NFL: Romo

[AsylumGuido]

(04-08-2013 11:11 AM)Xanthri Wrote:  I still dont get it all.....all teams pay these folks huge salaries, then it frees up cap.space, and then they have to ask these folks to.restructure to sign free agents over the years.....Flacco signed his contract then said he would cut his pay to bring back Boldin before he was traded.....i was.like then Why did you sign such a huge deal.....

Brees did same thing...argued over like 1.5 Mil a year, finally signed then offered to help jeep some of the guys he wanted to keep....just really weird in my book.

(04-08-2013 01:51 PM)Jesus Wrote:  Because its all for press. No football player has ever collected on their $100 million contract. It will always be restructured to make space. It always works like this:

Sign the rookie deal.
Get paid on next contract
Then restructure or look for a better deal with a team with a better outcome (potential super bowl or closer to home)

Ryan already got paid but to keep up with the QB deals he will get paid again. In three years he will restructure so that we can keep some of the pieces together then get extended at the end of the deal to retire a Falcon.

It's all so silly.

Most of these QB's are going to get their money. Restructuring does not mean reducing the amount for which they were contracted. It means rearranging the payment schedule along with more guarantees and/or an extension.

Flacco did not offer to cut his pay. Neither did Brady. Restructures ALWAYS help the player more than the team.

[Xanthri]

Actually Guido I will have to look for the link (not sure if I can find it, was a pretty small article and about a week Later Bolding was traded). Like 2 days after Flacco signed he offered to "help out" to resign Boldin to what he considered was a well deserved contract.....I only remember because I was like WTF!

Then as far as Brady was concerned he didn't make the offer, just said he was upset they didn't ask him as he felt there was something he could have done (for Brady I truly believe this was all show more than anything)

[AsylumGuido]

(04-08-2013 03:15 PM)Xanthri Wrote:  Actually Guido I will have to look for the link (not sure if I can find it, was a pretty small article and about a week Later Bolding was traded). Like 2 days after Flacco signed he offered to "help out" to resign Boldin to what he considered was a well deserved contract.....I only remember because I was like WTF!

Then as far as Brady was concerned he didn't make the offer, just said he was upset they didn't ask him as he felt there was something he could have done (for Brady I truly believe this was all show more than anything)

I don't doubt you, but it is usually a media member than doesn't quite understand the way it works that interprets it as a "pay cut".