(09-18-2019, 01:16 PM)JackCity Wrote:

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(09-18-2019, 01:11 PM)NYC4jags Wrote: Players can want out of bad situations all they want.
 Making it easy for them to extricate themselves is simply going to create a landslide redistribution of talent away from small markets and struggling teams. How in the heck does that make the league better?

The more empowered players are in a brutal sport like the NFL the better for them. We've seen two HOF caliber talents retire due to how tough the sport is on their body and mind. 

If the billionaires want to prevent their team from suffering from a superstar leaving they should make a competent team. 

Parity in the NFL is forced via the draft and salary cap. Stars leaving awful teams I'd a direct reflection of bad organisations making bad decisions

I'll not belabour our differing views on this. I'll only say that I believe you have an overly optimistic view of how things will work out for the league if players are as empowered as you'd like them to be. That's fine. We envision that outcome differently. 

It sounds cliché - but there are only 32 teams and 22 starting spots for each. It's a tremendous honor to win any of those jobs among the legions vying for the positions. I don't think some great empowerment to move about within that structure is required. 

I won't sit here and pretend to have all the answers to remedy the situation. I'll only say I don't want to see the league relegate small markets to a state of near-constant struggle because players are dictating personnel moves about the league.

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