At face value one would think that, but think about it this way:

The NFL has a salary cap that nearly every team fills every year. What difference should it make to an agent if he is getting a $2 million commission from a rookie or five $400,000 commissions from veterans? It's the same money pool either way. So in a way, Polian is right. It's not about the money.

Look at how fast the NBA players are signed. Its great. The NFL should want that.

This 4 month holdout crap is reeruniculous.

There are only 2 teams that are within 5 million dollars of the salary cap, according to the numbers I've seen. Jacksonville is 46 million under the cap for crying out loud. Of course it's about the money.

The only problem with going 2 years and a maximum of $10 million dollars is that the players drafted in the 1st round will more than likely leave the team that drafted them because they suck.

Yeah I brought that up the first time this story was posted.

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showpost.php?p=4602971

I like the idea of set amounts for rookies a few reasons, but the number one reason is NO MORE ROOKIE HOLDOUTS! It hurts the player and the team for the rookies to not be in camp. Russell lost most of the season last year due to his holdout, we have had several first round picks that missed part of camp and it hurt their careers. It also is not right to pay someone who has never played a snap in the NFL more than a seasoned vet. The amount of money Ryan Sims got was highway robbery. He sure did not deserve it.

Gosh, that would force teams to actually play their draft picks instead of sit on them for years to see if they got any talent for their team or not..

Not all GM's and owners are Clark and Carl, some teams want to win championships so they will spend all their money acquiring talent to do it.. Not like Carl who will leave extra millions in their pool out of spite for profit..

I think this would be a great idea, make all first day selections this way for the first 3rounds.. 2-4 year contracts at a certain pay for each position.. Make it so these rookies are not making more then the veterans..

Opens up a bigger pool of money to use elsewhere..

Also up the salary cap floor to 90% to stop teams like the Chiefs from making a profit off of it..

An excellent idea. One that the NFLPA would never sign off on.

25 teams are 10 million dollars or more under the salary cap.

You are looking at cap numbers right now at the beginning of the season.. I am talking during the season.. The Chiefs and a few other teams carried 6+ million that could have been spent on players..

yes I'm looking at numbers before the season. There's no way these teams are going to be filling up 10-40 million in cap space. Nor would they ever want to.

Too bad the NFLPA is a bunch of bugs beneath the shoes of ownership. If the league wanted to slot rookie contracts, they could do it. This isn't the NBA or MLB, the NFL Union is a joke.

That hasn't really been put to the test anytime recently.

Then why did the owners sign a crappy CBA a few years ago?