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I've already said that other players will not do this but that doesn't change the economics of it. I don't know where you are getting all of this, "play for the love of the game" stuff. I never said that so that must either be something somebody else said or something made up. I never said anything like that. I said if he wants to win, he must understand that there is a financial balance to it. If he is just in it for the money, then fine but then we don't need to be acting like he is the standard for the team or that he is as important to the goal of winning as some suggest. By not recognizing this fact, he is in effect, acting counter productive to the team goal, which is winning a championship. What ever he wants to do, that's fine and it's his right but what it's not is a thought process that is supporting the team goal. That's just the truth of it.
If you feel as if he is a weirdo for not recognizing this fact, that's fine. I would consider him as highly intelligent and intuitive. If he is successful in Dallas and if he wins and becomes a household name, he stands to earn much more money, both on his next contract and outside of football, then if he goes for the whole ball of wax (which by the way is no guarantee) IMO. There is some logic in settling for less then the 25/30 million, whatever the number is.
I don't see "take one for the team" making sense for a single player. The few millions he gives up doesn't markedly change the team's chances.
But with *multiple* high priced players all needing contracts soon, if they can get everyone to sign on for the hair cut, then it's viable.
Dak, Zeke, Cooper, Lawrence, Byron, ET? Everyone takes a 17% cut, that's one more equivalent player.
But I've never heard of that happening in the nfl.