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I think as a league we should consider a rules adjustment on the TS demotion salary bumps.

I think the 25cb/wk salary increase is way too high and deters us from truly utilizing our TS players, especially players that have been active many weeks. In a case like Martavis Bryant for example, Jim would have had to double or triple his salary to demote, instead he had little choice but to release him.

IMO we should consider removing the salary increase entirely (see details below) and allow teams to let the TAXI squad actually work as a Taxi Squad.

As is, once active we already guarantee the contract, why are we discouraging putting players who underperform or sub for injuries back down on the TS with a salary increase?

I'd propose there be NO salary bump for demoting players, but instead do what the NFL does and expose players to 24 hour waivers with the caveat that claimed players MUST go on the claiming teams active roster and CANNOT be demoted at any time by the claiming team (or any subsequent team via trade aside from the original team that first lost the player on waivers) through the length of his original rookie contract. If the player is subsequently waived at any point during the length of his original rookie contract, the players original team would get right of first refusal to re-claim the player and MAY put the player immediately back on their TS (or onto their active roster) without further exposure to waivers.

Alternatively I'd suggest we significantly reduce the salary bump to something like 5cbs per week active, however I prefer the waiver idea above.

How does everyone feel about this suggested change to the TS?