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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla
The value now is certainly in rookie contracts and, therefore, draft picks at the position.
If the NFL isn't careful, talented backs are going to be moving to WR in droves prior to college. Hell, it's probably already happening.
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I said it before and I'll say it again. The NFL has a real problem with RBs facing higher incidences of CTE and debilitating injury than other positions and being among the lowest paid. Not to mention their careers tend to be shorter. Hell, these days if you tag a RB, isn't he getting paid less than a tagged G?
They need to put in a universal payment structure for these guys if they want to keep talent at the position. Teams offer contracts as normal, but they shave a few million off the cap from each team, and it gets distributed to RBs on a per carry basis. All the money goes into a big pot and gets doled out at the end of the season as a bonus-- it doesn't come directly out of a team's salary cap so that teams don't feel pressured to save a couple million per season by limiting the RB carries.
So now at least if you come out of college, get worked to death, and injuries take you out of the game before you can get a lucrative 2nd contract (all the more rare these days for the position) at least you're not walking away with only diddly squat 6th round rookie money and a lifetime of health problems. You got chewed up and used, but you're going to get paid for getting chewed up and used.