OT: Guaranteed Contracts

[Wes21]

23 hours ago, CPcavedweller said:

Is this not a "Zero-Sum Game" for owners?

Its not a zero sum game.  Its just set up to look that way.

1 hour ago, CPcavedweller said:

So now you're blaming the salary cap?

He certainly didn't do that.  You just started typing without even attempting to read and understand what he said.  You already missed the mark on the zero sum game nonsense.

1 hour ago, CPcavedweller said:

As for Lamar Jackson, his actual value as a percentage of the salary cap is far less than what he is asking for.

You don't get to decide what his value is.  Take the tag off and let the free market decide.

[thefuzz]

2 hours ago, Moorgan said:

Owners love to pit player vs player. It’s one way of getting people to forget that all of these players are making money for the owners.

Lamar isn’t taking money from other players, he wants a reflection of his actual value to the owner. The system, set up by the owners, restricts the pie to a finite number and thusly allows them to throw up their hands and blame the system of why the players aren’t paid according to their value.

So, operating within that system does “force” The team to make moves that affects other players but anytime someone can get closer to their value, that should be celebrated. Vilifying that is exactly what the owners want.

"The System" as you call it, was agreed to by both the owners and the players.  If they want to change "the system" you have to be prepared to lose real dollars.

I like "the system" the way it's set up.  Rewards drafting, and allows "lower tiered" teams to compete.