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A new CBA impacts some Cowboys players
June, 30, 2http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys010 Jun 302:15PM CTEmail Print Comments By Calvin WatkinsThe other day, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was talking about a rookie wage scale. He wants one, it seems. Whether he'll get it remains uncertain.
I just remember DeMaurice Smith, the head of the player's union, saying it's not his fault owners pay large sums of money to draft picks, only to seem them fail.
You talk to veteran players and they say, if you're going to have a wage scale for rookies what are you going to do with the leftover money? Will some of that money go to veteran players?
With the 2011 season in doubt because of the lack of a collective bargaining agreement, the future of hundreds of NFL player contracts remain in question.
What do you pay certain players down the line, especially the ones still on their rookie deals?
Take Miles Austin, for instance. He will make $3.168 million this year as part of his tender he signed with the Cowboys. But it's clear Austin and the team want to work out a new contract. What to pay him in the future is up in the air. Will there be a salary cap? If not, then do you give Austin a $45 million deal, averaging about $9 million a season. If there is a salary cap, do you pay Austin a little less on the back end?
Jay Ratliff is a guy who will get a renegotiation. There is nothing wrong with his contract. He got an $8 million signing bonus in 2007, but over the life of the contract, which expires in 2012, he gets no roster bonus and his highest base salary is $4.875 million.
All Ratliff has been is a two-time Pro Bowler, and he made the All-Pro team last year. He's turned into one of the leaders in the locker room and holds his teammates accountable.
It's expected the Cowboys will rip up this deal once a new CBA is completed.
But there are three players, Mike Jenkins, Anthony Spencer and Orlando Scandrick, who are still on their rookie deals and might be outplaying them.
Jenkins earned his first Pro Bowl last season, in Year 2. What's expected of him in Year 3 is higher. He seems more of a ballhawk than Terence Newman and is younger and slightly better in pass coverage. Jenkins is signed through 2012, but his contract, a $3.1 million signing bonus in 2008 with a $2.68 roster bonus in 2010, will get changed at some point.
If you're Jenkins, do you wait for your contract to end, hoping the new CBA will make him an unrestricted free agent after 2012, and test the market?
Spencer is becoming a force with DeMarcus Ware at outside linebacker. His contract expires following the 2011 season. If Spencer continues his rise, he'll be a highly sought-after free agent. One thinks the Cowboys might try to lock him up long term before then.
Then there's Scandrick, the No. 3 corner.
The Cowboys might not view Scandrick in the same manner as Jenkins, but he is a future starter with the team when Newman retires or is released.
Scandrick has earned a chuck of change in performance bonus money the last two seasons, but he's looking for more in terms of a signing bonus. When Scandrick signed in 2008, his bonus was $185,000. We're sure if he remains with the Cowboys that number will increase dramatically.
June, 30, 2http://espn.go.com/blog/dallas/cowboys010 Jun 302:15PM CTEmail Print Comments By Calvin WatkinsThe other day, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was talking about a rookie wage scale. He wants one, it seems. Whether he'll get it remains uncertain.
I just remember DeMaurice Smith, the head of the player's union, saying it's not his fault owners pay large sums of money to draft picks, only to seem them fail.
You talk to veteran players and they say, if you're going to have a wage scale for rookies what are you going to do with the leftover money? Will some of that money go to veteran players?
With the 2011 season in doubt because of the lack of a collective bargaining agreement, the future of hundreds of NFL player contracts remain in question.
What do you pay certain players down the line, especially the ones still on their rookie deals?
Take Miles Austin, for instance. He will make $3.168 million this year as part of his tender he signed with the Cowboys. But it's clear Austin and the team want to work out a new contract. What to pay him in the future is up in the air. Will there be a salary cap? If not, then do you give Austin a $45 million deal, averaging about $9 million a season. If there is a salary cap, do you pay Austin a little less on the back end?
Jay Ratliff is a guy who will get a renegotiation. There is nothing wrong with his contract. He got an $8 million signing bonus in 2007, but over the life of the contract, which expires in 2012, he gets no roster bonus and his highest base salary is $4.875 million.
All Ratliff has been is a two-time Pro Bowler, and he made the All-Pro team last year. He's turned into one of the leaders in the locker room and holds his teammates accountable.
It's expected the Cowboys will rip up this deal once a new CBA is completed.
But there are three players, Mike Jenkins, Anthony Spencer and Orlando Scandrick, who are still on their rookie deals and might be outplaying them.
Jenkins earned his first Pro Bowl last season, in Year 2. What's expected of him in Year 3 is higher. He seems more of a ballhawk than Terence Newman and is younger and slightly better in pass coverage. Jenkins is signed through 2012, but his contract, a $3.1 million signing bonus in 2008 with a $2.68 roster bonus in 2010, will get changed at some point.
If you're Jenkins, do you wait for your contract to end, hoping the new CBA will make him an unrestricted free agent after 2012, and test the market?
Spencer is becoming a force with DeMarcus Ware at outside linebacker. His contract expires following the 2011 season. If Spencer continues his rise, he'll be a highly sought-after free agent. One thinks the Cowboys might try to lock him up long term before then.
Then there's Scandrick, the No. 3 corner.
The Cowboys might not view Scandrick in the same manner as Jenkins, but he is a future starter with the team when Newman retires or is released.
Scandrick has earned a chuck of change in performance bonus money the last two seasons, but he's looking for more in terms of a signing bonus. When Scandrick signed in 2008, his bonus was $185,000. We're sure if he remains with the Cowboys that number will increase dramatically.
