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So a 6.1% increase in the highest QB salary of 2017 would be a little over $25 million, but we see 2018 salaries much higher. Instead what we see for 2018 is $30 million being the top pay. That is over a 20% increase in top QB pay.
So if you are paying players 20% more when the cap only increased 6% you can see the math does not add up.
The arguments that AD should be paid a percentage based on QB is nonsense. If you really want to compare highest paid D players over time, measure their salary against the cap as a percentage of the total, this makes much more sense.
If you tried to sell your house in 2009 based on how much it increased the previous few years, you would be sitting on that listing for years. Markets matter, cash inventory matters. Let us stop with the bad arguments please.
The math is fine because not every player comes up every year.
And no one argued, that I have seen, that AD should be paid a percentage based exclusively on qb.
You don't measure against the cap you measure against the market. So the market for WRs getting 2nd contracts this year was around 16 M. Last year it was around 14 M. That's an annual increase of about 15%.
The issue then becomes what justification could anyone have for arbitrarily selecting one position (like best defender) and declaring no the increase for this one will be lower! But..not the others.
I agree about stopping with bad arguments, except I also think people should debate the arguments actually being made.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/08/2018 04:35AM by RamsFootballFans.com.
