The sad thing is, if you start arb earlier, which I think they should, then all we will see is a bunch of mediocre players get non tendered once they start to make real money. Like, if Pillar was a free agent, would he get 1/5 from someone? Maybe, but those types of players have no value in today's market. Imagine if Pillar was arb eligible after 2016. He would have easily been non tendered by now, and who knows what his salary would be. It would help the elite and really good talent, but may not do much for the others.
I'm curious to see how the league fixes this. Teams will always find a loophole.