What do you want to see in a new CBA?

[Daseal]

- Salary Cap/Floor. This is important to keep balance in the league. Granted the non-capped year gives teams more way to retain players (two tags, etc), but this will keep cheap teams from dumping all their decent players for money.

- Rookie slotted pay scale. Make them prove it. Every rookie gets a 3 year deal. Hell, the first deal shouldn't even require an agent. Let them keep it all. 3 years is enough time to prove yourself and get a full contract.

- Dump 2 preseason games, add two regular season, and extend the size of the roster to 60 players to count for attrition. Even without the extra games, recently rosters have been too bare late in the season.

- Plus a lot of other things people mentioned.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by Daseal

- Salary Cap/Floor. This is important to keep balance in the league. Granted the non-capped year gives teams more way to retain players (two tags, etc), but this will keep cheap teams from dumping all their decent players for money.

- Rookie slotted pay scale. Make them prove it. Every rookie gets a 3 year deal. Hell, the first deal shouldn't even require an agent. Let them keep it all. 3 years is enough time to prove yourself and get a full contract.

- Dump 2 preseason games, add two regular season, and extend the size of the roster to 60 players to count for attrition. Even without the extra games, recently rosters have been too bare late in the season.

- Plus a lot of other things people mentioned.

I agree with all of your points, although I don't necessarily think 2 regular season games need to be added. I think one neutral site game should be sufficient. Also, i agree with increasing the roster to 60 players, but I don't think there should be a practice squad or smaller gameday rosters. Each team should have a 60-player roster and all 60 players should be able to play on Sundays.

Other things i'd like to see:

-Get rid of the franchise tag completely. If it stays, it should only be for 1 year, at the average of the top 5 players at any position in the league.

-Set short contract-term limits. contracts longer than 4 years should not be allowed, period. all too often, players will hold out 1-2 years after signing 6-8 year contract because they're playing at a higher level than their current contract dictates. its a distraction that the league doesnt need. capping contracts at 4 years should ensure that contracts remain appropriate for a players performance.