Firefly wrote:
Are rookie salaries out of whack? My first round pick at 1.32 is a 31/80 player and he's going to make more money than my 85/86 9th year QB. My 2.32 has the 10th highest salary on the team and even my 3.32, a 24/69 DT, will make more money than my veteran 75/76 DT.
It seems like a player's 2nd contract is cheaper than his first. Shouldn't it be the other way around?
I'm not satisfied with how it works right now so am open to suggestions - but here is how it works. The draft picks have a set-in-stone contract based on what pick it is. This is to reliably predict what a draft pick will cost, and is somewhat in keeping with the way the NFL does the rookie wage scale. Renegotiations, on the other hand, are driven by other contracts in the league at similar positions and ratings. I do think that the renegotiation requests are too low and have started working toward a fix on that, initially it was nearly impossible to keep more than a handful of players from hitting free agency and now it's impossible not to have to let players walk unless you force it on yourself with cuts/trades/retirements eating up your cap space. I'm hoping that adjustment will get the renegotiations more equitable with what the draft signees do.