I also find it worrying that the league's identity will be impacted negatively by a lot of movement amongst players. A huge selling point for the league are the players, their connection with their respective communities and fans. If players are constantly changing rosters, it obviously makes it harder for a player to establish an identity and goodwill with the fans.Lionsfan65 wrote:I think a lot of the recent player movement also has to do with the popularity of one year contracts. Free agency has always been a part of any major sports league, however there was an unprecedented amount of player movement over the past couple of seasons (and its shaping up to be the same this year). While the one year contract benefits the player, as they are able to earn more money with new contracts, and also extending their NFL window, these contracts hurt the teams, and the league in general. With more players going to free agency it leads to more roster turnover and therefore makes it difficult for successful teams to hold onto all their players and remain competitive. It also hurts the league as a large chunk of revenue comes from the fans, through ticket sales, and merchandise sales. Being a smaller league fans identify with certain athletes, and this becomes harder to do as players change teams every couple of years. Just my
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That said, this era of the one-year contract is still young and maybe the movement of players between teams won't be as massive in the end as the potential could indicate.
As for the Leo's, just be glad they aren't in the same boat as the RedBlacks who have the largest numbers of pending FAs. And they recently lost 3 of their starting defensive secondary.
