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The NBA figured it out, eventually. The NFL (and MLB) should be able to do the same. -- nm

Posted by Don Homer (aka DonHomer) Apr 23 '09, 07:38

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NHL has a rookie pay scale too. -- nm - Shaun Apr 23, 07:42
I think it's hard to say that MLB draftees and minor leaguers have too much salary leverage. - TFox Apr 23, 07:41 8
- agreed. -- nm - Callisto Apr 23, 07:47
- The ones at the top do. Year after year the smaller market teams have to pass on guys asking for too much or who have signed Boras. -- nm - Don Homer Apr 23, 07:45 6
  - They really don't. If you're talking about players in general, sure, but not rookies/young players. - Callisto Apr 23, 07:49 4
    - They don't make the same as NFL or NBAers as rookies, but the high-end guys in the draft have repeatedly forced smaller teams to think twice about tak - Don Homer Apr 23, 07:50 3
      - Because the team isn't willing to pay $6M for a #1 pick. That's not the system's fault; it's the team's fault. -- nm - TFox Apr 23, 07:59 2
        
        It's the revenue fault of the sport. - Will Hunting Apr 23, 08:01 1
        
        Guys, if you can't pay $1.5M annually for the top talent in the draft, no revenue fix is going to save you. -- nm - TFox Apr 23, 08:03
  - It's not on the same planet. That Pedro Alvarez brouhaha was over a 4 yr contract worth about $8M. (details inside) - TFox Apr 23, 07:48

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