Goodell wants to lower rookie salries

The NFL is late to the party on this issue. The fact that Jake Long, Mario WIlliams, and yes even our own Vince Young make more than perennial pro bowl players is ridiculous. Teams that routinely make bad business decisions are hurt for a number of years after the decision is made.
 
The Commish is definitely on the right track. It makes NO sense that the latest high draftees make more than the seasoned proven veterans. The NBA addressed this years ago. It's absolutely stupid that NFL Owners continue to increase these signing bonuses every year.

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So what's wrong with the poor owners making money?

You do realize that the more the players make, the more the owners and NFL will charge in every way to make sure they make their share too right? That means higher ticket prices, higher commercial prices, higher t-shirt prices, higher parking prices, etc all the way to higher Nike and pepsi prices to pay for it all.

Sooner or later it all will break if it all keeps going up and don't think the owners are stupid enough not to understand that which is why this is being talked about now.
 
I don't think Jerry Jones is charging $150,000 for a PSL in response to rising player salaries. He's charging that much becase there is a market willing to pay it. I would like to better understand what teams are struggling and why. NFL owners have player salaries fully paid for before they sell a single ticket, collect a single parking fee, sell their first beer, and sell their first player jersey. What the hell are these teams doing that they have trouble making money in the NFL?

I don't understand the Players Association's resistence to a rookie pay scale. The NFL salary cap has a minimum cap number every team has to meet. So if rookie salaries decrease, the owners can't simply cut their payrolls and pocket the difference. Rookie salaries/cap #s decrease, veteran salaries increase. If I'm an NFL player, I would fully support a rookie pay scale.
 
I am sure the Union will go for this only if the "saved" money is redistributed to the veteran players. There is no way the Union will let the owners pocket any savings.
 
I think most of us would agree that these guys don't generally deserve the kind of money they get. Goodell sees how it is affecting the league in terms of salary cap restrictions. It also affects the players mentality. Take Benson for instance....a guy that held out for a ton of guaranteed money and never did anything on the field deserving of it and then acts like a drunk off the field and gets kicked off the team. He might have acted better and represented the league better had he had to earn his money and work his way into a big contract. But everyone is different. Just seems to me that Goodell sees all of the off the field issues and the negative publicity that the league is getting these days and finds these contracts as part of the root cause. Hard to blame him.
 
Also every year teams are letting their big FA's go and replacing them with cheaper rookies. It's only the rookies at the very top making the huge money
 
I was at this interview. Everyone in attendance agreed.
First time I have seen him speak. Came across as a solid leader with ethics and fairness in mind. Great guy.

Also heard Plonsky and the head of the SEC a couple days before on collegiate athletics.

Head of CBS sports spoke also this week as did Frank Deford of SI.

Donna Lopiano gave a great lecture on girls in sports.

If you have never been to Chautauqua its a must. This week was "Sport in America."

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