Dez tweet today

[big dog cowboy]

Tony would probably say his BFF..Jason.

I think he already has.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...s-jason-witten-best-dallas-cowboys-player-all

 

[BoysFan4ever]

I think he already has.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...s-jason-witten-best-dallas-cowboys-player-all

well..i guess I guessed right.

 

[Amy50632]

Tony would probably say his BFF..Jason.

Romo would be my pick personally. He's the guy that makes that offense go..

They really are adorable.

 

[DandyDon52]

They do have that. It is not uncommon, at all, for a Franchised player to have an insurance policy. That's why this whole career ending discussion point false short with me. If a player doesn't do that, then he's just plain stupid and that's on him.

If he can get a good insurance policy that would pay him 30-60 million if injured bad, then that would make it better.
I have to wonder what payments would be on that type policy , and how hard would it be to collect.
Might be better if the team guaranteed it and they have the ins. policy.
Jerry has the money to pay if that happened and he could have the ins. and it would be off the cap.

 

[AbeBeta]

Unfortunately, that market isn't set. Is it $12.5m or $17m.

Regardless of his market value, saying that you do not have security at $13m is ridiculous.

Again - security relative to players of similar stature - you folks make the wrong comparisons and act like it is meaningful

 

[AbeBeta]

That's $13 mil on top of the roughly $11.8 mil he's earned to date, but I see your point. The fact remains that the NFLPA agreed to this system.

And the fact remains that he's working within the system to get the leverage he needs.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Exactly, Dez has been idolized and told he is wonderful etc since high school and this is the first time fans are saying negative things about him.
He is used to 100,000 fans cheering him so this negative feedback now is bothering him.
I imagine he is getting tweets about it.
He probably expected all fans to be in his corner on this lol.

The main problem with being franchised is if your injured and it is career ending injury, or lessens your ability to play the same, if that happens
Then the player is screwed compared to if he had a contract with 20 or more mil guaranteed.

If he plays this year and no injuries then it is ok, but there is the possibility of serious injury so that is the flaw of franchise tag.

What could correct this is if they had a clause saying if the player is injured and it ends his career or lessens his ability's, then he gets paid
a bonus of 30 mil that isnt on the teams cap. This could even be a insurance deal.
That way the player doesnt have to worry about being injured and only getting the tag salary for that year.

that's a good thought and I agree in it's a flaw in the franchise arrangement that transfers risk to the players. Players could also buy their own insurance....not sure how much a policy like that costs but with $13mil next year and approx. $13mil from his rookie contract, he should be able to afford

 

[BoysFan4ever]

They really are adorable.

They're bros!

 

[AbeBeta]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, no. What do you think he would do? Put all his money in a mattress and take out $150k per year for the next 50 years?

If he could earn 5% (which is very conservative), he would make $390,000 per year every year for the rest of his life - and still have the $7.8 million left over.

5% is a pretty generous rate to assume consistently - lots of fluctuations possible there. Also assuming he can simply put all that money in the bank and not have any expenses is foolish as well.

 

[daveferr33]

They really are adorable.

Brick and his pal Skipper.

 

[xwalker]

Except we have multiple sources that claim they came in under that number.

So there's that.

Most of the local media here in DFW have said they think the offer was 11M to 12M per and the guaranteed amount was between 24M to 30M.

I would expect the offer to be below the max they are willing to pay.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Most of the local media here in DFW have said they think the offer was 11M to 12M per and the guaranteed amount was between 24M to 30M.

I would expect the offer to be below the max they are willing to pay.

Well yes.... When your opening offer comes in at Mike Wallace one would hope so.

And again if we want to compare apples to apples we should really look at what those deal when signed represented as a percent of the cap.

 

[TheDude]

It is not equivalent to a guy making 33K when his colleagues are making 100K.

It would be more like his highest paid colleague is getting 160K and he is getting 120K while the average is well below 100K. The only difference is that some of the other 120K colleagues have a guarantee for several more years while he only has a 1 year guarantee.

I see where you are going with this, i only add that people dont really grasp the NFL work/wage process to their own.

Rookies have their wage ceiling set for 4-5 years, they can get less if released. Most players are lucky to get that one big contract, whereas, average Joe can outperform and switch jobs for more money 100 times per year if the market will allow. Players who get their 1 big deal have outperformed and may only get 1 shot before the NFL ride is over.

Players will never win this public sentiment battle. They can't say, "I want to get market value," or it seems selfish, so they use "security, or family" which loses as well.

 

[yimyammer]

If he can get a good insurance policy that would pay him 30-60 million if injured bad, then that would make it better.
I have to wonder what payments would be on that type policy , and how hard would it be to collect.
Might be better if the team guaranteed it and they have the ins. policy.
Jerry has the money to pay if that happened and he could have the ins. and it would be off the cap.

I've always wondered about this and since I don't hear about teams or players doing this, I have to assume the premiums are too high

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

What part of "He looks stupid complaining about a lack of financial security from a deal that will pay him in 1 year more than 99% of people make in their lifetimes" do you not understand?

99% of people do not have people forking over big $$ to watch you catch a ball either. People always fall into the trap of comparing pro athletes with the guys working at Carl's Jr.

 

[coogrfan]

And the fact remains that he's working within the system to get the leverage he needs.

Skipping games after the point in time where the team could sign Dez to a new deal is hardly working within the system.

 

[Idgit]

I don't think Dez and his player rep are trying to endear themselves to the Barber in Arlington.

It's all about perceptions. If you're up for a major contract like Dez is, you better believe his people are scrutinizing his social media. And public perception is a real thing, Almost any other way of addressing the issue would have been better than mentioning the money directly.

 

[guag]

Inflation and all.....

Plus, gotta get the new Madden and FIFA soon, too.

With the Final Fantasy VII remake coming out, Fallout 4 on the horizon... he's gotta upgrade to a Playstation 4 now. Those things aren't cheap.

 

[gmoney112]

99% of people do not have people forking over big $$ to watch you catch a ball either. People always fall into the trap of comparing pro athletes with the guys working at Carl's Jr.

I guess in Canada you can't put food on the table with less than 10 million a year average.

Those moose must be pretty expensive, eh?

What's that all aboot?

 

[coogrfan]

Many of you must have missed when a picture of Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star Andrew McCutchen's pay stub leaked a month or two ago. The amount of taxes that get taken out of a professional athletes salary are ridiculous, and it kind of puts into perspective Latrell Sprewell's famous "make enough to feed my family" quote.

Now, do I expect anyone to feel sorry for McCutchen or Dez? Of course not, they're still multimillionaires, but $13 million to Dez Bryant isn't exactly $13 million going directly into his bank account.

No, but as a pro athlete living and working in TX Dez will see a higher % of his money than McCutchen will.