Should players be paid for what they’ve done, or what they will do? Well, if you’re Le’Veon Bell, you want to paid for what you’ve done.
If you’re a first-round draft pick, you’d like to be paid for what people think you will do.
The right answer? There isn’t one. It’s a balancing act of rewarding past behavior and securing future contributions. Every situation is unique.
Get it wrong, and a general manager not only puts the future of their franchise at risk, but their own career.
Every year, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers pay their players to perform.