How has the nbpa allowed max contracts for so long?

[Supercoolmayo]

Give teams one super max slot that allows a player to earn an uncapped salary that will only count against the cap as a regular max. Make it so each team can only sign one player at a time to the deal. So if Lebron is signed to one, no other Heat player can get the deal til Lebron's deal expires. That's the closest thing to true free market value for top tier NBA players. And it may help the competitive balance of the league.

Example: Lebron signs a 5 year/$250 mil deal. It counts against the Heat's cap as Lebron's regular max, and he gets twice as much. That way Lebron gets what he's truly worth, and the other players won't be left with pennies.

What if the bottom of the league is competing for mid level talent and give that contract to Joe Johnson?

 

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[tremonthustler1]

Get rid of the max contract and the draft

then downsize the league by a third.

 

[MIAlien]

What if the bottom of the league is competing for mid level talent and give that contract to Joe Johnson?

The regular max contracts are probably enough for nearly all mid level talent, but it could happen. This isn't idiot proof. I'm sure Brooklyn would've given Deron Williams over the max to keep him, and they'd be regretting it even more than they do now.

It could also help bad teams and teams in undesirable markets pull top players. It would reward the very best players by allowing them to truly earn what they're worth.

And it would expose those cheap owners and force them to pay up or lose their best players.

 

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[CodeBlaMeVi]

With a salary cap, max contracts are needed so the non superstars don't get left with peanuts.

Not really. In essence, the salary cap did that. Pay the stars and players what they're worth and not limit it. I know why the salary cap was implemented but still. Call a spade, a spade.

It is fukked up that players have a limit on what they can make but the owners don't.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

not sure if this has been mentioned, but having a max salary helps out the rank and file members get more money. the top guns get tons in sponsorship money and having the max allows the role players to get more money than they otherwise would

 

[tremonthustler1]

not sure if this has been mentioned, but having a max salary helps out the rank and file members get more money. the top guns get tons in sponsorship money and having the max allows the role players to get more money than they otherwise would

even without it, the rank and file will eat. The only way they wouldn't if is salaries overall decreased

 

[69 others]

not sure if this has been mentioned, but having a max salary helps out the rank and file members get more money. the top guns get tons in sponsorship money and having the max allows the role players to get more money than they otherwise would

how exactly does that work like someone said this shyt is unamerican, this is some commie shyt.

 

[FTBS]

No it wasn't. Once cable entered the equation, salaries exploded. This time 20 years ago the biggest contract in sports at the time I think was Greg Maddux at 4/57. Once Shaq and Jordan got their money it was like "damn, but that's Shaq and Jordan though." Once KG had the gall to turn DOWN $100 mil only to get the biggest deal in sports, shyt got real and teams weren't ready for that, hence the lockout of '99.

Guys teaming up to take lesser salaries is something owners didn't think they'd do (on one hand they're happy and they hope it depresses salaries moving forward, but on the other hand it empties the cupboard to where some teams don't have any sort of incentive to lure anyone.)



Without a cap, a handful of teams could pay everyone their worth all at once while the rest of the teams are forced to pay marginal stars LeBron money. The only thing that would change is the $$$

A team cap is fine...the issue is limiting individuals. The scenario u suggested cant happen within the scenario I suggested. Teams would only be able to resign their own guys for any price, not FAs.

 

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Yall out here talking about games being played.

Both the NFL and MLB generate roughly 9 billion dollars in revenue each year.

Just sayin.

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

how exactly does that work like someone said this shyt is unamerican, this is some commie shyt.

I agree. But so is any salary cap in general

 

[FTBS]

Give teams one super max slot that allows a player to earn an uncapped salary that will only count against the cap as a regular max. Make it so each team can only sign one player at a time to the deal. So if Lebron is signed to one, no other Heat player can get the deal til Lebron's deal expires. That's the closest thing to true free market value for top tier NBA players. And it may help the competitive balance of the league.

Example: Lebron signs a 5 year/$250 mil deal. It counts against the Heat's cap as Lebron's regular max, and he gets twice as much. That way Lebron gets what he's truly worth, and the other players won't be left with pennies.

I have suggested something like this. I would take it a step further and let teams resign their own guys for whatever with no penalty while keeping the limitations when guys go to new teams. Teams would no longer be able to hide behind "market". They would have to put their money where their mouth is. Never gonna happen though.