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ROOKIE SALARY CAP: With NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell last week calling the current rookies contracts "ridiculous," ESPN's Marcellus Wiley said players “right now have to look at the CBA being torn up and say, ‘Okay, one of the first issues that’s going to be addressed is ... get a rookie salary cap like they do in the NBA and let these veterans get that money.' That has to be one of the first issues on the agenda.” Wiley: "Guys have realized that it’s better to play better in college than it is in the pros because you’re going to get a bigger payday just based off your BCS games, and that shouldn’t happen" (“NFL Live,” ESPN, 6/30). NFLPA President Kevin Mawae said of a rookie salary cap “I’m sure is going to be a point of contention and something that will be discussed during the (CBA).” But NFL Network’s Adam Schefter said a “lot of people feel the rookie wage scale is very effective.” Schefter noted there are deals "that jump out at you every single year, that get us talking about how out of kilter they all are,” including those of Dolphins OT Jake Long and Falcons QB Matt Ryan. However, there are "ways that the rookie wage scale right now is very effective, and in the majority of cases it works” (“NFL Total Access,” NFL Network, 6/30).

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