*too naive and ill informed to know they’re being taken to the cleaners right off the bat. *
They DO know they’re being taken to the cleaners. The problem is they have no choice. They’re stuck with the team that drafted them.
Every NFL team should rent an office in Florida or Texas and call it their HQ.
“Every NFL team should rent an office in Florida or Texas and call it their HQ.”
Pretty sure every team is officially based in Delaware for just this reason.
There is talk in a couple of leagues of reworking it so that the players officially work for the league itself. The league can claim to be national, and thus bonuses can be paid wherever taxes are lowest.