- Joined:
- Aug 20, 2012
- Posts:
- 37,895
- Liked Posts:
- 43,086
I like having a salary cap because the parity is good for the league. It sucks when the wealthiest teams can just sign anyone they want.
Having said that, I do think there's something less than ideal when teams have to lose their own players due to cap issues.
That's why I think there should be a rule set up where free agent signings have a different cap hit to players a team has drafted. I think if you draft and develop your own players, they should carry a lesser hit when their time for an extension comes around.
So Mack and Hicks should both be heavy hits, but Trubisky, Fuller and Jackson should not, for example.
Teams shouldn't be punished for drafting well, but nor should the richest owners be able to use free agency to acquire everyone they want.
Thoughts?
Having said that, I do think there's something less than ideal when teams have to lose their own players due to cap issues.
That's why I think there should be a rule set up where free agent signings have a different cap hit to players a team has drafted. I think if you draft and develop your own players, they should carry a lesser hit when their time for an extension comes around.
So Mack and Hicks should both be heavy hits, but Trubisky, Fuller and Jackson should not, for example.
Teams shouldn't be punished for drafting well, but nor should the richest owners be able to use free agency to acquire everyone they want.
Thoughts?