Chapter 560: Hard salary cap

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Whether it is the NFL lockout or the NBA lockout, in the final analysis, the two sides are fighting for their own interests, the team wants to exploit more profits, and the players want to earn more income.
This has nothing to do with Lu Ke and Curry, but it is also related to Lu Ke and Curry. Going further, the contract signed after this lockout will affect the Union's salary trend in the next ten years, and it will most likely affect Lu Ke completely. And Curry's career. Therefore, everything is related to them.
So, this comes to an important question that everyone is extremely curious about: Why do NBA players earn several times more than NFL players?
To give a simple example, in the 2016 NFL offseason, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Lucker signed a six-year 140 million dollar contract, which is actually the last year's salary plus five years 100 million Twenty-three million, this is the largest contract in the history of the entire league.
But its edge was then easily surpassed by NBA player Mike Conley (Mike-Conley) in five years of 153 million.
More sadly, the guaranteed part of this contract is actually only 87 million, which can be compared to Evan-Fournier, who just renewed the Orlando Magic in the NBA. The contract signed during the same period was Eighty-five million in five years, fully guaranteed.
In other words, the NFL's highest contract ever created in the NBA is only mid-level. This is exactly the same as the cost of advertising endorsements, but why?
In terms of pure league revenues, the NFL is almost twice the NBA, and the number of viewers, advertising sponsorships, national topics, etc. all explode the latter. Among the four major sports leagues in North America, the NFL is the leading player in the NBA. But only ranked third.
However, in terms of players' personal income, it has created an incredibly large gap.
The specific reasons are more complicated to explain.
Both the NFL and the NBA have salary caps, and the calculation method for the salary caps of the two adopts a similar formula.
In the NFL, divide rugby-related income into different parts, multiplying each part by a different ratio, and adding them all up, dividing by 32 as the salary cap for each team; It is 47% to 48.5% of the total revenue of NFL football career.
The NBA also stipulates that the salary cap is 49% to 51% of the total income of the basketball business.
Therefore, whether it is the NBA or the NFL, if a contract with a larger increase is signed, then the wage level of the player will inevitably be greatly increased, resulting in the average wage level of rugby players is far inferior to the specific reasons of basketball players, mainly divided For two points:
First, the number of people.
Among the NFL teams, the number of people in the salary cap is the highest paid 51, while the maximum number of NBA teams is only 15 people.
In total, the NFL has more than 1,600 players sharing 48% of total revenue, while the NBA has only 450 people enjoying 50% of total revenue.
Therefore, even though the NFL's total income is almost double that of the NBA, the NFL's per capita salary is less than half of the NBA.
Second, the salary cap.
The NFL adopts a hard salary cap. If it is higher than the salary cap, it is not allowed to sign a contract, and there are no exceptions. In order to prevent transfer operations and player renewal from becoming passive, NFL teams often compress contract sums and contract guarantees, which also makes the team's revenue further controlled and compressed.
The NBA also has two lines of salary cap and luxury tax trigger point, but beyond the salary cap, there are still a series of additional conditions such as Bird special case, middle class special case, and biennial special case. Signing can be completed. Even if the luxury tax is exceeded, it is not a big problem. , The team only needs to pay a fine, as well as the players who can sign up to the favorite.
Because of this, there is also a huge gap between the salary income of rugby and basketball players, and there are many similarities with the cost of advertising endorsements; but overall, the average salary gap between the NFL and the NBA has not expanded further, but has remained With the continuous growth at a speed similar to the economic level, the upward trend is quite close.
In fact, the oppressive control brought about by the hard salary cap limits the average salary of NFL players, but in turn, it also enhances the average competitiveness of NFL's 32 teams, which in turn enhances the league's influence.
Because of the existence of a hard salary cap, it is almost difficult for a team to sign multiple top superstars at the same time. In addition, rugby already requires the offensive team, defensive team and special team to fully exert their strength in order to win the game, scattered in various parts Superstars are even more difficult to converge.
Naturally, the strength gap between the team and the team has not been able to fully open, the weak to win the strong, the small broad classic games are numerous.
More importantly, it also put an end to the situation of a single team, and continued the fierce competition every year.
Whether it is the NBA in the United States or the five major leagues in Europe, there have been historical dynasty teams that have dominated the country and swept through thousands of troops, creating an era of their own, which may even last for several years or even longer; but in this case, It is difficult to appear in the NFL.
