How the NFL is Cheating Rookies out of Millions of Dollars

[JakeF]

Originally Posted by O.city

When they bargained the new cab, the vets wanted smaller rookie deals so that more money would go to vets and 2nd/3rd contract guys.

What it did was create such a market loophole that it's so much cheaper to have guys playing on rookie deals, teams figured it out and it actually worked against vets.

The salary cap is still the salary cap, I don't see how it's working against the veterans. Teams are still paying the same total amount of money. Each team has some super players getting tons of money with cheap rookies making up for it. Veterans get more of the salary cap because of the rookie slotting.