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C-C-C said 02/20, 11:19 PM
Well, the article quotes the ever popular "unnamed executive" as saying it 'wrecks the league' it doesn't take that stance on it's face. There is no "these guys" involved here. Who the hell knows who the source of said quote is? Could be the V.P. of janitorial supplies purchasing for all we know.

With that out of the way it's a completely absurd contract that wouldn't have been offered by ANY other team so throw out your econ 101 supply and demand argument. Al Davis is senile. He wants a player and he'll give that player whatever they want to become a Raider. Nothing he does makes football sense.

The same article explains how he also paid Lechler almost double what any punter...PUNTER in history has ever made.

Salary cap or not, these kinds of deals are indeed HORRIBLE for the league. It sets a precedent for agents and players to demand far more than they ever could in the past. It establishes a market value for all other free agent players at the position and makes negotiating that much more difficult.

Let's say you are a F.A. punter who is better than Lechler...are you now going to accept a deal that pays you half as much as he makes? Nope.

C-C-C said 02/21, 02:24 AM
See, this is where you show that you never got past Econ 101 and graduated to Econ 102.

Supply and demand only applies to a product being sold. That would be ticket sales, suites, beer, hot dogs, etc. Players don't fit that demographic.

Econ 102 would tell you that paying the talent to make you successful means being competitive salary wise and that precedent is set based on what your competitor pays comparable talent.

The market determines the price and by the Raiders WAY overpaying a couple of players the market for those positions just went way up. From now on NO top CB or top P is going to accept anything less than 'market value' for their services. Al Davis set the market value for those positions with his recklessness. It has nothing to do with supply and demand, we aren't talking about commodities anymore, we are talking about talent. And NONE of the talent is going to undersell themselves on the open market.

The market value of those type players is now set and every negotiation for every comparable player will now start at that number. By the Raiders paying so much, it now sets those positions as 'worth' what they paid.

Yes those deals hurt the league.

C-C-C said 02/23, 03:10 AM
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