1. Do you feel that it would be a positive or a negative for the NFL to limit the franchise tag to a one year only option instead of the 2nd year option? Why or why not?
2. Put yourself in the leadership position of General Manager of an NFL team who has a star player who is a free agent that you can franchise tag or let become a free agent for all other teams to negotiate with. The salary cap for your team is at a point where you can fit the franchise tag's price under the cap and still have enough room to sign the rookies from the draft, but not much else. Your team is competitive and better with the player but the financial constraints and possible ill-content relationship with a franchise tagged player could loom large next season. How do you lead your team to balance the human capital component (i.e., the talent of the player vs replacing the player) along with the financial capital (i.e., salary cap dollars and salary paid to the player vs what you could do with with that money instead)? Think of the Results, Relationship and Responsibility and address how they factor into your decision.