seelenjaeger :
Oh come on Crazy, not you now. We´ve settled that before.
He is completely right. First round draft picks are guaranteed contracts BUT you don´t HAVE to sign ANYONE. If you don´t sign him, the player counts against the cap, but there is NO money transfer at all. You don´t have to pay. Period.
OK, great - so we will define it differently;
A player has a gurantee contract (higher on higher leagues);
He can be fired or hired, but CANNOT be sold.
An outercome of firing a draft player is that other draft players will want more to secure their contract, meaning that on folllowing seasons draft players will ask for more salary.