Salary Cap Concept Map
The purpose of this assignment is to improve your understanding of the unique rules governing athlete salaries. This should help you understand the selection, relocation, and compensation of professional athletes in major team sports. You should also learn how these unique labor processes affect teams.
Create a concept map for your league that addresses the prompts below. Three core concepts (player selection, salary caps, and free agency) must be addressed. Each core concept should be explained with 10 or more bits of information. The relationship between the concepts and the bits of information should be explained with a variety of connections. Connections should be verbs or actions phrases. The relationships between the core concepts and their bits should also be diagrammed. A sample from a different class is provided here. Students can use PowerPoint, Adobe Illustrator or any other design software/website. Regardless of the format make sure the concept map is organized easy to follow and has a key. Submissions must be uploaded through Canvas.
Overall Criteria /30
Thirty boxes are present (avg. ten per content area)
Verbs/action phrases are used for every connection between boxes
Connector terms are not repeated excessively
Lines and arrows are directed correctly
At least two interactions exist between each content area
Core content areas
Player selection /5
Procedures, length, & various ways to select players
Rookie salary determinants
Signing bonuses & determinants
Length of player contracts
Salary Caps /5
Rules
Penalties/Luxury Taxes
Amount
Historical adjustments—How has it changed?
Reasons for adjustments—Why has is changed?
Free agency /5
Defined
How long until athletes are free agents?
Rules restricting free agents?
Free agent compensation provided
Rules constraining free agency
Organization (Ease of comprehension for the concept map) /10
Connecting lines do not cross each other
Content areas are coded by color or shape
A key is included to understand codes
Shapes and fonts are large enough to read
Total Points /55