Well then perhaps it's time the league completely overhauled how it compensates players.
How about this:
Salary cap: $35 million USD
League minimum: $500k USD
League maximum: $5 million USD
Win one round: team splits $5 million USD
Win two rounds: team splits an additional $10 million USD
Win three rounds: team splits an additional $15 million USD
Win the cup: team splits an additional $20 million USD
All playoff winnings will be split based on the percentage of the cap each player represents. Works out to the cup winning team splitting an additional $50 million USD.
This might be the only way to get passion back into the league at this point.