The salary cap as it is is debatably too high, imo. I've been of the opinion since it was raised to $85m that it has been too high, and to this day I think we would see a lot more parity in the league if it were left at $80m. Consider this season, where Arizona, Baltimore, and Sarasota are all at $0, and 5 teams have $3m or more left. Overall, there is roughly $25.67m in cap being unused between the 14 teams. Also, there are currently 22 T4 offensive line bots, which cost $7m each, a $2.5m difference over what is usually considered bare minimum in T3 bots ($4.5m/bot). That means that between extra money spent on T4 bots and unused salary cap, there is almost an entire team's salary cap in around $80m of free space. Add in the $8m spent on position switches and you have $3m over a team's entire salary cap.
Obviously not all of this is from certain teams, and some teams not only have a lot of T4 bots but also have position switch expenses and a lot of bonuses. My point here is that if the cap were lowered back to $80m, it would force teams to make some tough decisions and it would make higher TPE players more likely to switch teams. Do you want to go to the team that has all high-TPE players on the last season of their rookie deals making a huge Ultimus push, or do you want to go to the team with some big and small pieces that could give you the best stats, or do you want to stay with your own team?
Obviously the cap will never get lowered, and next season is probably the first where $85m will be justified. But personally, it's just been too much to encourage parity for quite some time now and allows teams to keep signing good players rather than having to pick and choose what positions they want to spend the most money at.
Obviously not all of this is from certain teams, and some teams not only have a lot of T4 bots but also have position switch expenses and a lot of bonuses. My point here is that if the cap were lowered back to $80m, it would force teams to make some tough decisions and it would make higher TPE players more likely to switch teams. Do you want to go to the team that has all high-TPE players on the last season of their rookie deals making a huge Ultimus push, or do you want to go to the team with some big and small pieces that could give you the best stats, or do you want to stay with your own team?
Obviously the cap will never get lowered, and next season is probably the first where $85m will be justified. But personally, it's just been too much to encourage parity for quite some time now and allows teams to keep signing good players rather than having to pick and choose what positions they want to spend the most money at.
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