Sorry everyone, I've been away for a bit, so sorry if you were expecting a response so you could rip into me more.
Anyways, @bex, I'm sorry for the shitstorm that came your way after writing this. I just chose you because of recency bias. I'm sure I could find plenty of examples since I joined the league of other contract hooplah. Never meant to put a target on your back, or the back of NOLA for that matter.
As for the rest of the replies, it seems some agree (it's good I'm not alone), and others disagree (it's good that I'm opposed). This article was just an off the top thought, it doesn't mean it was correct nor mistake free. So those that made me think about what I wrote are just as valuable as those who agreed with me.
What I'm getting from most people is that yes, you'll take minimum so that the team can bring in more talent on minimum deals. However else you can rationalize it, fine. The gist is that every team wants more actives on it and players are sacrificing fair contract pay to achieve that.
And before you forget, I just finished Cameron Taylor's career of taking pretty much only minimum contracts so I completely understand this sentiment. But having grown with this league, I'm not sure I like it anymore.
I don't think I have a fix in mind. Raising the cap is a good idea in my mind. Then people might not be afraid of taking minimum if every team has an extra 10 million bucks laying around. I feel eventually the same thing will happen and every team will just put the extra cap into OL "for the good of the team".
Raising minimums is a maybe, but not sure it'll pass because as Isa pointed out, higher minimums = less actives on the team. But why even have contracts? Why not everyone just get paid based on their TPE on a year to year basis? As Isa pointed out, 20/20 COL players are already within 1m of minimum. Most teams are near that number. Let's just scrap contracts and set rewards purely on league jobs and TPE... But I feel that wouldn't pass because then teams couldn't manipulate the cap and contracts for their own advantage as they do now.
I think a realistic fix is more people setting TPE clauses in their contracts. Eg. player at 415 TPE signs a 3 year extension. 2 million dollar base pay with 1 million dollar bonus for reaching 600 TPE. Something to think about.
Anyways, reading everything here has been wicked. And I'm glad people replied. That discussion and passion is what makes the league fun for me. Again, never meant to target anyone on purpose. See you all on the field.
Anyways, @bex, I'm sorry for the shitstorm that came your way after writing this. I just chose you because of recency bias. I'm sure I could find plenty of examples since I joined the league of other contract hooplah. Never meant to put a target on your back, or the back of NOLA for that matter.
As for the rest of the replies, it seems some agree (it's good I'm not alone), and others disagree (it's good that I'm opposed). This article was just an off the top thought, it doesn't mean it was correct nor mistake free. So those that made me think about what I wrote are just as valuable as those who agreed with me.
What I'm getting from most people is that yes, you'll take minimum so that the team can bring in more talent on minimum deals. However else you can rationalize it, fine. The gist is that every team wants more actives on it and players are sacrificing fair contract pay to achieve that.
And before you forget, I just finished Cameron Taylor's career of taking pretty much only minimum contracts so I completely understand this sentiment. But having grown with this league, I'm not sure I like it anymore.
I don't think I have a fix in mind. Raising the cap is a good idea in my mind. Then people might not be afraid of taking minimum if every team has an extra 10 million bucks laying around. I feel eventually the same thing will happen and every team will just put the extra cap into OL "for the good of the team".
Raising minimums is a maybe, but not sure it'll pass because as Isa pointed out, higher minimums = less actives on the team. But why even have contracts? Why not everyone just get paid based on their TPE on a year to year basis? As Isa pointed out, 20/20 COL players are already within 1m of minimum. Most teams are near that number. Let's just scrap contracts and set rewards purely on league jobs and TPE... But I feel that wouldn't pass because then teams couldn't manipulate the cap and contracts for their own advantage as they do now.
I think a realistic fix is more people setting TPE clauses in their contracts. Eg. player at 415 TPE signs a 3 year extension. 2 million dollar base pay with 1 million dollar bonus for reaching 600 TPE. Something to think about.
Anyways, reading everything here has been wicked. And I'm glad people replied. That discussion and passion is what makes the league fun for me. Again, never meant to target anyone on purpose. See you all on the field.
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