Here's another idea, I'm not sure how well this would go over, but I'm just brainstorming here. What if we had a much lower rookie salary scale, but rookie salaries had performance incentives. (These numbers are just off the top of my head and for illustrative purposes only), but the top of the scale QBs could start at $400, RBs at $500, WRs at $350, TE and Ks at $150. Then, after the first year, the salaries are bumped based on their prior year's perfomance. Say if they turn out to be the #1 point score for their position, QBs get a 350 bump, rbs 500, wrs 300, te get 200, and kickers don't get incentives. If the score top five, a smaller bump, 6-10, and even smaller bump, and 11-20, a smaller bump, but still higher than the standard 10%. The incentives would be enforced each year of their original contract, but the could have celings, say QB-1100, RBs-2000, WR-1200, TE-500. This way, rookies start off much smaller, and their risk is lessoned. If they do produce, you still get at least one year of great value, but their salary will be brought in line with true market value. Even if they max out their salaries and turn out to be the best at their position, you are still getting value as their contract is under market value for the best at their position, but it is more realistic as it is higher than our current salary scale.
Thoughts?
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