@madamtrashbat replied to your post “@madamtrashbat replied to your post “Arc I have to...”:
Look at this! Learning something new every day! I had no idea Tom Brady actually *was* a giant piece of shit, I always thought it was just that he was a douche outside of football.
Well, the Salary Cap can be seen as an almost union tactic; it's there to level the playing field and to help players make more money. If you're a skilled player but your team is capped out, you up and fucking move to another team that'll pay you more. (this is why getting mad at players for not being "loyal" is bullshit, they should chase the best payout they can)
Tom Brady subverted that bc he cared more about winning than the health of the sport and could afford to. Also he's a MAGA guy so fuck him, yep.
at some point we can get into "did his ex-wife curse him after their divorce" but that's much sillier NFL Lore