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Florio had Daniel Kaplan from the Sportsbusiness Journal on his radio program and Kaplan said that Jeff Kessler, the NFLPA outside attorney, has been fighting to get rid of the draft, salary cap, and free agency system and go to a pure free market system since Gene Upshaw was NFLPA president and Upshaw basically had to reign him in. Hopefully, DeMaurice Smith is smart enough to reign him in.
Florio is correct to assess that it would be horrible for most of the players in the league while great for the superstars. Yes the Tom Bradys of the league will make $100 million a year, but the Brian Hoyers of the league will likely make $30-50k. Especially the guys who aren't activated for games and are primarily used as scout team players, there isn't a pressing need for the owners to pay anything for these guys.
No matter which side of the argument you are on, you gotta be wonder if Smith will be smart enough to be like Upshaw and reign the guy in before his push to gain leverage on the owners backfires or stupid enough to screw over most of the players completely by pushing for a free market system. The only people who win in that type of system are big market owners and the top talent in the league. Small market owners and back ups get screwed big time in that system.
Pondering a future without the NFL Draft | ProFootballTalk
Florio is correct to assess that it would be horrible for most of the players in the league while great for the superstars. Yes the Tom Bradys of the league will make $100 million a year, but the Brian Hoyers of the league will likely make $30-50k. Especially the guys who aren't activated for games and are primarily used as scout team players, there isn't a pressing need for the owners to pay anything for these guys.
No matter which side of the argument you are on, you gotta be wonder if Smith will be smart enough to be like Upshaw and reign the guy in before his push to gain leverage on the owners backfires or stupid enough to screw over most of the players completely by pushing for a free market system. The only people who win in that type of system are big market owners and the top talent in the league. Small market owners and back ups get screwed big time in that system.
Pondering a future without the NFL Draft | ProFootballTalk