2016 League Vote: Proposition #8 (APPROVED 10-0)

if anything I say more points for FGs, especially in the final 2 minutes of the game. Clutch kicks deserve extra points & this will also help raise the value of Kickers..... just a thought, helps point wise in close games.

Open it so I can vote yes... Locking up a rookie QB for 8 years with a max salary of $5m is just crazy, considering QBs in FA go for well above 10m

The reason why I did not raise the extension price in the first round of voting was precisely because of this problem, and that those that have low priced QB's were never going to go for a rule change like this. Goal one was to bring other positions more in line with proper extension contract prices, and now we can deal with the QB position individually. I foresaw very little debate in regards to lower extension prices, particularly because they came to positions that were never going to be extended at the old contract rates, that was easy.

Again, I know there will be a few GM's that will have no interest in changing this rule, and I understand to a certain degree in that they picked up a QB under a certain set of rules and strategized around to those set rules. And, to their credit, I understand why they would not want this rule change, and I sympathize with their position.

However, that being said, the contract price for a QB extension is far too low, and it takes away from the reality of what is the game we play here. I believe some type of compromise has to be reached, and I am open to ideas.

Now, the first thing that needs to be done is that we need to establish a fair market value for the QB extension. I choose the 8M mark, because it was a compromise from the 10M suggestion that was thrown around in the chant room. For this reason, I have not opened the poll, and am open to changing the definition of the rule proposal if I get some ideas thrown out.

The second thing we need to figure out is how to implement this rule. Either we pull the band aid off and install it immediately, and retroactively, or we introduce it slowly with some type of grandfather clause where we protect those GM's that played by the rules from the very beginning.

Im open to a gradual introduction, and a grandfather clause.

But, what I need most is hard ideas and numbers for how we can fix this problem.

I like those number Darryl,

So here's my idea to start to implement this rule slowly, so that GM's holding on to young QB's are not getting screwed.

A 1M increase on the first tag every year for 3 years starting in 2017, and a 1M a year increase for the second tag every year for 2 years, and a 2M increase in 2019  starting in 2017.

Which means, that we will get the increase of 8M and 14M, but we will not reach those max amounts until 2019.

So here is how it would break down:

2016: No Changes
2017: 6M and 11M
2018: 7M and 12M
2019: 8M and 14M

This gives those GM's a chance to extend their young QB's a little earlier at a cheaper price, while we head in the right direction for future years as we bring that extension on QB's to a more real life reality.

Thoughts?

Voting on proposition #8 is now open