Where are these teams getting the money from that the Colts don't have? You do know that Most of the money in the NFL is off of tv revenue right? NFL doesn't have the size discrepency issue that the other sports do, because local revenue is a drop in the bucket. But even making the assumption that other teams are willing to spend more money on Peyton. So what. Why go with a salary cap system, instead of a system that encourages the owners to spend on the players? Salary cap is the lazy mans way of trying to control spending. MLB locks up drafted players into poor contracts for their first 6 years, and tons of teams use that time frame to sign players long term. Why couldn't a system like that work in the NFL? Of course your situation doesn't help in the situation, lets say the Colts over three years drafted a future hof quarterback, a hof running back, a hof receiver, hof saftety and hof linebacker. Under the salary cap system, they have No chance of keeping all of those players. Why should the smart organization that saw something that everyone else didn't, who developed these players into future hofers, be punished because of a salary cap system?