It is not about now but in the latter yrs of the deal. If they are stuck in bad long term deals they could get pushed into the dregs of the league. Exactly. I looked at a study that showed most of these FA deals are bad moves.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/video-of-uab-players-told-about-the-football-program-being-shut-down--video-124518809.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAvSuQEh6lI Athletics in college is built on a house of cards.