Rookie Salary Cap

The NFLPA(National Football League Players Association)and the compliance departments from numerous East Coast schools have their work cut out for them prior to the beginning of the 2010 College Football Season. It has been reported on a player's Twitter page that some top prospects from colleges along the Eastern Seaboard have been seen at a party in Miami, Fl with reference to a sports agency sponsoring the party. The NFLPA rule for college players with eligibility is very simple: a college player with eligibility remaining can meet with an agent or someone from an agency but cannot accept anything of value or sign a contract with that agency until his final game is completed. Merely accepting a sandwich from a local hamburger chain is a violation as long as the player has eligibility remaining. Isn't this the norm where a few back door guys ruin IT for the large majority that follows the rules in not only the agent business but in many other areas. When the first choice in the draft is getting 39million guaranteed dollars like LSU QB JaMarcus Russell did, then the agencies feel that in order to get involved with a guy like this, they need to step it up a few notches. The maximum an agent can charge his client is 3% but you figure it out what 3% of 39 million is less the agencies expenses which can be substantial. Plus if the player becomes a superstar, then the agency may get involved into another huge contract(his second contract). It is not complicated. What is complicated to me is how much the NFL pays unproven rookies. A rookie Salary Cap needs to be established. Look how many flops there have been from the first round in the past 10 years. It is incredible. A rookie salary cap would open up more money for performance based payments to veterans that have had solid careers. God Bless QB Sam Bradford from Oklahoma for he may pull in 43 to 45 million guaranteed dollars from the St. Louis Rams before he steps out onto the field for his first regular season game. Plus do not forget, Sam Bradford had a serious injury to his throwing shoulder which sidelined him the latter half of the past season. Not to deprive rookies of signing bonuses and salaries, but it looks to me that a Rookie Salary Cap is an excellent business decision.