04-30-2005, 02:57 PM | #1 | ||
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Player Holdouts in FOF
Has anyone looked at this in depth yet? Here's the scoop on what happened in my league. A player has been holding out since preseason, and its now week 3, so for about 8 weeks. He was asking for a 6 year, $90 million contract, and now after a few failed attempts of contracts in the $60 million range, signed a cap-out offer of 2 years for $4.18 million. Does this make any sense? I know some players routinely end their holdouts after not having any new contracts, we have had a few of those as well. But to hold out for 8 weeks and come back with such a small deal seems somewhat odd.
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04-30-2005, 02:58 PM | #2 |
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Your just scared to play him in the playoffs!
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04-30-2005, 02:59 PM | #3 | |
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Any idea what he had before? It would be cool if they could choose a "force a trade" option, somehow. |
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04-30-2005, 03:01 PM | #4 |
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Well he was still in his rookie contract, with 2 years left, current year, and next season.
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04-30-2005, 03:03 PM | #5 | |
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it's the same total value of a contract, since it was just capped out, but yeah, it was his rookie contract. |
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04-30-2005, 03:58 PM | #6 | |
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So he finally caved and is willing to play out the final 2 years until he can become a UFA. He has no leverage, tried and failed anyway, and has now come back to show people he's worth the money.
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04-30-2005, 04:07 PM | #7 | |
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maybe one point worth noting is the season he is coming off of. his last year stats: 405-663 for 5,183 yards. 37 TD, 17 INT. 12-4 record. I would've thought that was good enough leverage, but I guess not according to the team management. |
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04-30-2005, 04:21 PM | #8 |
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Nothing wrong with his team management. I will not give new contracts to guys with more than 1 year.
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05-01-2005, 12:19 AM | #9 |
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I think capping out ends every holdout, IIRC.
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05-01-2005, 01:34 AM | #10 | |
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man thats weak, especially when they're on rookie contracts. |
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05-01-2005, 01:56 AM | #11 | |
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host Howard Eskin: (on TO's holdout) But to say he can't feed his family on what he's making, that's rediculous. Poor trash sounding caller: Hey man, you don't know how big his family is. My grandmother had 152 grandkids! Howard Eskin: (silence) GWB, he might need the money, you don't know how big his family is. |
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05-01-2005, 09:17 AM | #12 |
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I gotta agree with GWB here -- weak.
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05-01-2005, 09:19 AM | #13 |
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weak
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