“The top-of-the-line player makes this, and if you’re not that type of guy, you know you’re not going to make that. That’s what the NFL does. So the problem is, you got a guy that’s not that darn good, but he could go to another school and they give him a half million dollars and you can’t compete with that. And it don’t make sense.”

Deion Sanders · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-10

Deion Sanders explained how a salary cap would introduce tiered compensation similar to the NFL.