I think the idea of the salary cap is good. Creates more parity for the league, more competitiveness, all good things. My gripe with it right now is since it has not gone up in a few years, teams are fully locked in with no where to go. You know what fans hate? Losing their stars for nothing in free agency because you didn't have cap space. Two bad contracts on your roster essentially ends your team for 8 years. Fans love trades, but you can't make any because no one has space to do it. No one can load up for a playoff run because every trade has to be money in equal money out. Players aren't valued at playing anymore, its all value vs contract which is really tough. I think buyouts should be less penalizing. Like pretty much no cap penalty. You still have to pay the player, and he can sign elsewhere, but why cripple a team for 8+ years because of it. You realistically can't plan that far into the future. I also believe there should be some sort of 'home town' discount. After playing for a team for 5 years or something you get 10% off the cap hit.
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