BonesJones
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MY NBA ARBITRATION IDEA:
Here's my idea for increasing parity in the NBA. First, lets set up the salary cap to go along with this idea. We're going to start off by raising the salary cap $10M or so to $120M, to take into account higher paid contracts for stars without reducing the contracts of role players (a crucial part in getting the players to support the idea.) The luxery tax would be $135M, and the hard cap would remain the same at $160M (but closer to the salary cap than before). The next part would be to institute an arbitration system, where a panel of former players, statisticians, and other credible people would decide what a players "max earning" would be in the upcoming free agent market.
Now, lets get into how arbitration would work in two different scenarios:
FREE AGENT ARBITRATION:
In the 10 days between the draft and free agent period, star players (mostly their agents) would have the opportunity to apply for a higher "max contract". These agents would apply for arbitration hearings, where they hope to be rewarded with a higher max contract level for their max player than the max level decided by experience (25% for 0-6years, 30% for 7-9, 35% for 10+).
If a player gets rewarded with an arbitration hearing, that means that he will automatically be making more than his experience dictates. For example, if a 8th year player applies for arbitration, and gets a hearing, he will make more than 30% of the salary cap per year. If he's a top 5 NBA player, the arbitration panel will likely dictate he's worth 40-45% of the salary cap (apx. $50-55M a year). This system would allow the players previous team to offer a higher percentage than other teams in the market.
While this means that a higher percentage of the salary cap goes to star players, and thus a smaller percentage goes to lower tier, these role players would still make roughly the same amount of money due to the higher salary cap.
With a system like this, the Warriors wouldn't have been able to sign Durant last year, and Lebron wouldn't have been able to join Wade and Bosh. This would stop the creation of super teams.
There would also be arbitration for players under contract if they're criminally underpaid, which would've led to Stephen Curry making more money before last off-season, another factor that led to KD being able to sign with GSW:
UNDER CONTRACT ARBITRATION:
In this system, players who sign 3+ year contracts after their rookie deals will have the ability to apply for arbitration for a pay increase. Here's when it would be available based on contract length:
3-year deal: After 2nd season
4-year deal: After 2nd and 3rd season
5 year-deal: After 3rd and 4th season
Arbitration gets awarded when the arbitration panel deems that the player is worth at least 2 times more than their contract is paying them.
So after the 2nd year of his 4 year contract, Steph Curry would've applied for arbitration, which would've deemed he was worth more than $24M a year (double the $12M a year he was making), and would've granted him access to renegotiate his contract up to a max they set for him (which would likely be 40-45% of the salary cap).
Someone like Jimmy Butler could do so as well, as he'd likely be worth 35% of the $120M salary cap, which would be apx. $41M a year (double his $18M a year). Isaiah Thomas, Avery Bradley, and Jae Crowder would all receive arbitration hearings while under contract.
In this situation, the rest of the contract would get erased, but the team would still have rights over the player.
Under-contract arbitration's would be handled in a 7-day period between the draft and the free agent period.
There would be 2-different scenarios for under contract players:
Scenario 1 - Resign with current team
In this situation, the player would resign with his current team for a higher price (under the arbitration or experience given max). This player would have to sign for a minimum of the remaining years that were left on his contract, and for a maximum of 4 years.
Scenario 2 - Demand a trade
This scenario could arise from a team low-balling an arbitration approved player in contract negotiations. In this scenario, a player could formally demand a trade. Once a player demands a trade, his agent has 48 hours to contact GMs of opposing teams to gauge what they would pay their player if he was traded their. After those 48 hours are up, the agent must submit 7 teams that the player would like to go to the most, as well as submit the teams minimum payment with that teams approval. The players previous team would then be able to trade said player to any one of those teams for the best return they could get, and would have to do so before the arbitration period ends. If not, the team could release the player to the free agent market. In these outgoing arbitration trades, the players contract value is his previous earnings.
For example: If Jae Crowder applied for under-contract arbitration, he'd be approved as he's only making $6M a year. If the Celtics didn't want to pay Crowder more than $12M a year, and 7 teams (including Portland) told Crowder's agent they'd offer between $18M and $20M, Crowder would demand a trade. Crowder's agent would submit 7 teams Crowder could be traded too, including their minimum payment per year. Ex. (Portland - Min. $18M per year). We would only have to match Crowder's previous $6M contract and offer Boston the best trade package out of those 7 teams. After acquiring Crowder, we'd negotiate a new contract with Crowder above $18M per year. If we didn't agree on a contract with him by the end of the Under-Contract Arbitration Period (UCAP), his contract would default to $18M a year.
SUMMARY:
This would effectively kill the ability for multiple superstars to join forces with one another. Because the hard cap is 133% of the salary cap, and Durant and Curry would be worth around 45% of the salary cap, that would leave only 43% of the salary cap beneath the hard cap, which would barely be enough for Thompson or Green. Lebron would be worth around 45% of the salary cap, and Kyrie would be around 35%, leaving them at 80% of the salary cap.
The salary cap might need to be higher to keep role players yearly earnings the same, but it would increase star players contracts so it would be hard to not see the players voting in approval. TV ratings would go up tremendously with a more competitive, even league, so the owners slightly higher payrolls would be compensated with a higher league-wide revenue.
