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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Hum, I don't know about that. The top draft pick in this year's draft signed a $6.5 M bonus. The last player in the first round got a $1.5 M bonus. That's more than the NBA plays rookies (top pick gets a $4.6 M for the first year). NFL is less than that.
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There is now a slotting system and hard caps on draft spending and, worse, on international free agents. Focusing on the top pick neglects the dozens of early rounders getting take-it-or-leave-it low 6 digit bonuses they have to live off for four to eight years and the hundreds who only get token bonuses and get three to five months of pay in the low 4 figures.
All to make sure the sure the 32 year old free agents get every last dime that isn't nailed down.
The system in place heavily rewards the top performers and a few lucky mediocrities at the expense of thousands of younger newcomers who could reslly use a few crumbs off the free agency pie.
Not unlike traditional publishing.
And for the same reasons: it worked fine for granpappy so it'll work fine for you.
Here:
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/03/mino...-mlb-bud-selig
Edit: For context: The rule 4 draft typically runs 50-60 rounds. Bonuses for 10th rounders run around $130k. After agent fees and taxes that is closer to $50k. Hall of fame talents have been drafted as low as the 27th round and lower for token bonuses in the hundreds.
And those million dollar bonus babies need opponents to play against and teamates to play with, hence the organizational players drafted low.