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Originally posted by Bay Area Bloodsucking Insects
I'm not sure if I would support Brian's proposal to resturcture rookie contracts. I do agree the contracts are a bit too high and need to be resturctued but I am not sure if a performance based contract is the solution.
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How is there little risk? A busted pick is still a busted pick, it still a loss of opportunity. It'd be no different than now, where if a pick flops we just cut them off the DS with no cap hit and move on.
As for contract hits, I think the lower scale will make it possible for more rooks to make the active roster, and once ac1tivated the rooks would be suject to cap hits if released anyhow.
To me, Brian's proposal makes drafting more important, and makes the value of draft picks much more significant than the current system. In actuality, the proposed production based bonus system penalizes great picks with escalating contracts (but not so much so that the picks aren't worthwhile).
I love the idea more and more as I look deeper at it. Rookies get paid for production, and the risk to carry a prospect on the active roster is somewhat mitigated, AND... if I blow a pick I still blow an opportunity.