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Originally Posted by xXDeuce7Xx
Think it's the exact opposite actually, in the NBA at least. Lebron is forced to sign for far less than he's worth because he's limited by the max, while average players consistently get overpaid simply for being 6'10+ or super athletic.
I guess it's different from sport to sport and having a max contract certainly makes things worse for the star players. I was mainly thinking about the NFL because it's the only thing Ive really followed
The life of a guy in a marginal spot on a NFL roster must be grueling. You're slowly killing yourself while you can basically lose your job and your income from one day to the next. Compared to that a marginal premier league player has it much better.
I think baseball is a little different, but with many of the same problems. You have to play for years in the league before you really can get paid.
The downside is that John Henry probably gets less value from his football players than from his baseball players, but Sterling has a family to take care of, so Henry will have to settle for £49m.