What's your opinion?
Here's my idea for increasing parity in the NBA. First, lets set up the salary cap to go along with this idea. We're going to start off by raising the salary cap $10M or so to $120M, to take into account higher paid contracts for stars without reducing the contracts of role players (a crucial part in getting the players to support the idea.) The luxery tax would be $135M, and the hard cap would remain the same at $160M (but closer to the salary cap than before). The next part would be to institute an arbitration system, where a panel of former players, statisticians, and other credible people would decide what a players "max earning" would be in the upcoming free agent market.
Now, lets get into how arbitration would work in two different scenarios:
FREE AGENT ARBITRATION:
In the 10 days between the draft and free agent period, star players (mostly their agents) would have the opportunity to apply for a higher "max contract". These agents would apply for arbitration hearings, where they hope to be rewarded with a higher max contract level for their max player than the max level decided by experience (25% for 0-6years, 30% for 7-9, 35% for 10+).
If a player gets rewarded with an arbitration hearing, that means that he will automatically be making more than his experience dictates. For example, if a 8th year player applies for arbitration, and gets a hearing, he will make more than 30% of the salary cap per year. If he's a top 5 NBA player, the arbitration panel will likely dictate he's worth 40-45% of the salary cap (apx. $50-55M a year). This system would allow the players previous team to offer a higher percentage than other teams in the market.
While this means that a higher percentage of the salary cap goes to star players, and thus a smaller percentage goes to lower tier, these role players would still make roughly the same amount of money due to the higher salary cap.
With a system like this, the Warriors wouldn't have been able to sign Durant last year, and Lebron wouldn't have been able to join Wade and Bosh. This would stop the creation of super teams.
There would also be arbitration for players under contract if they're criminally underpaid, which would've led to Stephen Curry making more money before last off-season, another factor that led to KD being able to sign with GSW:
UNDER CONTRACT ARBITRATION:
In this system, players who sign 3+ year contracts after their rookie deals will have the ability to apply for arbitration for a pay increase. Here's when it would be available based on contract length:
3-year deal: After 2nd season
4-year deal: After 2nd and 3rd season
5 year-deal: After 3rd and 4th season
Arbitration gets awarded when the arbitration panel deems that the player is worth at least 2 times more than their contract is paying them.
So after the 2nd year of his 4 year contract, Steph Curry would've applied for arbitration, which would've deemed he was worth more than $24M a year (double the $12M a year he was making), and would've granted him access to renegotiate his contract up to a max they set for him (which would likely be 40-45% of the salary cap).
Someone like Jimmy Butler could do so as well, as he'd likely be worth 35% of the $120M salary cap, which would be apx. $41M a year (double his $18M a year). Isaiah Thomas, Avery Bradley, and Jae Crowder would all receive arbitration hearings while under contract.
In this situation, the rest of the contract would get erased, but the team would still have rights over the player.
Under-contract arbitration's would be handled in a 7-day period between the draft and the free agent period.
There would be 2-different scenarios for under contract players:
Scenario 1 - Resign with current team
In this situation, the player would resign with his current team for a higher price (under the arbitration or experience given max). This player would have to sign for a minimum of the remaining years that were left on his contract, and for a maximum of 4 years.
Scenario 2 - Demand a trade
This scenario could arise from a team low-balling an arbitration approved player in contract negotiations. In this scenario, a player could formally demand a trade. Once a player demands a trade, his agent has 48 hours to contact GMs of opposing teams to gauge what they would pay their player if he was traded their. After those 48 hours are up, the agent must submit 7 teams that the player would like to go to the most, as well as submit the teams minimum payment with that teams approval. The players previous team would then be able to trade said player to any one of those teams for the best return they could get, and would have to do so before the arbitration period ends. If not, the team could release the player to the free agent market. In these outgoing arbitration trades, the players contract value is his previous earnings.
For example: If Jae Crowder applied for under-contract arbitration, he'd be approved as he's only making $6M a year. If the Celtics didn't want to pay Crowder more than $12M a year, and 7 teams (including Portland) told Crowder's agent they'd offer between $18M and $20M, Crowder would demand a trade. Crowder's agent would submit 7 teams Crowder could be traded too, including their minimum payment per year. Ex. (Portland - Min. $18M per year). We would only have to match Crowder's previous $6M contract and offer Boston the best trade package out of those 7 teams. After acquiring Crowder, we'd negotiate a new contract with Crowder above $18M per year. If we didn't agree on a contract with him by the end of the Under-Contract Arbitration Period (UCAP), his contract would default to $18M a year.
SUMMARY:
This would effectively kill the ability for multiple superstars to join forces with one another. Because the hard cap is 133% of the salary cap, and Durant and Curry would be worth around 45% of the salary cap, that would leave only 43% of the salary cap beneath the hard cap, which would barely be enough for Thompson or Green. Lebron would be worth around 45% of the salary cap, and Kyrie would be around 35%, leaving them at 80% of the salary cap.
The salary cap might need to be higher to keep role players yearly earnings the same, but it would increase star players contracts so it would be hard to not see the players voting in approval. TV ratings would go up tremendously with a more competitive, even league, so the owners slightly higher payrolls would be compensated with a higher league-wide revenue.
What's your opinion?
