NFL Salaries
In today’s market based society, strong economic decisions are a crucial element to running a profitable NFL franchise. NFL owners are responsible for most major team decisions. Whether or not to sign, trade, or cut players are examples of what economic decisions NFL owners are faced with every day. Sports Illustrated’s Don Banks recently wrote an article that describes how NFL athletes are no longer running the show. With teams forced into tough financial choices by the salary cap, teams around the league seem to be a lot more harsh towards their players, even towards their so called franchise players. According to this article, NFL football today is intertwined with economics like two strands of ivy. The game is different than in the past. The league is more of a business money maker than in the past. Every time you look, a team is moving, a player is moving, the rules are changing. At the bottom of it all is the essential building block of economics: money. Recently the Philadelphia Eagles released Jeremiah Trotter, their defensive franchise player to cut back salary cap expenses. This did not go well with fans because he was great talent and strong defensive presence. This was a decision the team
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