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<blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 779006"><p>You cannot compare the NFL to MLB for a variety of reasons.</p><p></p><p>First, the NFL has a hard cap. MLB does not. Rich teams can go over the cap and pay a "luxury tax" to the poor teams. Rich teams can absorb the cost of guaranteed arms that end up on the operating table and move on to the next contract. And if they give a guy an opt out clause they can afford to up the ante in the next deal if he's worth the price.</p><p></p><p>Lets say you're not a particularly rich team but go all-in on a couple of expensive arms with opt out clauses in a "win now" move. If they blow out their elbows, then the next season you can hold a fire sale, trade for prospects, slash payroll, and live to fight another day. They wouldn't have an expectation of trying to sign the guys past the opt out anyway.</p><p></p><p>Many fans are not aware that the NFL has cash payout and cap spend floors. Over a 5 year period, minimm spends are required to be pretty close to the actual cap, 95% of the actual cap if memory serves. Over 5 years all teams are required by the upper and lower bounds to spend about the same amounts. In the MLB, you can have the Red Sox spending $206 mil and the A's spending $62 million, rinse and repeat, year after year.</p><p></p><p>To recap, in MLB rich teams can afford to go over the cap to up the ante on opt out renewals; poorer teams never expect to hold high priced players past that date. In the NFL, rich teams with dough rolling in have to find things to do with that money besides paying players. Boo hoo. Poorer teams have the required spend minimums. Everybody is competing for the same players with close to the same amount of money to spend on them. Under this intense competion, the last thing NFL owners want to do is make it worse. No matter how rich you are, if your cap is a little streched in an opt out year, some crappy team with a load of unused cap can steal your franchise face. Jerry and Bob run this league. They will not abide opt out clauses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HardRightEdge, post: 779006"] You cannot compare the NFL to MLB for a variety of reasons. First, the NFL has a hard cap. MLB does not. Rich teams can go over the cap and pay a "luxury tax" to the poor teams. Rich teams can absorb the cost of guaranteed arms that end up on the operating table and move on to the next contract. And if they give a guy an opt out clause they can afford to up the ante in the next deal if he's worth the price. Lets say you're not a particularly rich team but go all-in on a couple of expensive arms with opt out clauses in a "win now" move. If they blow out their elbows, then the next season you can hold a fire sale, trade for prospects, slash payroll, and live to fight another day. They wouldn't have an expectation of trying to sign the guys past the opt out anyway. Many fans are not aware that the NFL has cash payout and cap spend floors. Over a 5 year period, minimm spends are required to be pretty close to the actual cap, 95% of the actual cap if memory serves. Over 5 years all teams are required by the upper and lower bounds to spend about the same amounts. In the MLB, you can have the Red Sox spending $206 mil and the A's spending $62 million, rinse and repeat, year after year. To recap, in MLB rich teams can afford to go over the cap to up the ante on opt out renewals; poorer teams never expect to hold high priced players past that date. In the NFL, rich teams with dough rolling in have to find things to do with that money besides paying players. Boo hoo. Poorer teams have the required spend minimums. Everybody is competing for the same players with close to the same amount of money to spend on them. Under this intense competion, the last thing NFL owners want to do is make it worse. No matter how rich you are, if your cap is a little streched in an opt out year, some crappy team with a load of unused cap can steal your franchise face. Jerry and Bob run this league. They will not abide opt out clauses. [/QUOTE]
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