Thread: The reality of the hard cap.

44 posts I just had to delete....

Guys, this is "Broncos Talk". This is not the lounge. Personal attacks, circumventing the text filter, going COMPLETELY off topic to discuss who is/isn't a style god, discussing gay sex or bbq'ing hookers, etcetera is not allowed in this area.

Take it to the lounge please and let those who come here to enjoy football discussions enjoy themselves as well.

My apologies.

One of the best parts about the board is that we have a lot of friends and a lot of personalities with running jokes. Even with all of that stuff, there was football posts with the gags. It is what it is. Message board snitching...two thumbs the **** down. And I'm not mad at you Davii as you have a job to do. I get it.

The hard cap makes it so teams have to operate on a somewhat even playing field. While revenue and the like does matter to some teams in competitiveness -coaching staffs and front offices aren't against the cap- by and large it forces GM's to draft well and try to sign players a year or two before they blow up and get a huge contract. Some players actually earn their deal -Von Miller, Rodgers, Brady, Watt- and others are just there to cash in because of a big cap jump/scarcity of the position/both/other factors -Okung is the primary offender this year- and it's a lot to manage.

Originally Posted by Davii

Take it to the lounge please and let those who come here to enjoy football discussions enjoy themselves as well.

Wait?

Are you saying im not amusing you? Do i not amuse you????

32 teamsX48 roster spots=1536 positions, counting everyone down to the backups' backups
32 teamsX7 draft rounds (not counting supplemental picks)=224 players

It doesn't take a math doctorate to figure out that if everyone drafted were good enough to even be a fourth string player few NFL players would last beyond 27, let alone into their mid-thirties. The reality is that after the middle of round 3 you're lucky to EVEN get backup quality players, and every draft pick after round 5 is just taking a flyer with nothing but upside simply because the cost (i.e. a low 5th or worse pick) is so minimal.

Backups aren't busting anyones cap, so if you get even a couple high-salary players out of a draft you're doing great, especially since you'll have them for peanuts the first four years and won't have to worry about paying them their worth until/unless it becomes evident and you're older stars have begun a decline that either makes them far more cap-friendly or forces them into outright retirement because the CBA guarantees 10+ year vets $1M just to ride pine.

The draft's an invaluable way to build teams; the cap and FA have only reinforced rather than weakened that, since it's no longer possible to make rookies indentured servants throughout their careers. You just have to 1) take the long view, 2) scout well and 3) anticipate holes (i.e. take the long view.)

So, who's the snitch, King? It wasn't reported by anyone in this thread who is not a mod. It broke rules, stepped over a lot of boundaries and bullying a poster because some of you don't value their posts. ..it's childish bs that I really thought members of this board were above.

If you didn't or don't see what was wrong with the posts that were deleted, then that's probably a large part of the problem.

Originally Posted by GEM

So, who's the snitch, King? It wasn't reported by anyone in this thread who is not a mod. It broke rules, stepped over a lot of boundaries and bullying a poster because some of you don't value their posts. ..it's childish bs that I really thought members of this board were above.

If you didn't or don't see what was wrong with the posts that were deleted, then that's probably a large part of the problem.

Whoever reported it is the one who is the snitch. Threads go off-topic. And I don't mean to be rude, or blunt, or anything negative, but I've not been able to think of any poster here who has been here awhile who hasn't done it.

I demand my minions gif be reinstated.

Just my two cents, but I think this thread would have been better off being moved to the lounge than having basically all of it deleted.

Or, alternatively, we can keep lounge talk in the lounge in the first place.

Originally Posted by Von Kinger

Whoever reported it is the one who is the snitch. Threads go off-topic. And I don't mean to be rude, or blunt, or anything negative, but I've not been able to think of any poster here who has been here awhile who hasn't done it.

A mod read through and saw rules broken. I'm sure had the original poster wanted this in the lounge, that's where they would have started it.

Why would this be started in the lounge? It's Broncos, Patriots, rules and football related. And threads shouldn't have to be moved because of a couple posters decided to derail it as a bully tactic. If you don't have constructive shit to say and add to a thread, post the lounge talk in the lounge.

Its pretty off topic now. Thanks mods.....

I support law enforcement. :mhs:



Sorry Davii, I'll leave your pic to North.

Davii bringing the pain and King whining about it. Some things never change.