Rookie contracts

Bergman14 · 07-30-2004, 11:05 AM

This has been really bothering me for a while, and I was wondering if someone could shed some light on it. Eli Manning just signed his 45 million dollar deal, just like Carson Palmer and David Carr before him. Why does the NFL let this happen, how is the players association (RE: veterans) ok with this?
In the NBA, first round picks are given 3 year deals that are scaled depending on where you are picked, and the money is reasonable. I dont understand why the NFL doesnt have something similar in place. It makes me not want the first pick, why would I want to shell out 50 million dollars for an unproven player? I think the Bengals were in that situation and kind of got stuck with Palmer (they were looking to trade the pick). I dont understand why this is allowed to happen, and further, why nobody else seems to care.

07-30-2004, 11:05 AM	#1
Bergman14 Special Teams Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Winston-Salem Age: 42 Posts: 138	Rookie contracts This has been really bothering me for a while, and I was wondering if someone could shed some light on it. Eli Manning just signed his 45 million dollar deal, just like Carson Palmer and David Carr before him. Why does the NFL let this happen, how is the players association (RE: veterans) ok with this? In the NBA, first round picks are given 3 year deals that are scaled depending on where you are picked, and the money is reasonable. I dont understand why the NFL doesnt have something similar in place. It makes me not want the first pick, why would I want to shell out 50 million dollars for an unproven player? I think the Bengals were in that situation and kind of got stuck with Palmer (they were looking to trade the pick). I dont understand why this is allowed to happen, and further, why nobody else seems to care.

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