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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
I don’t think the issue is that the players don’t understand how escrow works. I think the players just want to be paid what their contract states. I understand that the league wants their guaranteed 50% of HRR but I can also see why the players don’t feel as though it’s fair to have a percentage of their salaries being withheld because, as you said, the teams are spending too much money. The players have no control over how much a team decides to spend on salary above the cap midpoint, yet the players are the ones who are being forced to assume the financial risks associated with those decisions even if they play for a team that spends below the midpoint.
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The teams also have no control over how much other teams spend. The system estimates the total pool, then adjusts it fairly. There is nothing sinister going on, their contracts explain this system thoroughly.
And the players are not taking the risk, though I am not surprised that you would try to state that they are. The system is very clear: 50% of HRR goes to players, regardless of whether the original contracts under-paid them, or over-paid them. Unfortunately, despite this very clear split, they have people whispering in their ears that they are taking the risk and they are being shafted.
As several people have stated, there are other ways to do it which would minimize the escrow. But that doesn't change the bottom line: the players get 50% of HRR, regardless.
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It also shouldn’t be difficult for anyone to understand why the players want to be paid what their contracts state. How many people do you know who have a portion of their salary withheld to safeguard their employer from their own potentially poor decisions? My guess is probably not very many.
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Both I, and my wife, have a portion of our salaries withheld, for the same reason the players do: actual revenues aren't known until the end of the year.
Again, this isn't some sort of plot against the players, nor is it a protection against GMs that overspend. It is simply a mechanism to ensure the accuracy of all contracts, and that the players receive what they are supposed to receive.
It also speaks volumes that you would manage to spin it in a way that suggests the players are somehow being wrong done by.