I am generally opposed to the salary cap. Not the whole concept, but just the way it works.

I am fine with the effect it has on preventing George Steinbrenner types. What I hate is how it is damn near impossible for teams to keep their own developed players for more than a few years.

There needs to be some MASSIVE cap discounts based on the number of years the player has ALREADY spent on that team. Or perhaps the %.

If a player has spent 100% of their years on a team, their salary should only count something like 50% against the cap.

75% of years played on the team, 75% against the cap.

50% of years played for the team, then their salary counts only 85% against the cap.

I hate seeing teams actually develop and draft their own talent, and then still suffer the same losses as teams that don't develop talent. I hate seeing players that have been together since draft day have to split up when they actually don't want to, but the money just isn't there (and I don't expect a player to take a huge pay cut just to stay with a team - that's not fair).