News: Dak Prescott contract: Troy Aikman gives warning to Cowboys

[Hardline]

https://247sports.com/Article/Dak-P...xtension-Troy-Aikman-gives-warning-148180461/

 

[CowboyRoy]

https://247sports.com/Article/Dak-P...xtension-Troy-Aikman-gives-warning-148180461/

I read Aikmans original statements and it didn't come across as a warning of sorts.

 

[jazzcat22]

30 days to go

 

[Hardline]

I read Aikmans original statements and it didn't come across as a warning of sorts.

My take as well.

 

[glimmerman]

Of course JJ is going to want to get the better end of the deal. But not many will play for half there worth and agents now play dirty.

 

[foofighters]

Of course JJ is going to want to get the better end of the deal. But not many will play for half there worth and agents now play dirty.

This is a story of a rich owner trying to squeeze a rich athlete and agent. The rich athlete and agent are also trying to squeeze the rich owner. You know who pays for this in the end? Us...

 

[Bobhaze]

Of course JJ is going to want to get the better end of the deal. But not many will play for half there worth and agents now play dirty.

Glim- Serious question- when was the last time Jerry got “the better end of the deal” with a star player? He wants everyone to see him as a guy who plays “hardball”, but I can’t remember a time in recent years where Jerry hung tough and won. Maybe there’s one I’m forgetting?

 

[Bullflop]

The Cowboys usually wait until the last week or so before negotiating seriously.

It's extremely difficult to read anything concrete into this particular instance!

 

[CowboysRule]

Glim- Serious question- when was the last time Jerry got “the better end of the deal” with a star player? He wants everyone to see him as a guy who plays “hardball”, but I can’t remember a time in recent years where Jerry hung tough and won. Maybe there’s one I’m forgetting?

We got a pretty good contract with La'el Collins. The problem is with FA nowadays. If a player is good there are 31 other teams they can sign with.

 

[Bobhaze]

We got a pretty good contract with La'el Collins. The problem is with FA nowadays. If a player is good there are 31 other teams they can sign with.

Honestly, I side with the player about 99% of the time in their quest to get paid. Because the owners, Jerry even more so, make exponentially more money than players over time.

A typical player’s career last less than a decade whereas these owners have generational wealth that grows at higher % than the players, without whom there is no NFL. And I also reject the idea that says the owners are “the risk takers” more than the players. Owning an NFL team is one of the safest financial investments in the world. And players are risking their future physical and mental health every time they step foot on a field.

Contract conflicts are not “battles between millionaires.” It’s battles between powerful billionaires (Owners) and temporary millionaires (players).

 

[JoeKing]

Glim- Serious question- when was the last time Jerry got “the better end of the deal” with a star player? He wants everyone to see him as a guy who plays “hardball”, but I can’t remember a time in recent years where Jerry hung tough and won. Maybe there’s one I’m forgetting?

I think that depends on your definition of winning a negotiation. Jerry has never had a problem rewarding players that play well. Does that mean he loses negotiations? The "better end of the deal" is to keep good players and encourage them to continue performing well. Jerry does this. Hanging tough to save money is not the school of thought Jerry Jones practices. He is generous to those that it is beneficial to be generous.

 

[Flamma]

Glim- Serious question- when was the last time Jerry got “the better end of the deal” with a star player? He wants everyone to see him as a guy who plays “hardball”, but I can’t remember a time in recent years where Jerry hung tough and won. Maybe there’s one I’m forgetting?

Jerry sometimes picks a fight with some of the highest impact players. Emmitt Smith was a no win situation, and he could have probably got more. At that time did anyone think Emmitt would be playing on a different team in 1993?

Owners rarely get the better of the deal with star players. They either get the crap end of the stick or the player plays for another team. Do owners truly win when the players walk?

 

[Ranched]

anyone think Emmitt would be playing on a different team in 1993?

 

[Reverend Conehead]

To me it seems like the team has negotiated with him in good faith. It doesn't seem like they're jerking him around. What do you guys think?

I'll be glad when this is finally over.

 

[glimmerman]

Glim- Serious question- when was the last time Jerry got “the better end of the deal” with a star player? He wants everyone to see him as a guy who plays “hardball”, but I can’t remember a time in recent years where Jerry hung tough and won. Maybe there’s one I’m forgetting?

I am still thinking. Didn’t we have one that gave a “discount”.. lol. I think Collins gave us a great deal. He was about our best O-Lineman last year..

But I agree. JJ wants to look like a tough negotiator but caves in the end. Started with Emmitt. Once he saw us losing games and everyone around him getting on him, he may have realized this isn’t his specialty. Lol.

 

[glimmerman]

Honestly, I side with the player about 99% of the time in their quest to get paid. Because the owners, Jerry even more so, make exponentially more money than players over time.

A typical player’s career last less than a decade whereas these owners have generational wealth that grows at higher % than the players, without whom there is no NFL. And I also reject the idea that says the owners are “the risk takers” more than the players. Owning an NFL team is one of the safest financial investments in the world. And players are risking their future physical and mental health every time they step foot on a field.

Contract conflicts are not “battles between millionaires.” It’s battles between powerful billionaires (Owners) and temporary millionaires (players).

It’s crazy because they get paid so much and 80 something percent of them end up broke or having to work again.

 

[Flamma]

That was the year he was fighting Jerry for more money, was it not?

 

[Diehardblues]

Jerry will Cave eventually if he wants to keep Dak.

 

[glimmerman]

Jerry will Cave eventually if he wants to keep Dak.

Caves a week before the deadline. Maybe the 4th of July splash. DAK IS NOW THE HIGHEST PAID QB IN THE NFL... A while later mahomes gets his contract. Lol.

 

[Point-of-the-Star]

Honestly, I side with the player about 99% of the time in their quest to get paid. Because the owners, Jerry even more so, make exponentially more money than players over time.

A typical player’s career last less than a decade whereas these owners have generational wealth that grows at higher % than the players, without whom there is no NFL. And I also reject the idea that says the owners are “the risk takers” more than the players. Owning an NFL team is one of the safest financial investments in the world. And players are risking their future physical and mental health every time they step foot on a field.

Contract conflicts are not “battles between millionaires.” It’s battles between powerful billionaires (Owners) and temporary millionaires (players).

The one caveat to this is Jerry has no salary cap to work with on his earnings.