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Originally Posted by PoorMansCamaro

The decertification strategy, if successful, eventually would force the NFL’s franchises to impose common rules for the draft, free agency, salary cap, and other player acquisition and retention devices. Once the league’s team adopt such measures, the stage would be set for an antitrust action challenging the decision of 32 businesses to apply across-the-board rules.
But what if the league decides to let the 32 separate businesses operate that way? There would be no draft; NFL teams would recruit players like colleges do. Players would sign contracts and become free agents once those contracts expire. With no minimum salaries, owners could pay as much — or as little — as they want for any and all players, limited only by the minimum wage.
The question becomes whether such an approach would screw up the competitive balance of the league. When considering that several franchises hovering well below what would have been the salary floor for 2010 had successful seasons, teams may realize that overspending for a football team carries little or no guarantee of success on the field.
Though the league surely would never do it, a commitment to the same fiscal discipline that was seen in 2010 would prevent a situation in which only a handful of teams have a chance of winning the Super Bowl — and in which a handful of franchises would never be competitive.

I'm all for this. Sink or swim. Be competitive with your team, or lose it.