(05-22-2024, 01:00 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(05-22-2024, 12:42 PM)mikesez Wrote: 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.

Wow. 

You have an odd perspective of all this. 

The union negotiation AFFECTS the market. 
Player association members' contract status means very little in that dynamic. 

Of course the market will REFLECT the CBA at times.  It has a direct influence. 
Draft position absolutely matters in salary dispensation. And you will at times see a parallel between the CBA rookie structure and second contracts. It just makes too much sense. 

There is indeed a real market for running backs and it is affected by the CBA, and more importantly it is affected currently by a surplus wherein the supply exceeds demand driving down price. 

Simple. 

You want RBs to get paid more and see more 2nd contracts?  Slow down the production of the product. There are too many available.