Higher Salary Cap Could Bring Long Term Changes in the NFL

by Ally White

This season the collective bargaining agreement decided to give the NFL salary cap managers a 20% increase in the spending limit. And since the extension kicked in it set the salary cap at a record $102 million, this made the teams to run out in pursue long term deals with core players.

The big salary cap increase, which by the way is the second-largest in league history on a percentage basis, coupled with improved cap management in general around the NFL, has resulted in some notable contracts that otherwise might have not been signed.

Just how much the practice of signing core players in the NFL, to long-term extensions early in the player’s career escalates remains undiscovered. Still, we can anticipate that early NFL extensions will become more ordinary around the league as the salary cap, which will go to $109 million in 2007, gets taller. And we will be waiting around to see the long-term ramifications of these long-term extensions that could be very interesting.

Maybe the event more likely to happen is with more players locked into such contracts, free agent classes will continue to shrink in quantity and quality every spring. There could be fewer attractive players in the market because teams might have secured their futures before they even approach free agent status.

About the Author

Ally White is a top senior copy writer on sportsbook action for http://www.instantactionsports.com

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