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Originally posted by Brain Dead Squirrel Chasers
One thing though, your proposal seems to remove most of the risk of drafting. Anyone can make mistakes and hurt by these current numbers.
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I would agree, but only to a certain extent. However, I think the revised system I outlined significantly increases the value of the draft picks, due to the fact that it increases the discount for mid level to high performing draft picks. Since essentially the picks are more valuable (since there is more value in the picks), the penalty of making a bad pick and getting no value for it is increased. It may not be increased enough to offset the increased discount of a good prospect, but it is an increase none the less.
As to Jake's comments, I am in agreement with you for the most part. However, as we seem to have the debate each year that the rookies salaries are too high, I just suggested a format like this because I'd prefer something like this to a blanket across the board reduction of the current rookie salary scale. I thought this might be a better compromise, but I'm all for giving the current system another year trial first.