(02-02-2021, 09:13 AM)Hallmonitor_20 Wrote:First and foremost, thank you for the answer.(02-02-2021, 01:27 AM)Air Crou Wrote: RoOkIeS nEeD tO bE pAiD mOrE
That's a big bucket of bullshit. Until the salary cap is increased, players will take minimums, whether you like it or not. The solution is there. Also, there is no way people can be offered more than a minimum contract, when a team only has $85m to play with, and around 18-20 players on the majors roster, along with OL bots. $27.5m is the cost of a full T4 bot OL, leaving the team with $57.5m to give on contracts. Make those bots T5, and the cost goes to $35m, leaving the team with $50m. You think the GM will give a rookie more money because they need it? Write media, do podcasts, make graphics, find a damn league job. Next time, before you complain about anything contract related, open the budget sheet, pull a calculator, a pen & some paper, or a google spreadsheet or the Excel, and crunch some numbers up. And it is so ironic, especially coming from a former GM.
See everyone says "get a league job" like jobs are just handed out to anyone that wants one. How many jobs go to the same group of people? How many times have rookies been passed on jobs? I get that there's a push to get more rookies involved in jobs but if 40+ new people join each season we dont have 40+ jobs available. Media/gfx/podcasts are good money making opportunities but not everyone has the drive/creativeness to make these consistently.
Also I know as a former GM that money is easily thrown around. Teams will easily hand out bonuses at the end of the season because they have money left over not all but some. And of your arguement to not pay players is because they need the top tier bots then that is counterintuitive to what the hell we're doing here.
We should not be screwing over active users because we want top of the line bots and even if you wanted bots you should expect a fall off in cap. Do NFL teams all have amazing OLs? Do they say "we're not paying our generational QB because we want more OL? No. There's a balance to this.
Since you said "check the spreadsheets" like the guy you are I did and wow would you look at that over half the teams in the league have over $2m in cap space some up to $6m but go off king about how the cap is to low.
Now, to touch on your points one by one. The economy of the league is flawed, and, as long as those that manage the economy vote on how it is run, it will remain as such. Put your name out there for jobs, even if it is something like being an updater or auditor. Tedious jobs, but you put yourself out there. Many apply for HO internships and GM jobs. When I got the budget team job, there was 3 applicants only. People tend to go after the fancy jobs.
For a team to have money to give out bonuses, and that 2-6m cap space, there are so many people that have taken one for the team and signed for the minimum. This will remain a problem. Almost nobody tests FA. No FA asks for big money. Everyone will gladly sign for the minimum.
You also HAVE to get the expensive OL bots if you have the gaps to fill. Teams in the majors want to win. GMs care for the team as a whole, and they will use every trick in the book to get their team to win. And NFL teams have around 160m to manage. And paying a generational QB a big stack of cash may hurt them in the long run.
They have the power to vote on it. The current flawed system suits them. And as long as they have the power, the system will remain as it is.