Tony Romo is with CBS, Jay Cutler has a gig at Fox and Colin Kaepernick has moved to New York while still searching for employment. At this time a year ago all three were No. 1 on the depth chart of NFC teams. They may have little more in common than that they throw footballs right-handed, but there may be one other element that has led to their lifestyle changes.
The rookie wage scale.
There are any number of ways that players associations can negotiate bad deals with sports owners, and the NFLPA has pretty much demonstrated all of them through the years.