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Originally Posted by yourbestfriend
What, why does escrow matter at all for his teammates. Yes, technically when a player signs a huge contract he's contributing to increasing the amount of escrow, but that's not just to his teammates, but for everyone in the league, including himself. Any incremental increase in salaries over HRR will take money out of players pockets. It's a bit disingenuous to say Marner is the reason why his teammates are getting paid less.
That's also assuming the HRR number doesn't increase as much as salaries increase. HRR is expected to increase quite a bit in the next few years with multiple new revenue streams for the league so the increase in escrow shouldn't be an issue. Increase in revenue means cap will rise, which means players will start to get paid even more. The current UFA's and RFA's want some of that action.
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How much will HRR rise? Everyone banking on the US TV deal but certainly doesn’t seem other revenue streams are growing at a rapid pace.