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Originally Posted by mooby
Honestly I don't know how good that is. The thing with rookie salaries is, everybody agrees that a rookie salary cap is a good idea, and the money being saved from having a rookie draft pick salary cap is supposed to go towards vets who have earned it in free agency. But if owners start getting scared about giving out big free agent deals for fear of signing the next Haynesworth, well then no player benefits. And if the players don't think they are going to benefit, they aren't going to agree to it in the next CBA. So it might end up being a hinderance to a new CBA getting agreed to, especially if owners insist on putting some sort of clause in there to prevent this Haynesworth type drama from ever happening again.
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It doesnt seem to me that rookie salaries are out of control. Granted there are maybe a dozen or so rookies that get huge contracts without ever playing a snap in the NFL, and they get all the attention, if you look at rookie salaries in toto I think its pretty obvious the vast majority of the rookies dont make big $. I think if a rookie salary cap is implemented the players union will surely insist on a minimum rookie salary as well, and I suspect that minimum will be higher than what the majority of rookies are currently getting. My bet is that there wont be a rookie salary cap because owners will realize that in the long run it will cost them more $.