If anything, the NBA and MLB will soon change their contract structures to resemble the NFL, not the other way around. These team owners in other sports need to get a clue. All they have to do is lock the players out untl they agree to a CBA that resembles what the NFL is doing. The owners can hold out longer than the players ever could.


These MLB contracts like the ones ARod and Pujols have are ridiculous. Granted, the team that signed them to those contracts are foolish and they should bear the brunt of the responsibility for being on the hook for all that cash but in the end, the fans suffer when a player long past his prime is still being paid and keeping a team from fielding a competitive team because of one player's salary.


Guys not performing shouldn't be paid, plain and simple. It's better for the fans and makes for a much better product. How many NBA and MLB teams are held hostage by some nirmrod making 10x the salary he should be making? It' a joke.


The NFL does it the right way. If you're a stud and you're performing, you're making bank and helping your team. If not, you're gone. That's what keeps the NFL as competitive as it is. These other sports suffer because they don't have the salary structures in place that they should have.


Within the next 10-15 years, look for all major sports teams to do what the NFL does. They could even grandfather in current contracts to make it easier to swallow for the players associations.

---