Re: They don\'t need changing...
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But that is built into the extravagant salaries they pay them in the form of an implicit option.
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Compared to other sports, I wouldn't call the NFL player salaries extravagant. First round draft picks being the slight exception. This is thanks in large part to an effective salary cap. The owners kicked the players' butt in the last CBA.
The Gates situation is interesting because the Chargers want to sign him to a long term deal and Gates doesn't want that. He also doesn't want to play one season for $350k. The reason he doesn't want a long term deal is that if a new CBA is not reached by October, the 2007 season will not have a salary cap. Many players of course want to cash in big time in '07. The stories I've seen are that the owners and the players are not even in the same ballpark in their negotiations for a CBA right now so I wouldn't expect to see a new one signed by October.
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