Guaranteed Contracts are Death in a Salary Cap League

With all the news about the CBA out there these days (ok, a few stories Romero, Denz) I thought that a key point would be the key areas where the Players and League disagree. Some of these may have compromises, some will not. There will be points where one side or the other will get their way.

The main issues where the Players and League disagree are the following -

- Guaranteed Contracts
- Free Agency
- Club Autonomy
- Salary Floor
- Developmental Players

The secondary issues that are not necessarily CBA related (ht to denz again)

- Salary Cap
- Designated Player Slots
- Allocation

This isn't necessarily going to be another series of stories, but I think that the topics might build on each other.

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Sounder at Heart - Soccer From the Heart of the Sound @ Dec 18, 2009 11:39 PM EDT | Blog Profile