Why should they care about the rest of the pie? Its their job to get the most money for their client. Agents that have a reputation of getting money for their clients are the ones that are going to get the most clients and make the most money for themselves. Simple economics.
I have always wondered why there has never been an occasion where a team has refused to deal with a certain agent. Has it ever happened?
That's right.
If the
agent does not care about the quality of the team around his client, but only the max dollars he can get for him, then the pie is irrelevant.
And either way, in the short term, the offensive team around Dak looks almost ideal.
If anyone would be concerned about how the pie was split, it would be
everyone else (players, coaches, management, fans) that cares about the Cowboys' longer-term success.
Most certainly, that is how the Mahomes deal was done, as well as most of Brady's deals his whole career.
But the norm really is what Dak's agent is doing. The maxing out his guy and F everyone else approach. The other more team friendly deals are the outliers.