Aaron Rodgers: NFL should adopt NBA's salary-cap rules
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who bought a minority stake in the Milwaukee Bucks in April, wants the NFL to take a closer look at how the NBA handles salary caps.
"(The NFL) have sort of a tough situation," Rodgers told Kevin Clark of The Ringer. "I think one thing you could definitely look at that would influence the way contracts are done is a hard cap versus a non-hard cap - like the NBA, where there's a cap, then there's luxury tax.
"I would allow teams to go over the cap knowing (that) if they do, since there's not a hard cap, they are going to be faced with some luxury-tax issues and they'd change their strategy. It's not like we're hurting - just like the NBA, we're not hurting for revenue. We're doing excellent in the NFL and the NBA is doing fantastic as well."
The star quarterback would also eliminate franchise tags, which he believes would benefit both players and teams in the long run.
"Because I think (the franchise tag) gives the team a lot of power over your future, and they can tag you a couple of times," Rodgers said. "That, obviously, restricts player movement.
"I think if you didn't have it, it would encourage teams to get deals done earlier, and in the long run, it actually might save them money. Because you're doing a guy's deal a year before he's ready to play, especially young guys. Maybe they get him for cheap and, if he has a huge season his last year, cheaper than they would have gotten him after that season, if you sign him early."
Rodgers is currently negotiating a contract extension of his own, and there's optimism a deal could be reached before the season.