The salary cap is a tiny fraction of the overall revenue that the team brings in. They aren't jacking up ticket prices because 88 is asking for more money, they are jacking up ticket prices because there's enough people who will pay the inflated prices to fill the stadium every week.
Then why not direct your anger at the GM for GIVING that money? It is their job to divide the pie, ain't it? How does the player getting a record-breaking deal anger fans more than GMs offering it?
Ceedee Lamb has not affected their bank account beyond them choosing to buy a jersey or game tickets or something like that.
No not really. With increased revenue a team can decide to use that money on any position they chose to.
Never worry about another man's money
There’s no reason to be here 2 weeks from the season opener without a deal done.
This isn’t the argument I’m making. I’m not arguing a front office should or should not pay WR’s a certain amount of money.
Well, not really. More like veiled psychoanalysis, lol. Everyone's a believer in Capitalism until someone else is swimming in riches. Then it's bad and should be shared. Add in that they think someone "below" them is getting it ("some dumb jock") and then you get unhinged rants like this thread. This is why Dez is such a firebrand topic around here. People think he absolutely shouldn't be rich but it's hard to look down on someone who eclipses your accounts many times over. So anger is your only outlet and then you reach for whatever is in your moral superiority arsenal to compensate and end up talking about injured vets in conjunction with football contracts.
There absolutely is a reason. He is under contract. Jerry does not need to have urgency.
THERE is only x amount to go around to all the players.
Because if all the players took less money, the NFL would return some of the money that all the media outlets paid to broadcast and cover games, owners would charge less for tickets, concessions, parking etc, season ticket holders would re-sell their tickets at face value and then all the fans could tailgate, hold hands and sing Kumbaya.
Well who knows what the braintrust really thinks. I am just saying I wouldn't be in any negotiations. CeeDee still has a year on his rookie deal.
So if you don’t want to pay Lamb who do you want to pay?
What does Dak have to do with this?
Has nothing to do w that
You me
You mentioned games and merchandise going up. That's on Jerry being greedy, not on Lamb getting a new contract
That's a little strong. He will sign next week.
Why not pay him 100 million? Because you don’t have to. The issues came with the years that’s the last thing we saw reported. The money per year wasn’t an issue. He should get as much as he deserves is all I’m saying. If the cap is the problem how about fans encourage them to get rid of the cap. The players aren’t responsible for the salary cap and I will not fault players for not wanting to help their GMs screw up their cap. Lamb should take a pay cut why? So they can overpay OSA?
Definitely not, especially if he is not being realistic.
