Thread: Football Falcons sign Ryan to $72M contract
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Old 05-20-2008, 03:49 PM   #37
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Originally Posted by Hootie View Post
The NFL is so much tougher than the NBA or MLB because most players only get ONE contract, maybe two...

So for some of these top rookies it is important to get the money while they can...especially since contracts in the NFL aren't guaranteed like the NBA and mostly in the MLB.

I don't know what they can do...other than maybe guaranteeing two year contracts or giving the players SOME leverage...or giving the team that drafted you your rights for 4 or 5 years like the NBA...it's just more difficult in the NFL.

NFL will resist guaranteed contracts to the death, and rightly so. Guaranteed contracts have destroyed baseball and basketball, IMHO.

I'm not saying rookies should be paid peanuts, but the draft is ridiculously topheavy -- 1st round picks make 100x 3rd rounders, who generally get little/no guaranteed money, and top of hte 1st round get paid like they're proven vets.

I'm not arguign to reduce the cap, I'm just saying the $$ should be redistribution as between vets and rookies.
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