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OzRam
Although I can imagine agents/players trying their luck with it.. i.e.
Said home grown player is valued at $20m on the market, so home teams only counts $10m against the cap.
Agents will say that's a barging for the team so pay us $24m as you'll still only have to cap count £12M.
Whereas if you try to replace with a player valued at $20m from another team, the whole $20m will be cap counted!
I actually thought of what you brought up. Look, the rule can't force a guy to stay and I guess if a team wanted to pay more than the market value to keep the player, that would be their choice. But, neither the team nor the player is forced into this. I'm not saying that a player must accept the offer. But, one would think if 50% of that homegrown player's salary counted against the cap, then the team could always pay market value or maybe a bit more to keep the homegrown stars. And, I don't think if something like this were put into play it should just be for a couple years as a COVID profit loss thing. It's should be a part of upcoming bargaining agreement for the entire length of the agreement.
