The truth about free agency

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(03-24-2019, 10:33 AM)fredtoast Wrote: The only "fake news" is that you think 9 examples over thirty years proves your point.  Those are the outliers.  The overwhelming majority of the time a player is not cut if he is earning his salary.

And the fact that you mention guys getting cut for "salary cap reasons" proves that they are overpaid.  If you sign a guy to a contract you can not afford to pay then that is "over paying".

If they were not overpaid they would get traded instead of cut.

Cap issues result in multiple players getting cut across the league each year. Most often they are mid-level players. Often, a cap cut occurs with a new staff implementing new schemes that may not fit a productive player. A good example is changing defensive alignment. And yes, a good bit of the time a player is not performing to the level of their contract