(02-01-2021, 06:37 AM)AdamS Wrote: I'd argue that the main part of the problem isn't that you can do a 1+3 beyond your rookie contract. Its that the rookie contract rule has been amended to give rookies less freedom in this regard to start with. No one would care about a 1+3 otherwise.
The initial requirement of having to a sing a multi-year rookie deal to get a 3 year contract after was perfectly fine. But GMs just needed to have more control and thus it was changed to having to have a full 3 year contract before you can get a 3 year deal as your second. Even after the initial team whom this rule protects has traded you away. I'll let @Hallmonitor_20 make that argument though, all things considered. On top of all that, rookies are the only ones who can use opt outs without the contract being considered to be completed.
Heavily agree that rookies get shafted currently. Especially new creates. Nothing is more magical then getting drafted for the first time and then getting told you should take the $1m for 3 years "because everyone takes the minimum". Recreates normally have the money to take min but these new creates deserve to make money also and if a player doesn't like a team we shouldn't punish them for wanting to leave.
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