Comments on: Franchise tenders shrink under new CBA

By: dalucks

dalucks — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:59:42 +0000

Great explanation of the franchise numbers.

By: tommyf15

tommyf15 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:57:38 +0000

msclemons67 says: Wow. DeMaurice Smith got snookered on another aspect of the CBA. Isn’t he a lawyer? You’d think he’d have noticed these details.

You’re missing the larger picture.

While I personally don’t agree with the franchise tag, the fact remains that for every dollar saved by franchising a player goes to other players by way of revenue sharing.

The owners have to spend a certain amount on all players combined, which seemed to have been Smith’s focus.

By: micronin127

micronin127 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:43:55 +0000

Increases in franchise tenders will be tied to increases in the overall salary cap. With the new TV deals and the 10 year agreement you can expect the cap to roughly double by 2021 and so will the franchise tenders.

The next few years will be flat to down until the TV money kicks in.

By: thegonz13

thegonz13 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:45:13 +0000

@mclovin… Jared Allen is the only good defensive player we have, along with Kevin Williams. Trading him would be a huge mistake because no one else would or could pick up the slack.

By: mclovin07

mclovin07 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:29:15 +0000

As good as Jared Allen is, the Vikes should consider moving him NOW. He’ll be 30 this coming season, and his trade value will never be higher. Plus looking at this, he’s actually overpaid..guys after 30 tend to decline so now is the time to rape someone for his services!

By: champguy81

champguy81 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:59:59 +0000

So , is the “top 5 players’ average salary” calculation gone for good? If so, that seems to imply that the future FP amounts will eventually level off to a certain amount, even if salaries continue to skyrocket. I don’t think the players will like that. They might not realize it for a few years, but when the top players are routinely getting $20-30 million (by about 2017-2020), and the franchise tags are still sitting at ~15 mil….

This new method will certainly change the FP dynamics a lot.

By: sportsmeccabi

sportsmeccabi — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:41:45 +0000

Yeah, and I but Arizona is just loving the fact they have Levi Brown instead of Adrian Peterson. Lesson is: if there is an elite player available with you pick, regardless of position, take him.

By: canetic

canetic — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:33:55 +0000

If you think the Bucs won’t draft a player at #5 that would be cheaper than any other player to keep then you are crazy.

By: tombrookshire

tombrookshire — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:18:33 +0000

I guess all the sleight of hand with the salary cap was the only way they could “justify” giving the players about 2 mill less and getting them to buy in. Shameful in a league worth 9 billion dollars and growing, against the risk that players take with their bodies. They are truly like gladiators.

By: msclemons67

msclemons67 — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:13:52 +0000

Wow. DeMaurice Smith got snookered on another aspect of the CBA.

Isn’t he a lawyer? You’d think he’d have noticed these details.

By: brasho

brasho — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 12:56:59 +0000

And for those of you that think Trent Richardson will be a top 5 pick, you can use the numbers above as proof that he won’t. The RB situation does not nearly have the same financial value (or importance) of many of the other positions. Only safeties and tight ends hold less value in the draft and in free agency as running backs. Richardson shouldn’t sniff the top 5.