What If: NFL Player Salaries Were Strictly Performance-Based

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Published: June 2, 2009

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... It should, as the two sides appear to be far apart on even the smallest issues.

The major concern, money, made me think of possible solutions to give to those who sit at the bargaining table. One key point to this idea; make player's salaries and incentives performance-based.

The first step in this process would be to have an independent council, preferably arbitration folks, set benchmarks for base salaries. These baseline numbers should reflect minimums for position, and years in the league. Once the minimums are established, the council should then set performance bonus standards by position.

Some examples could be the number of games started, number of games played in, or the number of plays participated in during a game. Some advanced benchmarks could be completion percentages, catches, rushing yards, touchdowns scored, etc.

Each year, a player's base salary would be guaranteed, with four years the maximum amount of time be signed with a team. The...

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