Re: Leo Papile's math?

["James A. Hill" <jahill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just skip the guaranteed contracts and set the cap and the guys that just
coast would be let go.  It would make for a better fan experience and have a
strong influence on off court behavior and conditioning.  Set a cap on
owners profits as well with anything above that going into a fund to train
professional officials.  Make it equal as possible for everybody.

I don't see the down side for the guys that bring their A game, no matter
what skill level they have.  Plus what a player does off the court does
effect the entire league and other players financially, both positively and
negatively.

I don't see where what they do off the court shouldn't/can't have an impact
on their future league earning capacity.  The "good citizens" would benefit,
as some do now and the lesser citizens would suffer financially.  For most
fans, "off the job" behavior has an impact on their earning capacity.  Why
not the players/owners?

<Jim

Snip...
>Me, I'd still prefer to eliminate the whole thing, set a hard cap and a set
limit to the number of guaranteed contracts on a >team, so that you could
correct mistakes while rewarding the guys who should be rewarded. You'd just
be forced to evaluate >wisely who gets the guarantees. I still think it's
the guaranteed contracts to bad and mediocre players that are the real
>problem.

>Kim