gjkoeppen
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I believe in a free market, but let's also look at it in another way, TCV. Total contract value can also (not always) be put together with other long term considerations. Champions like Jordan and Brady took less than market value and thus were able to surround themselves with better overall team talent, thus resulting in more championships. Being a championship player can result in a greater income in real time and down the road after retirement. Things like endorsements, appearances, speaking engagements and business opportunities.
Others may say "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" and in a lot of cases they may be correct. IMHO a real champion will do whatever it takes to be a champion, while others are in it for a quick buck.
So yeah, if I were a GM or owner, that is how I would sell it, but I probably wouldn't make a QB cap mandatory.
Come on, my 11 year old nephew knows why Brady and Jordan were able to sign "smallish" contracts. Brady has a wife that makes as much as he does and Jordan originally made more money of his Nike endorsement, enough so that he was able to buy into Nike and have his own shoe and has made more from that than any NBA contract. That's why they were able to sign smallish contracts. BTW Brady's salary is small at 4 mill but the bonuses he gets paid puts him up to a cap hit of 22 mil. Yes that's lower than one might think he would make but again he has a very rich wife.
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