(05-22-2024, 11:01 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(05-22-2024, 10:41 AM)mikesez Wrote: It is sort-of doing that, but the supplemental payouts are too small since, even after the supplement, Elliot was getting like 5x more per snap than Robinson was. Draft position should matter, but not that much.

That's one of the things leading you astray.
Draft position matters A LOT! 

Just look at the rookie salary guidelines by draft position. 

[b][b] [/b][/b]1st
$12.1 Million-$38.5 Million 
2nd
$6.3 Million-$9.9 Million
3rd
$5.5 Million-$6 Million 
4th
$4.5 Million-$4.8 Million 
5th
$4.2 Million-$4.4 Million 
6th
$4.1 Million-$4.2 Million 
7th
$4.09 Million-$4.13 Million


You've got rookies drafted 60 spots apart from each other and one gets a 38 million dollar deal while the other gets less than 7 million. 


No idea why you think we need to fix this. It simply isn't broken to begin with. It's the market doing what the market does based on the most simple principles of market fluctuation. 

The rookie table is set by negotiation between NFLPA and NFL.  Neither side brings any future rookies to the table.  Most of NFLPA voters are on their 2nd contract.  

A union negotiation is not a market.  The table was drawn up after the Sam Bradford debacle but the previous system wasn't really a market negotiation either.  The teams, after using their first overall pick, were unable to walk away from that player without totally losing the value of the pick.  When either side is unable to walk away, it is not a free market anymore.

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