I want to touch on this rookie cap thought one more time, as I fee so much is being overlooked here. Don't get me wrong, I would love to see
NFL salaries come down across the board, but only if it meant that the common man could afford those cool things like season tickets without having to go without things like food and electricity in the home. I mean, hell, we are now funding new stadiums with $25k seat licenses on top of the cost of a season ticket. That is ridiculous.
However, before everyone gets all happy about the idea of a rookie cap, you need to truly understand the real picture, or at least try to see it from my point of view for a minute.
Roger Goodell has the fans on his side here because he is talking the angle of paying the veterans what they deserve. However, where is this money going to come from? Goodell and the owners are not trying to take the money from the rookies so it is available to pay veterans, they are simply trying to pay less money period to the players by lowering the percentage of revenue, and effectively lowering the cap ( or preventing it from climbing any further).
Bottom line, this is being done to put more money into the pockets of the already overly rich owners.
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Owners are not happy with the fact they give 60% of NFL revenue to the players, and Gene Upshaw says they will not budge from this, and that the owners will have to live with 40%. The owners accepted the agreement as they had no choice and wanted to avoid a strike, but since accepting it, they have grown increasingly unhappy with it. The two owners who have been the most vocally against the agreement, and appear to be pushing for it to me changed are Patriots owner Robert Kraft and Broncos owner Patrick Bowlen
The termination of this agreement puts an end to the current NFL salary cap in 2009, creating a cap free environment in 2010.
If and when this happens, there will be plenty more issues that will be fought out including drug testing, in which Upshaw refused to allow the NFL to test for HGH via blood testing, and until there is a urine test, he says he won't discuss the issue.
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In May, the owners voted to opt out of the current agreement.
Capping the rookies is just step one toward these owners lining their pockets with more money. Getting a bigger share of the revenue to stay with them is another step.
Now, think about what was quoted above. Do you still really think that the owners reasoning for wanting to cap rookies is so they can pay veterans more money?
And given that the owners only agreed to this previous CBA to avoid a strike, do you actually think the owners and this commish can accomplish capping rookie salaries, force a blood test for HGH, and get a higher percentage of the revenue?
Gene Upshaw stood his ground last time. Now you want to add in the pressure to help the older retired players? There is no way Upshaw caves on any of this. If anything, he is going to demand a higher percentage of revenue.
Look at the whole picture, not just the words that Roger Goodell is spouting off to gain favor among the fans.
That is all I will say on the subject..... At least for tonight
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