Veterans can negotiate their own contracts as free agents, while young players must accept what their team pays them as long as it meets the minimum salary.

老球员可以以自由经纪人的身份和球员谈成合约，年轻球员对于球队给的薪水，只要符合最低水平，就只有接受的份。

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For example, a somewhat aggressive team salary cap, coupled with a higher minimum salary for players and revenue sharing that redistributes money from large-market teams to small-market teams, may be in the interest of a majority of owners and players, but would be unacceptable to the folks at the table.

FORBES: Not all interested parties are at the bargaining table.

There are, of course, thorny matters that still need clearing-up, including provisions about testing for human growth hormone, minimum team salaries and how the spread of guaranteed signing bonuses affects the salary cap, and long-term health of players players.

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