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| ('deadspin.com/1793893802', 5)                                                          | If Peterson were a more sympathetic figure ( and by now , you know all the reasons why he is n't ) , he would make a perfect example of how the current collective bargaining agreement is >>>screwing players over<<< , with rookies hogtied to below-market deals and quality veterans offered nothing but de facto one-year contracts . |
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| ('deadspin.com/1826204812', 64)                                                         | The rookie wage scale >>>incentivizes<<< teams to turn to younger , cheaper talent .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| ('deadspin.com/1829240877', 139)                                                        | Divide-and-conquer tactics like the one Schramm subjected the Cowboys to continue >>>to this day<<< , from workplace rules that favor veterans to a salary structure that has created a growing inequality between the league 's stars and the far larger class of younger , more vulnerable roster fodder .                               |
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| ('deadspin.com/1829240877', 362)                                                        | Goodell just re-upped for as much as $ 200 million in guaranteed money , even as guaranteed contracts remain a pipe dream for most players ; management is still finding >>>additional<<< ways to keep salaries down and divide the players                                                                                                |
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| ('deadspin.com/every-nfl-player-should-skip-otas-1795758600', 18)                       | To say as much is to engage in a gross misreading the same CBA that ownership and management consistently >>>weaponize<<< against you and exploit at your expense .                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| ('deadspin.com/every-nfl-player-should-skip-otas-1795758600', 25)                       | And , as >>>a commenter noted<<< shortly after this post was published , a serious injury during a workout at the team facility guarantees your salary for the upcoming season , whereas an injury sustained elsewhere may allow your team to withhold it .                                                                                |
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| ('deadspin.com/how-the-rise-of-comp-picks-is-chilling-nfl-free-agency-1833782354', 79)  | But if the league 's middle class began >>>slowly vanishing<<< thanks to contract mechanisms like injury splits , per-game-roster bonuses , one-year " prove it " deals , and contracts with voidable years , the comp-pick craze — which the rookie wage scale incentivizes — is only exacerbating the problem .                          |
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| ('deadspin.com/josh-norman-has-the-right-idea-but-the-wrong-solution-1828331619', 3)    | There is an inequality that 's baked into the pay structure for players — the NFL is a have and have-not league , with >>>a shrinking middle class<<< , and that disparity undoubtedly keeps getting worse .                                                                                                                               |
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| ('deadspin.com/josh-norman-has-the-right-idea-but-the-wrong-solution-1828331619', 16)   | In many ways , however , >>>this is by design<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| ('deadspin.com/leveon-bell-wants-more-than-running-back-money-1797124362', 35)          | All the more so in a league in which management consistently >>>threads the needle<<< to limit player compensation .                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| ('deadspin.com/nfl-players-are-preparing-for-a-fight-after-all-1826453530', 13)         | That most players have short careers , which limits their ability to maximize their earning power , only exacerbates the >>>divide<<< between the haves and have-nots .                                                                                                                                                                    |
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| ('deadspin.com/nfl-relocation-fees-are-revenues-the-players-will-never-1794214335', 26) | If nothing else , it 's a >>>consistent<<< strategy .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| ('deadspin.com/nfl-teams-have-a-new-way-to-avoid-paying-players-guaran-1795260160', 1)  | This offseason has already shone a light on the >>>increasing proliferation<<< of injury splits , per-game roster bonuses , a profusion of one-year deals , and guarantees that somehow void themselves automatically .                                                                                                                    |
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| ('deadspin.com/russell-wilson-is-getting-paid-1834074460', 4)                           | The NFL is >>>very much a have and have-not league<<< , but with revenues and the salary cap continuing to climb , there 's no doubt it 's good to be a quarterback :                                                                                                                                                                      |
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| ('deadspin.com/the-nflpa-found-a-fight-to-pick-with-the-nfl-1795892752', 6)             | NFL teams have certainly gotten wise to the CBA 's fine print , which would explain their >>>increasing reliance<<< on permitted contract mechanisms like injury splits , per-game roster bonuses , one-year deals , and contract years that magically vanish .                                                                            |
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| ('deadspin.com/why-only-the-nfl-doesnt-guarantee-contracts-1797020799', 64)             | I 've >>>banged<<< this drum in recent months , but teams now use the CBA as a cudgel to limit players ' earning power through a variety mechanisms like injury splits , per-game roster bonuses in lieu of salary , one-year deals , and contract years that automatically void .                                                         |
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| ('deadspin.com/why-only-the-nfl-doesnt-guarantee-contracts-1797020799', 157)            | This offseason has >>>brought attention<<< to the NFL 's shrinking middle class , and to the growing divide between veterans and younger players , which is creating " a have and have-not league , " as former Buccaneers GM and current ESPN analyst Mark Dominik described it to The Ringer 's Kevin Clark .                            |
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| ('deadspin.com/why-richard-shermans-49ers-contract-isnt-as-bad-as-it-s-1823804065', 61) | Critics of Sherman 's negotiating prowess ignore >>>how prevalent<<< team-friendly details like injury splits , per-game roster bonuses , automatic voids , and one-year deals have become in today 's NFL — on contracts being bargained by agents !                                                                                      |
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