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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
I don’t agree with signing many players to max term contracts. Nothing wrong with players earning their next deal.
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It's not about them needing to earn it, it's about prudent business decisions that benefit the team. It seems more and more teams are shying away from max term on superstars as they have found that it's better to have 5 stars in a 5 year window at $40 million, than 5 stars in an 8 year window at $55 million.
Just rebuild when the contracts run out, instead of wandering the desert with aging stars like the NHL has started to see with LA, Chicago, Anaheim etc. They'd still have those cups without the insanely long deals.
But I don't agree that some old school belief that players need to earn it should factor in at all.