re: NFL "Late Round" Rookie Salary Differences: 2008 to 2013

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Not that late round picks don't make much but that under the old CBA, the value of being in the early rounds was so great it was worth the risk. The new CBA significantly deflated what the early round picks are getting.

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Why can people not understand that that is actually the reason they SHOULD leave.

It used to be worth it for a player to stay an extra year to "improve his stock" and move from a 5th-7th round pick to a 2nd-3rd type player.

But now that the rookie wage scale locks in the lower values of even early round picks, the smarter move is to leave as soon as possible to get to the second contract where their value can be awarded by the market, not by a wage scale. Even if you're going to be a 6th round pick the benefit of staying and working your up to a 2 or 3 round grade is not that great.

If the OP was being honest, he would have analyzed the "Early Round" Rookie Salary Differences over the last 5 years. I expect the dropoff would be substantial.

That is why staying makes little to no sense.



OP is also wrong about Ego. He will go in the top 2 rounds, and could go ahead of Freak.