"home grown" isn't the noble enterprise it's sometimes made out to be. The rich teams get more picks (compensatory), and can afford to pay for guys, and can pay for international free agents. Mid-market teams that want to compete push for reform, but most teams prefer to have the top ~8 teams continue to reload because of revenue sharing.
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Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter?
Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards.