Re: Leo Papile's math?

["hironaka@xxxxxxxxx"<hironaka@xxxxxxxxx>]

You can say the NFL is lucky to have such a system and 
that it works extraordinarily well for fans. But I can't 
see how any NBA or baseball owners could realistically 
bargain on non-guaranteed contracts, now that they are 
already the norm. If it could have been tabled previously 
as an issue, it probably would have been.

If guaranteed contracts are an irrevocable part of the 
NBA and other major leagues, I would greatly prefer that 
players can be "cut" with pay (without counting against 
the team cap). 

Cut players would become ordinary salaried employees, 
until a team offers them a revised contract to play 
(typically for MUCH less). Then the original team is off 
the hook for further payments to the idle, non-roster 
player.