Wages of Sin

As is typical of the lack of reporting on the NFL-NFLPA labor talks, even the "world wide leader" in sports fails to provide the important details of the issues at hand. To wit, the "rookie wage scale" in which rookies would be slotted with certain salaries based on their draft position fails to mention how long their contracts under this plan would be. A not inconsiderable consideration given that most rookie contracts are 4 years and the average NFL career is ... 4 years. Meaning that most rookies will sign and earn one contract in their career, a contract that will be limited in the amount they will get paid under a new rookie wage scale.