salary would be paid out weekly per game so if the QB went to crap and got benched he would receive BU money the next week. But thats a pipe dream...

Wow, just had this very conversation, debate with some friends...

A couple of the problems we discovered were...

(1) Situation, Terrell and Keyshawn on the same team arguing who got the ball threw to him more and in better situations...

One Remedy was to put the Lion Share of the money in bonus pac for W-L record, Division Title, Conference Title, Lombardi...

(2) Situation, What happens to the innovators and the innovations to the game?!? Not many TE's are used like Jimmy Graham; so should his earning power be limited because he's far and away from most of the pack of TE's as a receiver? If it had been a preset salary, would Coach Payton still have gotten same effort, commitment from an equally talented Tight End not name Jimmy Graham?!?

Remedy suggested was like the Salary Cap, the individual positions, both salaries and actual position descriptions would be subject to a sliding scale...

(2a) How do you compare ILB in a 34 to an ILB in a 43; or better still, how do you get a 34 NT or DE to focus on occupying Olinemen when his counter part in a 43 is racking up the stats...

Remedy was that sacks are also a team effort and that the Team Sacks would only be used to calculate related bonuses - well that didn't fly...

(3) Would there be Anti-Trust Exposure Ramifications by "limiting earning power" at a position?

While the counter argument would be that the emphasis is on the performance (winning) and the players have a pool of 60%-65% of the revenues to divide; point of law may say you're still limited an individual's earning power in a monopolized market...

It's an ambitious idea; the devil will be in the details...

01-30-2014, 07:16 PM	#11
jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	Re: Who to cut (cap hits included) Originally Posted by TheOak "If" I were the 32 owners I would change the way the league pays and go to a structured pay scale. Let them make the lions share in endorsements, which would also clean the league up a good bit...EG - A starting QB would make 10m a year salary period. He gets a bonus for perfect record, playoffs, SB etc... It does away with all the over and under paid BS. Each and every position would have a price tag, and the salary would be paid out weekly per game so if the QB went to crap and got benched he would receive BU money the next week. But thats a pipe dream... Wow, just had this very conversation, debate with some friends... A couple of the problems we discovered were... (1) Situation, Terrell and Keyshawn on the same team arguing who got the ball threw to him more and in better situations... One Remedy was to put the Lion Share of the money in bonus pac for W-L record, Division Title, Conference Title, Lombardi... (2) Situation, What happens to the innovators and the innovations to the game?!? Not many TE's are used like Jimmy Graham; so should his earning power be limited because he's far and away from most of the pack of TE's as a receiver? If it had been a preset salary, would Coach Payton still have gotten same effort, commitment from an equally talented Tight End not name Jimmy Graham?!? Remedy suggested was like the Salary Cap, the individual positions, both salaries and actual position descriptions would be subject to a sliding scale... (2a) How do you compare ILB in a 34 to an ILB in a 43; or better still, how do you get a 34 NT or DE to focus on occupying Olinemen when his counter part in a 43 is racking up the stats... Remedy was that sacks are also a team effort and that the Team Sacks would only be used to calculate related bonuses - well that didn't fly... (3) Would there be Anti-Trust Exposure Ramifications by "limiting earning power" at a position? While the counter argument would be that the emphasis is on the performance (winning) and the players have a pool of 60%-65% of the revenues to divide; point of law may say you're still limited an individual's earning power in a monopolized market... It's an ambitious idea; the devil will be in the details... hagan714 likes this.
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