Twitter: Emmitt Smith's Advice for Dak

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Apples and oranges.

No salary cap in '93.

That’s already been mentioned and like I told the other poster the salary cap hasn’t stopped players from holding out. Players are still looking to get as much money as they can. With free agency players know someone will pay them. Most players don’t care about keeping teams together, they care about their own financial future.
 

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Interesting coming from a legend who had to hold out to get his 2nd contract.........


This is rich. Emmitt held out 2 games into the regular season, putting the 1993 for the Cowboys on the line, and showed up once he got paid as the league's #1 RB, yet he's asking for Dak to take much less in order to help the team???

Why didn't Emmitt complain against Zeke last year?

Biased Hypocrite.
 

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Interesting coming from a legend who had to hold out to get his 2nd contract.........


Dak should get paid as much as possible. It's about the money. Make that money now while you can. Sucks for us fans but it's exactly what he should do
 

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How about we stop rewarding players like they have won a Super Bowl when they wouldn’t get this kind of treatment in any other market.
What other market are you talking about?
 

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It's logical, but these negotiations are more about pride and respect than logic (IMO).
 

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That’s already been mentioned and like I told the other poster the salary cap hasn’t stopped players from holding out. Players are still looking to get as much money as they can. With free agency players know someone will pay them. Most players don’t care about keeping teams together, they care about their own financial future.
When there was no salary cap Emmitt wasn't taking money from the rest of the team.
 

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When there was no salary cap Emmitt wasn't taking money from the rest of the team.

If there had been a salary cap in 93 he still would have been looking for a big contract. The salary cap hasn’t kept players from holding out and taking money from the rest of the team. Players are looking out for themselves and their future. Look at all the money that’s being shelled out in free agency. Players are leaving in free agency because their teams can’t afford them. Players aren’t in the business of giving discounts.
 

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If there had been a salary cap in 93 he still would have been looking for a big contract. The salary cap hasn’t kept players from holding out and taking money from the rest of the team. Players are looking out for themselves and their future. Look at all the money that’s being shelled out in free agency. Players are leaving in free agency because their teams can’t afford them. Players aren’t in the business of giving discounts.
You really have no way of knowing what he would have done. You might be right, but you might not be.
 

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Interesting coming from a legend who had to hold out to get his 2nd contract.........


Seems like Smith holds an opinion of Prescott's 'guaranteed' short-term and long-term commercial marketability. The fact Prescott has secured lucrative commercial endorsements thus far does not guarantee he will continue landing those deals in the future.

Prescott would not be the first celebrity to have their marketing reputation short-circuited by a real or imagined social norm transgression. One miscue and bang. Assumed slam dunk commercial endorsements can dry up faster than water on hot asphalt.

Smith is downplaying the necessity of negotiated contractual guarantees Prescott can secure in his primary career.
 

KJJ

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You really have no way of knowing what he would have done. You might be right, but you might not be.

The fact that he held out for more money tells me what he would have done. He had back to back rushing titles and a Super Bowl win and he wanted to be paid like the best back in the league. The salary cap hasn’t changed anything, players still want to be paid. Free agency is a bidding war for players.
 

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How about we stop rewarding players like they have won a Super Bowl when they wouldn’t get this kind of treatment in any other market.

He's being treated like a 26 year old whose been to two pro bowls already. When was the last time one of those was on the market?
 
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