Smash Articles
14
Playoff Teams
Rule Changes
17 Game
Season
Low Lights
-
-
-
-
-
-
| |  
Kwesi's Draft Vs. Incentive Based
Payrolls: September 24, 2023
How painful it
was to break-in the new General Manager Rick Spielman. Sure many of the
corner stones of this Viking's roster came from under Spielman but there was a horrendous
amount of pain felt from the decisions that he was influenced to make over the
years. Now we find ourselves repeating those similar type errors as Quesi
makes those personnel decisions as he cuts his teeth ... gaining that valuable
experience ... at this organizations expense.
Regardless of how you might feel about it, when each years rookies class doesn't
pan out, there is a price to be paid. These youngsters represent definite
low cost play makers that become key additions to what this franchise intends to
do ... which is to win NFL Championships. When poor decisions are made,
the franchise must compensate by moving its limited resources by committing is
cap reserves. In other words, you are forced to react rather than to
act.
To be direct, there is a reason why free agents are on the market.
Firstly, anyone approaching or near free agency that is resigned is going to be
overpaid. Why? Well you need to look no further that our present
running back situation in the NFL. On rookie salaries over four years,
they could conceivably produce 60 to 70% of the entire offensive
production. What this means is that contracts, and the payment thereof, is
not incentive based. Contracts today are based upon what some organization
perceives that play-maker or non-play-maker might do. In short, regardless
of how you might feel, the aggregate of every free agent is vastly
overpaid. The problem with this system is only a select few benefit from
this system.
Does this mean that what Quesi is doing is incorrect? No! But that
doesn't matter because the present system has a knife at his throat. Why?
Because he's been forced to react by committing his future resources to paying
overpriced free agents. Now don't get me wrong, protecting Kirk Cousins is
paramount as he's a proven passer that can do it all, including losing if he chooses
to do so. You see, only Kirk Cousins can choose to loose & ultimately
only the clock can beat him. Whether you choose to believe that or not is
not relevant because it is true.
So this begs the question, who is running this league? Sure in great part
its the commissioner & his hidden set of pals that can influence the
ultimate outcomes that we know as entertainment but in large part it's being run
by a bunch of lawyers (collecting fees) based upon some well uninformed
owners.
Each year, there are 32 franchises, that get together to talk about money or
better said to talk about how much money they're going to make. Of course,
that amount is not equal as some will make more than others, but that's
for the uninformed, as long as they made more than the year before. What
they don't talk about is how that money, or better said, those resources are
spent. Today, 100% of each franchises spending cap falls under three
primary categories: In small part, the Rookie's 4 year spending plan
designed to develop players, a small part paid as incentive pay for players that
are well underpaid for their services, and the bulk of the money is committed
under each owners perceived future production of a play-maker.
Since there are 32 franchises that collectively determine the rules by which we
all play ... yes, that even includes the consumers ... it is time that they
develop a plan that begins the exertion toward gaining control over something
that is completely out of control. So, you're in denial ... take a look at
Deshaun Watson's 100% completely guaranteed contract, where if his season ended
today, would still need to be paid in full. Great for Deshaun ... not so
much for anyone else. Only a lawyer could come up with such insanity.
Again, it all begins with a plan. A plan that in time gains control over
this out of control system. It begins with an incentive based compensation
system that is based upon a percentage of the salary cap that is applied to all
players. Sure, in that first year, the incentives will not even begin to
be efficient however each year a two-thirds majority of the voting members can
vote on changes made to the incentive system. The key is to develop three
separate plans each year to be voted on by the main body to be submitted 3
months prior to the vote so that each proposal can be studied by each
franchise.
The next step is an irrevocable commitment to the incentive base structure and
it's time line. It might look like: 2% in 2024, 3% in 2024, 5% in 2025, 5%
in 2026, 5% in 2027, followed by a 5% increase each year until it reaches a
limit of 50% of the leagues cap for each franchise. Does that mean that
Deshaun would initially get a raise over his existing contract in the short
term? The answer is yes, as long as that payment is performance based as
it will apply to every player. What will happen is that in 5 years
time, all of the present madness developed by a bunch of lawyers legal insanity
will instead be taken over by the owners control of what is produced on the
field, which is exactly what the consumers of this product have been demanding
ever since they realized this thing was out of
control.
So you might be thinking that these play-makers, especially the
"Monumentally Perceived Ones", won't be happy due in part to a new
salary structure that is actually somewhat variable, based upon
incentives. Truth be told, incentive based pay has actually been in
existence going back to that first trick being turned. It actually works,
and don't kid yourself ... we all turn tricks. In other words, these
play-makers won't be able to pay for an overpriced piece of real estate or
assets that they will not be able to afford after they retire, which ultimately
causing them to go bankrupt. Oh! The plight of millionaires.
Yes, that is exactly right, they will have to actually forcibly have to budget
their monies ... a good life skill to have ... rather than to commit to
something they really don't understand in too many cases. Maybe, even of
hearing of these changes by the NFL owners, while playing in college, these
individuals might even choose to attend & learn within their accounting
classes by learning what is known as Corporate Tax Law ... rather than repeating
bad decisions over and over again. No, it is not book keeping, which is a
term that keeps you way from what is actually important. Maybe even one
day, instead of paying someone to do their accounting that eventually takes all
their money, they might hire someone to teach them the accounting rules &
regulations so that they can keep their money instead of giving it away in so
many numerous to count. Wouldn't it be nice for someone to instruct you
like they instruct Bill Gates or Warren Buffet into buying commercial real
estate or farm land which has always been productive instead of staying in a
state of perpetual abyss. Hey, I was born ignorant but in time ... not so
much. Ray Crock owned the McDonald's real estate where the restaurant
owners paid him, after he learned that the blood money was not in running a
restaurant (See Johnny
Unites).
With all due respect, these franchise groups, that are no doubt successful,
don't believe that their crap doesn't stick. What I'm saying is that they
are leaving significant money on the table because the entertainment on the
field is not for which they are paying. Hey, far be it from me to point
out that these groups have a pointed revolver at their heads ... playing a bit
of Russian Roulette ... but if you're suffering, then their is most certainly
someone laughing at you ... probably behind your back. My point is that
the game should played on the field ... not in your
head.
As for Kwesi, you have to trust that your decisions are sound, however your eyes
& ears need maybe a new set of glasses or a better hearing aid. You
cannot afford to miss out on your draft picks because NFL means "Not For
Long".
The Viking Ghost Writer
http://MyVikingBlood.org
Date: September 24, 2023
|
