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Originally Posted by Cobra Mgr
That's not how unions work. It is how negotiations work. Which we aren't seeing w/RB's. The 5th yr actually "works". If we could actually call an employee still beholden to the employer after he has finished his contract "working". It just doesn't work for RB's. The position itself is the outlier.
I laughed to day when the Giants signed their LT to more $ than they did Barkley. If that doesn't tell everyone the system is screwing over RB's I don't know what will. It is an outright lie these runners are getting what they are valued at. No, they are getting what owners feel like giving them.
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You just asked, what's in it for the owners? I just told you. They would get something in return.
The NFL is not like my toll collecting job where everyone is paid the same. It's talent based, value to the team based. We have to figure out unique ways to get them more money by making them valuable. IMO A shorter rookie deal would do that. But that's just one idea.