03-26-2025, 05:42 PM
(03-26-2025, 04:16 PM)007BengalsFan Wrote: Why would anyone want the NFL to turn into something like MLB? Fully guaranteed contracts are a bad idea. Look at Cleveland with Deshaun Watson. Does anyone really want that for the entire NFL? It's not good for the team. Its not good for their fans. It's not good for the NFL as a whole. If players cant guarantee their same level of production why should their contracts be guaranteed. In my job if I start sucking at what I do, I get let go.
Being able to cut guys allows that extra money to go toward other guys that are playing better. What if everyone in the NFL were on guaranteed contracts right now and the salary cap stays flat? How would you pay all the rookies coming off their contracts? and other players coming off their current contracts that deserve a raise. You need to be able to cut players and give that money to other players that deserve a raise instead of those that are under-performing.
...and void years are bad too. You are borrowing money from future years to pay current players. Its like going to a check cashing place to borrow money on your future checks to pay a current debt. Next month when you have to pay bills, you have less money to cover your expenses.
This is not the right way to look at void years. It's closer to interest free same as cash as there is no fee to spreading the money out over several years. In reality it's a way to increase the cap. The Bengals just don't want to do it because with more cap space the more expectation there is to spend more money.
