two mandatory roster spots from 14-12 + work out the rest by cutting min vet contracts from 1mm to 500k cutting guaranteed contracts down to 4-5 instead of 5-6 with minor adjustments on the BRI--you should have a fair deal. I really do not think teams need more than 12(but a team should still would a have right to go to 14 if they wanted to--maybe a cut in salary to 250k for slot 14.

So thats.

A. Contract two teams--for example lets say New Orleans and Sacramento.
B. Cut mandatory roster spots to 12
C. Cut Minimum vet salaries from 1mm to 500k
D Cut player guaranteed contracts down to 5-4 from 6-5
E. Work out the rest on negotiating BFI

I think that is a very workable deal where most of the current contract stays the same
--only fringe jobs are affected(i.e lower slot/depth/bench players)two teams that are not pulling weight are removed and guaranteed contracts go down by 1 year--maybe with a team option on that last year. That way you get the players who deserve the money to stay where they are now--no major changes to the league and the actual product can become better(which could effect positively on the players with BRI in the future.

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