McKnowledge
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Watching NFL Live on ESPN the other day (May, 10, 2018), I was interested in something Field Yates and Dan Graziano were talking about with the escalating QB contracts of Jimmy Garrapolo, Kirk Cousins and Matt Ryan. Obviously, Aaron Rodgers is next up and he wants to get a new deal done this year as opposed to next year (2019). Are large contracts for QBs negatively affecting team building? Two years from now (2020) comes a new collective bargaining agreement, which could become the start of new era of the NFL. Could there actually be an exemption just for QBs independent of a teams salary cap?
It would make a lot of sense. The QB position is the most important in all of sports, and without an elite QB or elite QB play, the chances of success measured by winning the Super Bowl remains slim. I found an article form 4 years ago that touched on this...
https://www.thestreet.com/story/12735141/1/the-nfl-salary-cap-needs-a-quarterback-exemption.html
Signing a Franchise HOF QB like Aaron Rodgers to a contract that would appease him and not affect the other players' salaries on the roster would literally change the game as we all know it. While the mechanisms and ramifications of this kind of salary structure are unknown; we could all discuss and debate. What do you think?
It would make a lot of sense. The QB position is the most important in all of sports, and without an elite QB or elite QB play, the chances of success measured by winning the Super Bowl remains slim. I found an article form 4 years ago that touched on this...
https://www.thestreet.com/story/12735141/1/the-nfl-salary-cap-needs-a-quarterback-exemption.html
Signing a Franchise HOF QB like Aaron Rodgers to a contract that would appease him and not affect the other players' salaries on the roster would literally change the game as we all know it. While the mechanisms and ramifications of this kind of salary structure are unknown; we could all discuss and debate. What do you think?