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[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Defensewins

I have grown to hate the current system. The salary cap has diluted the play of the top teams in the nfl. There are less super teams. Plus we now have more weak teams.
Before salary cap we had Sf, NYG, Wash, Bears, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Dolphins, etc. we're all strong teams all at the same time. And these teams were deep, with plenty of talent on the bench.
Today we have two super teams, a handful of good teams and the rest struggle to field a complete lineup. I have never seen so many bad teams as we have today. For example the entire NFC east sucks. Not one strong team.

You are right, the era of the super teams is gone.

Is that really so bad? The era of the super teams was great...if you were one of the super teams. The bad teams had a hard time getting good and in the meantime knew that they were just whipping posts for SF, Dallas, and us. It was not a good time for fans of non-super teams.

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by Lotus

You are right, the era of the super teams is gone.

Is that really so bad? The era of the super teams was great...if you were one of the super teams. The bad teams had a hard time getting good and in the meantime knew that they were just whipping posts for SF, Dallas, and us. It was not a good time for fans of non-super teams.

It is bad because you force the top teams to eventually lose talent due to the salary cap Even if a high priced veteran and team want to stay together, the cap can make it impossible sometimes.
This is the main problem I have with the cap, teams work so hard to acquire talent and in certain situations have to part ways because of the cap. The player, team and its fans all lose. What is the point? To even the playing field for cheap owners do not want to spend when necessary to field a strong team. Raiders and Cleveland are like $40million under the cap. Wonder why they suck.?.?
Owners like Jack Kent Cooke took care of his veterans, why is that a bad thing? Some of today's owners are cheap and greedy.