NFLPA says teams can take their Franchise Tags and stick it

[milkman]

Originally Posted by Laz

Of course the tags have an effect. A by-product of the salary cap is that teams and players have started looking for more front-loaded contracts. Big signing bonus of 15,20 even 30 million now to counter salary caps and non-guaranteed contracts.

Not only that, but the tricks of working around the salary cap by prorating the signing bonuses and then restructuring the contracts over and over again allow teams to push the salary cap numbers around. Teams can spend 180/190 million dollars in a year and still be under the 110 million dollar cap.

All this "front" money and cap "cheating" is more difficult for small market teams.

Especially when it comes to big name elite players.

The franchise/transition tags help smaller market teams have some addition leverage to keep those elite players.

When you use the franchise tag on positions like kicker and guard, it pushes the salaries up for other positions.

I like the transition tag, and believe that it should still be a part of the next CBA.

They do need to work out something that eliminates the poison pill in contracts, like the one that Steve Hutchinson signed with the Vikings a few years ago.

If they do keep the franchise tag, they need to change the money to average of top ten, rather than top five, because that's where it raises the salaries.

If a guard makes 5 mil a year, then a LT will want 10 mil a year.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by milkman

When you use the franchise tag on positions like kicker and guard, it pushes the salaries up for other positions.

The salary cap helps to limit the amount that other position salaries can escalate on the basis of a highly paid kicker or guard.

The benefit of the franchise tag, in addition to the obvious benefit of helping a team hang on to it's most important potential free agent each off season (if they so choose) is that it prevents superstar salaries from skyrocketing and eating up even more of the salary cap than they already do to the detriment of all the non-superstar players in the league. The only players hurt by the franchise tag are the guys that get tagged. All the other players benefit indirectly (even though it doesn't seem like most of them realize that).

[Bewbies]

Originally Posted by patteeu

The salary cap helps to limit the amount that other position salaries can escalate on the basis of a highly paid kicker or guard.

The benefit of the franchise tag, in addition to the obvious benefit of helping a team hang on to it's most important potential free agent each off season (if they so choose) is that it prevents superstar salaries from skyrocketing and eating up even more of the salary cap than they already do to the detriment of all the non-superstar players in the league. The only players hurt by the franchise tag are the guys that get tagged. All the other players benefit indirectly (even though it doesn't seem like most of them realize that).

Doesn't the NBA have a system where one of your guys can be resigned at it doesn't effect the cap at all? The Larry Bird rule or something like that?

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by Bewbies

Doesn't the NBA have a system where one of your guys can be resigned at it doesn't effect the cap at all? The Larry Bird rule or something like that?

Yes, they do.

[Bewbies]

Originally Posted by patteeu

Yes, they do.

That's what the NFL should do then. Forget the tags and have one guy who you can pay without any restriction.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by Bewbies

That's what the NFL should do then. Forget the tags and have one guy who you can pay without any restriction.

I prefer the way it is, particularly since the Chiefs don't have a Payton Manning, but that would be another way of doing it.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by Bewbies

That's what the NFL should do then. Forget the tags and have one guy who you can pay without any restriction.

why in the hell would they want to do that?