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Bill B · 12-21-2006, 02:46 PM

How would you all think about the following changes to the NFL salary cap rules:

1.) Implementing like the NBA a Larry Bird exemption and thus creating a hard cap and soft cap. This would cut down on the constant players cuts and keep teams together longer and in my opinion improve play. As players stay together longer they build better continuity and as fans we see 2 well oiled machines playing against eachother instead of a new collection of players trying to get familar with one another.
The NFL should allow teams to use the Larry Bird Rule on restricted and unrestricted free agents that weren't cut. This would eliminate the balloon bonus payments that teams have been using in order to circumvent the cap. So the small market teams could still compete with the likes of Synder and Jerry Jones.
2.) In addition why not allow teams to trade players by allowing in the soft portion of the cap an exemption as long as the salaries are within 10 percent of each other? Why should teams incur cap penalties for simply swapping players? If the Redskins have lets say 3 really good running backs and another team has extra CB's why not allow the teams to make a trade without having to destroy their cap situation.

12-21-2006, 02:46 PM	#8
Bill B Impact Rookie Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 721	Re: Article: 2007 and the Cap How would you all think about the following changes to the NFL salary cap rules: 1.) Implementing like the NBA a Larry Bird exemption and thus creating a hard cap and soft cap. This would cut down on the constant players cuts and keep teams together longer and in my opinion improve play. As players stay together longer they build better continuity and as fans we see 2 well oiled machines playing against eachother instead of a new collection of players trying to get familar with one another. The NFL should allow teams to use the Larry Bird Rule on restricted and unrestricted free agents that weren't cut. This would eliminate the balloon bonus payments that teams have been using in order to circumvent the cap. So the small market teams could still compete with the likes of Synder and Jerry Jones. 2.) In addition why not allow teams to trade players by allowing in the soft portion of the cap an exemption as long as the salaries are within 10 percent of each other? Why should teams incur cap penalties for simply swapping players? If the Redskins have lets say 3 really good running backs and another team has extra CB's why not allow the teams to make a trade without having to destroy their cap situation.