GoSkins8921 Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 The answer to this is NO. It would buy the Seahawks a Superbowl, Paul Allen owns Yea he's got enough money that with no cap he could get any and every player he wanted. He's worth like 20x the next richest owner. ****, I bet he's worth as much as all of them combined, or pretty damn close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artmonkforHOF Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Dan Snyder VS Jerry Jones = Yankees V Red Sox (in baseball terms)An uncapped league means championships for the richest teams... $$ = best players. In my opinion, that removes the strategy required to own a team. I dont think it does. You might have a roster filled with the most expensive players at each position but that does not mean they will play well together. Football is the ultimate team game and if you start bringing in players who are only looking to get paid and think of themselves first, I dont think you will have a good team. In fact the "best" Skins uncapped team could go 4-12 just as easily as it could go 12-4. Look at other leagues that did not have a salary cap, like the old NHL. The Toronto Maple Leafs are a perfect study on this. After MLSE became the owners of the Leafs, there was no salary cap in the NHL. The leafs would sign a bunch of big name free agents every year and make as many deals as they could at the trade deadline. This went on for about 15 years and the Leafs did not even make it to the Eastern Confrence finals in any of those years. The leafs also got sucked in by a bunch of veterans who where good when they played with another team, but came to Toronto to relax and be close with family and never again achieve the levels of play they once had. If you consitently overpay for players, your team will have the stigma of being future FA's ATM machine. The last reason you want any FA to sign with your team is so they can "get paid", because once they "get paid", they tend to stop doing the things that helped get them paid in the first place, like working hard to get better (see Brandon Llyod). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artmonkforHOF Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 NO, you simly cannot "buy" a Super Bowl team. To win you need chemistry between the players and good coaching. You can have all the superstars you want but if they can't play well together it wont matter. Preach on! Let the Truth be heard! Amen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 well its how it was back in the true glory days. im all for it. this is professional football, and teams should be aloud to try all they can to win... esp with all the money flying around the nfl. In the 70's and 80's the TV deals were garbage and the NFL wasn't making alot of money. Once the billion dollar TV deals started rolling in, there had to be some sort of salary cap or certain teams could outbid other teams with their cash. Every team would get the same under the TV deal, but teams like the Redskins, Cowboys and Patriots make so much "Extra Money" through the franchise, that the Bengals, Bills and Packers could not match. Those teams were able to compete back then because there were no club seats, skyboxes or huge TV revenues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Look at other leagues that did not have a salary cap, like the old NHL. The Toronto Maple Leafs are a perfect study on this. After MLSE became the owners of the Leafs, there was no salary cap in the NHL. The leafs would sign a bunch of big name free agents every year and make as many deals as they could at the trade deadline. This went on for about 15 years and the Leafs did not even make it to the Eastern Confrence finals in any of those years. The leafs also got sucked in by a bunch of veterans who where good when they played with another team, but came to Toronto to relax and be close with family and never again achieve the levels of play they once had. And then once the NHL switched to a salary cap, the Maple Leafs had to get rid of talent because they were so far over the cap. Now, they still can't get rid of some high priced players, because those vets have no trade clauses (Sundin) and they can't do like the Capitals did and hoard draft picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyote4848 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 And then once the NHL switched to a salary cap, the Maple Leafs had to get rid of talent because they were so far over the cap. Now, they still can't get rid of some high priced players, because those vets have no trade clauses (Sundin) and they can't do like the Capitals did and hoard draft picks. What is this NHL that you speak of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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