First, after a team wins the Super Bowl, champions and powerful players are bound to be coveted by other teams, and the existence of hard salary caps also limits the possibility of the team continuing the main lineup intact. The overall strength is inevitable There are fluctuations.
Secondly, other teams can quickly complete the improvement of combat power through draft and free market adjustments, and further equalize the strength that is not far behind.
Three times, the playoffs are a single elimination system, adding many uncertainties.
Therefore, every year the Super Bowl champion is full of countless suspense, everything is possible, and the expected value is naturally rising; this also explains why there have never been three consecutive championship teams in the history of the NFL. Even the team with three crowns in four years has only two teams.
To some extent, the existence of a hard salary cap increases the visibility of rugby games, the competitiveness between teams is further narrowed, and the game is naturally more exciting and beautiful. The suspense of victory and defeat always exists and is firmly attracted. In the eyes of the fans. Even if this year suffered a terrible season, the coming year may make a comeback.
The 49 people in San Francisco this year are typical representatives.
To put it another way, the NFL lockout can be successfully ended. Player solidarity is one aspect, while player interests already occupy a small head, and the improvement space is not small. It is another aspect.
The NBA lockout is facing many difficulties. Even if it missed the new season, the team refused to make concessions. Players ’revenues have occupied a large part of the one hand. The team ’s revenues are far less than NFL bosses’, and naturally more Reluctance to let go is another.
The operation of the salary cap can also be regarded as one of the obvious gaps between the NFL and the NBA.
The difference in income between rugby players and basketball players has always been a hotly discussed topic in the US sports field, especially when the free market opened during the offseason.
Therefore, in this NFL lockout, players would rather give up the proportion of the total income, and they must also increase the upper limit of the hard salary cap, the purpose is to effectively increase the direct income of the players; but there is no hard salary in the NBA Cap, the argument between the players and the team is the vital interests of the bosses, and those old diehards naturally refuse to compromise.
For the two young people Lu Ke and Curry, the impact is not on the present, but on the future.
But when it comes back, neither of them can determine the direction of their future careers. After all, professional athletes are really full of too many variables. Curry is still suffering from injuries, and Lu Ke is only a first-year student. Therefore, this year's shutdown is not urgent for the two people. They must fight for a future first, and then worry about the benefits of the "future".
"How about you? How are you now? I heard that you have reopened the training camp?" Lu Ke is also watching the NBA lockout, learning that the league has finally restarted and is still happy for Curry. For players, competition and competition are the most important, Lu Ke always thinks so.
"Not as excited as expected." Curry exhaled for a long time, and there was some uncertainty in his tone. "But ... it still started to get excited. Finally, this year I can finally play." Curry's sigh made Lu Ke couldn't help but chuckled, "How about this year's opener, you should not be able to come over to watch the game?"
"Are you inviting me to spend Christmas with you? Does Ayesha know?" Lu Ke's response made Curry laugh happily.
This year's opener begins on Christmas Day, and will usher in the annual "Christmas War" simultaneously. It is conceivable that this year's special situation will usher in a full-scale outbreak on the day of the opener. It is definitely the annual prosperity of the NBA. You can imagine the excitement at that time just by making up your mind.
"I was thinking about when I had the opportunity to go to the candlestick stadium to watch a game. God, the game last night was really wonderful! After all, the on-site watching was still different!" Even if I think about it now, Curry couldn't help but shoot down the game. .
Lu Ke smiled, "If I go to Oakland and will not be beaten by raiders fans, I am always willing to go to Oracle Stadium to watch the game. Have I mentioned before? If I did not choose rugby, I would become a basketball player."
Curry rolled his eyes at Lu Ke's vomiting, "Please, the Raiders and the 49 can't be dead enemies, okay?" Then he shifted his attention, "I know you have played basketball, but you don't know At this point, what position do you play? "
"Uh, in elementary school, there was no strict distinction on the court. But I think it should be a guard ... right." Lu Ke scratched his head, even if he was not sure, and then the other end of the phone came. Curry's unbridled laughter--
primary school? A distant elementary school, but ... can it also be regarded as a basketball player?
Faced with such an exaggerated attitude of Curry, Lu Ke said quickly, "Who lost the shooting game last time in the studio shooting?"
Laughter stopped abruptly.