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Post by Browns GM (Dan) on Jul 22, 2024 15:17:05 GMT -5
With the rise of our Legacy Salary from 100m to 125m a lot of the salary numbers in our rulebook are now at a major discrepancy to what they were originally envisioned for. One of the biggest of these is the Rookie Salaries.
I am suggesting a 100% raise to the current Rookie Salary System:
ROUND 1
Picks 1-10 will be set at $6.0 million per player
Picks 11-15 will be set at $4.8 million per player
Picks 16-20 will be set at $4.0 million per player
Picks 21-32 will be set at $3.0 million per player
ROUND 2
Picks 1-12 will be set at $2.84 million per player.
Picks 13-24 will be set at $2.5 million per player.
Picks 25-32 will be set at $2.16 million per player.
ROUND 3
Picks 1-16 will be set at $1.66 million per player.
Picks 17-32 will be set at $1.34 million per player.
ROUND 4 Contracts will be set at $1.2 million per player.
ROUND 5 Contracts will be set at $1.0 million per player.
This will bring rookie salaries inline with inflation and makes them equally competitive with other ways of building a team in this league.
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Post by Washington GM (Blaine) on Jul 22, 2024 15:52:36 GMT -5
Just a thought-
Our cap isn’t to 125M yet so I would say either next year we bump cap to 125M to implement these prices or we wait until we are at 125M to implement these prices
It’s a drastic increase that makes sense once we hit our end goal of 125M but not before then.
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Post by Cardinals GM (Gremlin) on Jul 22, 2024 16:02:57 GMT -5
2026 picks become significantly less valuable with a 100% bandaid rip.
Helping contenders and hurting rebuilding teams.
Also I want to stress that raising rookie prices has a trickle down effect on all other monetary rules. Extensions, RFA, and FT prices will be under effect.
Lastly, rookies become less valuable as per scaled to the contract cost. We currently have well established trade values and the majority of young players need 3-4yrs before their value comes into focus. If they will be priced higher than established vets with rolls, again we are favorable to contenders as opposed to rebuilding teams.
To illustrate what I’m saying, historically, 50% of all top 12 picks are busts. With a 5yr commitment or heavy buyout the risk:reward is thrown into a spin. Teams with 10+ picks incurred a huge salary risk on top of the risk that the assets they shipped out to obtain the picks out perform the player chosen.
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Post by Browns GM (Dan) on Jul 22, 2024 16:49:18 GMT -5
Not overly sure how we're favourable to contenders over rebuilding teams, the vast majority of SB winning teams are loaded with rookie contracts because they're so cheap.
When was the last time a QB not on a rookie contracts won the SB here?
Ideally the way to win a title here will be by dabbling in each area. A few rookie contracts, a few big UFA signings, a few extensions, RFA signings or resignings, a FTed player.
But make it so that you can only do each thing in moderation otherwise you get stuck with no cap space.
Right now if you grab 15 picks in the first 3 rounds you can build a team that'll stick together for 7-8 years easily. The first 3 years you'll have 90m of cap spare, towards the 5-6 year mark you flip those players and can start again.
With higher tenders and rookie salaries alongside the extension rises we passed last year it becomes harder for teams to stay competitive endlessly which is good for the league.
I don't have a problem going for a 10m salary cap jump next offseason and ripping the bandaid off, or making a slightly smaller jump to the rookie salaries next year and then another 5% the year after. I don't see much point as we're only 1 more offseason away from our final 125m salary cap anyways, but they're both options if people do think thats a problem.
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Post by Falcons GM (Andy) on Aug 2, 2024 12:20:56 GMT -5
Voting against this one too, look at the world. We don't need to add inflation to Legacy. People shouldn't need to clear cap to make a draft pick.
Open to a 15-20% increase for the first 2 rounds only.
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