(06-12-2022, 04:42 PM)Bullseye Wrote:

(06-07-2022, 11:47 AM)NYC4jags Wrote: That narrative of Kirk's deal altering the market is either total horse [BLEEP], or front offices have become horrible negotiators.

Why?

Admittedly I was not en economics or finance major, so you may need to dumb it down for me, but if an average WR gets paid an excessive amount in what is, by its very nature a restricted market, why wouldn't the upper end of the market adjust upward to put salaries in line?

...I see it being that agents and GMs communicate. If the writing is on the wall that this top WR is going to be looking for $50M in guarantees or $30m per year average, a lot of the negotiations are going to be working from there, if everyone assumes that top player is going to get that kind of money. Doesn't mean that top WR has to be the first signing of the season. 

If your neighbor puts their house on the market at $300K and you think they'll be getting offers around that, you wouldn't put your house on the market for $220K, even if it was not quite as updated as the next door place, would you? Your neighbor may not have a deal in hand yet, but if you know the asking price and you believe they can get it, it probably makes you assume more value in your own asset.

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