What the new CBA needs

[Galian Beast]

It needs the NBAs "bird rules" allowing you to go over the cap to sign players you've essentially raised in your system.

There is no reason why you should be punished for great scouting.

 

[Yeagermeister]

I like the hard cap. What they really need is a rookie salary cap. A rookie who has never played a down should not be making more than a veteran.

 

[GoCowboysGo]

I like the hard cap. What they really need is a rookie salary cap. A rookie who has never played a down should not be making more than a veteran.

The NBA has that too!

 

[Hoofbite]

I like the hard cap. What they really need is a rookie salary cap. A rookie who has never played a down should not be making more than a veteran.

I like the hard cap as well but I think there should be maybe 1 exemption for home grown talent. It wouldn't be something a team could use for a guy in his 3rd or 4th year but if were talking about a guy in his 9th or 10th year, why not?

I think it really sucks to see a guy who played his whole career on 1 team go to another team.

Rookie cap is a must. No way around it. Gotta have it.

 

[casmith07]

It needs the NBAs "bird rules" allowing you to go over the cap to sign players you've essentially raised in your system.

There is no reason why you should be punished for great scouting.

I agree completely. You should basically be able to sign players that you drafted or signed as UDFAs to whatever deal you want, since you raised them.

It would allow teams to actually really become dominant, or to really grow an identity over time.

 

[SaltwaterServr]

I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum. I prefer a soft cap system, but with a geometric luxury tax penalty rather than a linear dollar-for-dollar system that the NBA and other sports utilize.

Spending $40 million more on players and then $40 in tax doesn't add up to a whole heck of a lot when your team is making deep playoff runs every season thanks in no small part to high quality depth. The revenue generated by a single playoff win would possibly offset a $40 Million luxury tax penalty.

I'm surely for a rookie salary cap as well, and/or a rookie salary cap credit system. If you have a franchise rookie player, he ends up being a bust, and you have to cut him, rather than accelerate the contract you as a team would get to wipe that contract off the books for sake of only the salary cap. The guy would still get his green, but your salary cap would be clear to go out and redraft someone to take his place. This would only apply to players drafted by their original team.

I do not think a franchise should be held hostage like San Diego was with the Ryan Leaf deal. It killed the Chargers for years.

 

[casmith07]

I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum. I prefer a soft cap system, but with a geometric luxury tax penalty rather than a linear dollar-for-dollar system that the NBA and other sports utilize.

Spending $40 million more on players and then $40 in tax doesn't add up to a whole heck of a lot when your team is making deep playoff runs every season thanks in no small part to high quality depth. The revenue generated by a single playoff win would possibly offset a $40 Million luxury tax penalty.

I'm surely for a rookie salary cap as well, and/or a rookie salary cap credit system. If you have a franchise rookie player, he ends up being a bust, and you have to cut him, rather than accelerate the contract you as a team would get to wipe that contract off the books for sake of only the salary cap. The guy would still get his green, but your salary cap would be clear to go out and redraft someone to take his place. This would only apply to players drafted by their original team.

I do not think a franchise should be held hostage like San Diego was with the Ryan Leaf deal. It killed the Chargers for years.

Well there are other franchises that are going to be held hostage for years too, like Oakland. Yucky situation.

 

[Galian Beast]

Goals i think are important are protecting team's investments in veteran players. No one likes to see players going to another team for their last few years in the league.

Reducing the rookie salaries.

Making trades easier and more frequent. I wish we saw trades like we see the nba and mlb, but you just dont because of the salary cap ramifications.

Make it easier for teams to rebuild, rather than stay crippled because of the cap.

 

[coblue]

Absolutely. And moreover, it should be no more than twice the minimum yearly salary.

I like the hard cap. What they really need is a rookie salary cap. A rookie who has never played a down should not be making more than a veteran.

 

[Cowboy Brian]

I want to see a spilt cap, 3 way.

1 for players traded for and signed in the free agency (Same as rookie)

1 for players you "Grown" over 5 years pro that you drafted or signed as a undrafted rookie (biggest)

1 for Rookies. (same as Free Agency)