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3. A salary cap will be instituted, however they believe they will be able to pay NFL non-first round picks more than what the rookie draft scale is in the current NFL Bargaining Agreement. The average NFL career is only 4 years long and if most of that is under your rookie contract, you have a better chance to maximize your earning potential in this new league.


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this is smart imo, b/c the new league has recognized an inefficiency in the amount of money these guys get - each NFL team could probably afford to pay them more.

however, this isn't a sustainable strategy b/c the NFL could easily react. the new league really shouldn't be competing on price at any level. I'm pretty sure that's right, though I'm far from an expert on NFL finances.