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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mondio" data-source="post: 957102" data-attributes="member: 10441">and him signing last minute or at any point would have counted just over 20M against our cap this year.  Adams had real leverage against the team.  It's the trade off the players and the teams give up.  On one hand, teams aren't going to be in a position to be held to develop a player, be faced with high demands and lose players as soon as they're investment should be paying off.  Continuity is good for the league and the teams and ultimately the players as it is what builds brands and loyalty and bank accounts.It also gives the players some power as a 20M cap hit for 1 year of service and no promise of future years motivates a team to get them somewhere else, or pay them some money and spread it out.  It's not ideal for either, but can work for both, as it did in the Adams situation.</blockquote>

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