Teams' Free Agent Signings Likely to Cause Problems

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Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

I agree that player contracts are determined by supply and demand. But do you really think that a great player under contract who is getting 1/3 of what Dockery is getting is really going to be persuaded from holding out by being shown supply/demand curves?

In the case of players like Merriman who are under contract for a longish period of time and are by market standard grossly underpaid, the only solution i can think of (other than showning them supply/demand curves:cheeky-sm ) is re-working or re-siging these players. This is a fact of the NFL even though players have performance based bonuses you can't offer a rookie the same deal as an elite player, so when that guy become elite the team should resign them to an elite players deal.

This would be an annoying occurence for front office staff to do regularly but in order to keep a player happy and with your team, money is part of it. IMO if a player is happy with his current team he would stay for less money (not alot less but a little less) than he might get on the FA market. Teams will have to adapt to an exploding market by making sure their players don't hit the market. And based upon the article you've provide (a good one i might add) there may be a few players who will get a re-worked or new contract this season worth alot more than their current deals.