Future of the NFL Cap

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(07-11-2022, 02:48 PM)ATOTR Wrote: I’m trying to say this kindly.

Do you honestly think nfl teams/owners  are taking loans out to pay for their players salaries and payroll?

Some of them definitely did in the not-too-distant past. I think that's a bygone thing now and the owners are generally making enough money that they don't need to unless they're blowing all their NFL money propping up their non-NFL businesses or because of family issues. NFL revenue has tripled in the last 12 years, and soon it will explode even more because of the new TV/broadcasting deals, gambling money, and a new NFL Sunday Ticket deal. So unless they absolutely suck with their money, it shouldn't be an issue anymore.

Aside from the massive increase in revenue, what also helped was the rookie salary structure. Sam Bradford got an $18m signing bonus and $50m guaranteed on his rookie 1st overall deal. For comparison, 10 years later Joe Burrow got $24m signing bonus and $36m guaranteed on his rookie 1st overall deal. Despite the cap going from ~$120m to $198m in those 10 years. A bad team a couple years in a row in the past could easily get some real big contracts anchoring them down if they didn't work out a couple years in a row.