For the record this probaby should have moved into the General Discussion forum instead of Suggestions because it really isnt a suggestion per se .. more of a random thought.

Really the basis of this thought was started with Manziel in Cleveland. They waited to release him to get his dead money in this years cap because they were out of money last year. It just sort of evolved into this thought.

I believe the first response mentioned and how this is to simulate the NFL .. which I agree. There are parts of it that dont .. mainly the salary cap .. where teams can range from $40-80 million under which is quite unrealistic.

I had thought this would maybe help drive contracts higher with more teams being able to bid higher. I readily admit there have been discussions on this by JDB himself and putting in stipulations regarding playing time, etc. I had also thought that it may help drive ownership because new owners have a chance early on to remake a bad team with a bad salary situation and be more competitive early on.

The proverbial killing two birds with one stone.