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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
It's not simply greed. When the team refuses to renegotiate a contract, it's acting with its rights under the contract it signed. If a player holds out, he is repudiating the contract he signed.
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Ty, you can't take the very thing we are arguing about and use it to draw a conclusion. I am arguing about the way it is set up. Of course they are acting rationally based on the current structure of the NFL. I am arguing that
that structure is unfair.
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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Because of the salary cap, success in the NFL is in large part a function of identifying talent and better than other teams and paying less for it. Deon Branch is going to make much more money for every yard he gains this year than he did last year. The immediate problem for the Seahawks now is not that it's going to cost them money -- they're going to max out under the cap regardless, right? Their problem now is how to put together a team going forward given that they have so much money tied up in Branch. So you can understand why management wants to hold talented players to their contracts -- it's their edge over their competitors.
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It is their edge under the current structure, yes. It is also their edge over the players.
But if contracts were guaranteed, they would actually be punished for poor decision-making and the teams who made the best decisions on talent would have an edge. If you believe Ryan Leaf is truly the best option, sign him to a guaranteed contract. If he's a bust, you're an asshole and you don't know what the fuck you are doing.
Whatever. I'm tired of this argument. Can we go back to talking about bricks?
TM
