Axxon
08-16-2006, 10:17 PM
Ok, this idea was inspired by this opinion piece talking about Parcells being ticked at TO.
hxxp://msnbc.msn.com/id/14377377/
It's too long to quote but I'll quote the beginning
Parcells already tired of T.O.’s selfish ways
Tuna won't say it publicly, but he's sick of Owens’ doing only what he wants
Stephen Dunn / Getty Images file
Bill Parcells hasn't said so publicly, but Cowboys sources say he's fed up with Terrell Owens' lack of practices already, MSNBC.com contributor Jim Reeves writes.
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COMMENTARY
By Jim Reeves
MSNBC contributor
Updated: 3:33 p.m. MT Aug 16, 2006
In his first mini-camp as Dallas Cowboys coach in 1989, Jimmy Johnson once pointed a player toward the “asthma field,” which, of course, was the Jimster’s euphemism for the exit door at the team’s Valley Ranch training complex.
Too bad Bill Parcells, the Cowboys’ current boss, doesn’t have a “pain-in-the-neck field” he could point to right about now.
There is no escape hatch for Parcells and the Cowboys, though. They’re stuck with Terrell Owens, and they know it.
Now, it's too early to really call this anything but what if it is? What I was thinking was that a team should be able to spend part of it's current salary cap as a form of insurance against the player not playing for the team ( with the exception of the player being cut for nonperformance and maybe even for that ).
Injuries or attitude issues or legal problems however, would be covered. The cost would be based on a percentage of the players cap cost that season and if the player was unable/unwilling to play, the team could deactivate the player and recover that cap space to use.
The team would have to sever ties to the player making them free agents but they wouldn't be stuck on the line for long term injuries or malcontents and it would reward teams who can stay under the cap and keep the fans from being screwed by players who try to wreck their team.
How does something like this sound?
hxxp://msnbc.msn.com/id/14377377/
It's too long to quote but I'll quote the beginning
Parcells already tired of T.O.’s selfish ways
Tuna won't say it publicly, but he's sick of Owens’ doing only what he wants
Stephen Dunn / Getty Images file
Bill Parcells hasn't said so publicly, but Cowboys sources say he's fed up with Terrell Owens' lack of practices already, MSNBC.com contributor Jim Reeves writes.
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• Drug-resistant skin infections spreading fast
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By Jim Reeves
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Updated: 3:33 p.m. MT Aug 16, 2006
In his first mini-camp as Dallas Cowboys coach in 1989, Jimmy Johnson once pointed a player toward the “asthma field,” which, of course, was the Jimster’s euphemism for the exit door at the team’s Valley Ranch training complex.
Too bad Bill Parcells, the Cowboys’ current boss, doesn’t have a “pain-in-the-neck field” he could point to right about now.
There is no escape hatch for Parcells and the Cowboys, though. They’re stuck with Terrell Owens, and they know it.
Now, it's too early to really call this anything but what if it is? What I was thinking was that a team should be able to spend part of it's current salary cap as a form of insurance against the player not playing for the team ( with the exception of the player being cut for nonperformance and maybe even for that ).
Injuries or attitude issues or legal problems however, would be covered. The cost would be based on a percentage of the players cap cost that season and if the player was unable/unwilling to play, the team could deactivate the player and recover that cap space to use.
The team would have to sever ties to the player making them free agents but they wouldn't be stuck on the line for long term injuries or malcontents and it would reward teams who can stay under the cap and keep the fans from being screwed by players who try to wreck their team.
How does something like this sound?