Ridiculous Money

[woodbuck27]

Rookie scale is fine. But i feel it is important that rookies, and all young players, limit their contracts to 3 years. The long contracts have too much potential to lead to resentment if a player exceeds or underperforms his contract by a large margin.

Another excellent point HH. I believe the NHL has the right idea and a MODEL, in handling Rookie Contracts.

[prsnfoto]

Que the broken record.

The NFL needs a rookie scale that mirrors what they do in the NBA.

There is a rookie salary cap, each team is aloted x amount for signing there entire draft. GB was given about six million cap for this season they were I believe four highest because we had so many picks. What I don't understand is how Houston can make that work if this kid gets say a 15 million dollar signing bonus and a 4 million dollar yearly pay I would not want to be the other draft picks from Houston cause you ain't getting squat league min only.

[K-town]

Que the broken record.

The NFL needs a rookie scale that mirrors what they do in the NBA.

There is a rookie salary cap, each team is aloted x amount for signing there entire draft. GB was given about six million cap for this season they were I believe four highest because we had so many picks. What I don't understand is how Houston can make that work if this kid gets say a 15 million dollar signing bonus and a 4 million dollar yearly pay I would not want to be the other draft picks from Houston cause you ain't getting squat league min only.

I am sure a capologist like SHAMROCKFAN can explain this much better than me. However, I think at least some of the money is in the form of unlikely-to-be-earned incentives. Also, the cap is spread out over the entire length of the contract. Therefore, a 15 million signing bonus would only count 2.5 mil against the cap each year. I am sure Williams is getting a fairly low annual salary this year; thus the 6 or 8 or 9 mil that the Texans have for a rookie cap will only see about a third to a half go to one guy. I'm willing to bet that the back end of his contract has annual salaries that are in the 8-to 10 mil range. Hence, can you say RENEGOTIATE?

[Fritz]

I like the idea of limiting rookie contracts but also limiting the contracts themselves to three years. At the end of three years you pretty much know what you've got (are you reading this Ahmad Carroll?). Fairer for both sides.

This signing makes for even more motivation not to get the #1 pick. Screw that. And if you're a seasoned vet on the other end of the line and you see Williams getting tossed around like a rag doll, or taking a few plays off, it'd be easy to get really upset really fast.