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Join Date: Oct 2008
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Re: no cap- why care what's spent?
I can think of two reasons.
1. The laborers are given a disincentive to put in the maximum amount of effort. According to the consumption-leisure model, when wages get REALLY HIGH, laborers will choose to work less and spend more time with leisure. 2. Risk of getting burned if the cap comes back |
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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Re: no cap- why care what's spent?
There are several good answers above. I would add that the team needs to get younger and the FA's available so far this year generally have been older guys.
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Re: no cap- why care what's spent?
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Exactly. Both are probably the major reason why we haven't, but I think the others are also correct. The FA pool this year are mostly 30 year olds or higher. The change in direction and putting more emphasis on the draft will yield nice results. I just hope our scouts step up there game and we do draft to cover needs. |
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Houston, Texas
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If you look at the top five winning teams in the NFL from 2000-2008 1) New England 2) Philadelphia 3) Pittsburgh 4) Green Bay 5) Colts Besides being very good at drafting players, they are not the consistent/usual big spenders in the FA market. I am not saying they do not spend in FA. New England has spent big here and there. But overall they are not the big spenders like the Redskins. What really impresses me about these 5 teams is every two to three years they make the very difficult decision to not re-sign some of their own very expensive FA. Some of them pro bowl level players. They just let them go and replace them with recently drafted rookies. This keeps them young and keeps their payroll in better shape. They keep winning. |
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