DFWJC
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Eventually, they'll install a rule that says no player can make more than certain percentage of the salary cap. It takes no money away from the players in aggregate, but adds sanity to single salaries on a team roster that has 40-50 other players.Remember when draft picks got outrageous contracts right off the bat because of out of control spiraling "next man up" type of increases year after year? Sam Bradford if I remember correctly was one of the top paid QBs coming out before he even threw a pass in the NFL. The NFL finally came to its senses and reformed it.
That same reform will have to be done with the established QB situation soon. There will be no choice. Since some dumb team will always cave and keep paying escalating salaries, only by mandate can the NFL control this. Unfortunately it will have to wait until the next NFL/Players Assoc. deal comes due. So we are a team stuck with the conundrum of to overpay like some teams will do to keep talent or not. I personally am torn on this. I think Dak is worth investing in but there are limits.
The whole QB salary situation today is unfair to all the non-QB positions in the NFL. The prevalence of the attitude to not interfere in another man's money will prevent virtually all to not complain about it, but deep down most others have to be to some degree ticked off the QBs, even the non-elite ones, are eating into how much they can earn.
Whichever way this goes, I will try and be okay with the Cowboy's decision because I truly am undecided which decision is for the best. I am leaning toward not caving to Dak even if it means starting over at QB in the hopes the NFL will have straightened out this mess by the time it comes up again. But then again, maybe this situation stretches out further and we are either stuck with a below average QB or another good QB who wants to bust the market yet again.
If cap continues to rise, then all boats rise, including the top dogs'.