Dez tweet today

[Frozen700]

he will get his money whether its in dallas or somewhere else

That the truth.

 

[EST_1986]

Congrats to you (seriously, no sarcasm), that cube life isnt good for anybody.

well I'm still doing the same work but just at home, cube life sucked

 

[65fastback2plus2]

People look at 13m and say why is he complaining?

But what if your talent was worth 40m at the sign of a pen but you were only getting 13m? I'm sure you'd be miffed.

Or how about if your colleagues who are worse than you are were making 100k a year but your employer was giving you 33k. You wouldn't complain because there are some people on food stamps?

Stop it.

Like my grandpa always said...its only worth what someone is willing to give you for it.

In otherwords, he isnt worth it and no one would give it to him.

Just like my boss wont give me $150k to do my current job...and I can whine and cry and stomp about it, but I am not worth it and not going to get it.

And, he plays freaking sports...he needs to get some gratefulness in his life. Sorry but I am tired of sports players acting like entitled kids. Its getting real old.

 

[Doomsday101]

Then why doesn't Romo do it?

Romo is the 12 highest paid QB and as we know QB position get paid more. No one question Dez after a loss, Romo gets the pleasure of taking the blame. Comes with the territory

 

[65fastback2plus2]

Romo is the 12 highest paid QB and as we know QB position get paid more. No one question Dez after a loss, Romo gets the pleasure of taking the blame. Comes with the territory

and where has romo ever tweeted and complained about money offered to him? He has ALWAYS gladly just signed what was offered. Never once has there been "Negotiations" with romo or witten, for example. Heck, tyron wasnt even a negotiation...he expressed thankfulness and signed as well.

 

[WillieBeamen]

I dont understand how fans side with the player over the team in thes instances. All these prior years when Jerry was overpaying, we all complained, but now he is being more responsible with these deals and its a problem?

 

[Rogah]

Before the corny comments ensue, I'd like to remind people this is a BUSINESS. Just because you'd take $13 million in a heartbeat doesn't mean Dez should. He has every right to maximize his value and financial security for his family.

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.

 

[xvendettax914]

and where has romo ever tweeted and complained about money offered to him? He has ALWAYS gladly just signed what was offered. Never once has there been "Negotiations" with romo or witten, for example. Heck, tyron wasnt even a negotiation...he expressed thankfulness and signed as well.

Never once has there been "negotiations" YOU know about, this happens to be public, but to say those players didnt negotiate is off.

 

[Rogah]

That isn't sufficient security if he goes out there and breaks his neck.

That's what insurance policies are for.

 

[ajk23az]

He isn't talking about guaranteed money. I guarantee you the cowboys will give more than 13m guaranteed lol.

The 13m he is talking about is his franchise tag #. He wants a long term deal, he even stated this in a retweet afterwards.

 

[Doomsday101]

and where has romo ever tweeted and complained about money offered to him? He has ALWAYS gladly just signed what was offered. Never once has there been "Negotiations" with romo or witten, for example. Heck, tyron wasnt even a negotiation...he expressed thankfulness and signed as well.

No because he was paid very well. Tony Romo signed a 6 year, $108,000,000 contract with the Dallas Cowboys, including a $25,000,000 signing bonus, $55,000,000 guaranteed

What Dez wants is the guaranteed portion of the contract, that is real money. All this talk of 13 mill a year that is an avg and towards the tail end of many players contract they will never see that money but what they all bank on is the signing bonus and the Guaranteed money that is the security he is talking about

 

[Rogah]

Do the deal.

Six years, worth $65 million and $35M in guaranteed money. That’s more than everyone else but Megatron. If Bryant balks at that, then you can play hardball all you like. The Cowboys are on the verge of something really special. It would be a colossal mistake to jeopardize that by alienating one of the reasons you’re this close.

Get the deal done.

He's not happy at $13 million this year, but you think he will be happy with $11 million a year for the next 6?

Are ya serious?

 

[Sydla]

That's not the point.

He's top 3 (I'd say #1) WR.

He deserves to be compensated for it.

What if you were the best at your job in your company, but were getting paid significantly less than your colleagues?

Wouldn't you be asking for more money? Get a new job, maybe?

Well for one, he's not going to be technically underpaid relative to his peers. Next year he'll be paid $13MM which would make him one of the highest paid WRs that year.

Two, if I was getting paid significantly less than my peers but then went in and asked for a ridiculous pay raise, I'd suspect my company would laugh me out of the building.

So it's a two way street here. If Dez thinks he's worth $17MM per, he's going to lose. No one will pay him that.

 

[ajk23az]

Well for one, he's not going to be technically underpaid relative to his peers. Next year he'll be paid $13MM which would make him one of the highest paid WRs that year.

Two, if I was getting paid significantly less than my peers but then went in and asked for a ridiculous pay raise, I'd suspect my company would laugh me out of the building.

So it's a two way street here. If Dez thinks he's worth $17MM per, he's going to lose. No one will pay him that.

especially after seeing the way megatron's contract crippled the Lions when they needed to resign Suh...

 

[Kevinicus]

He isn't talking about guaranteed money. I guarantee you the cowboys will give more than 13m guaranteed lol.

The 13m he is talking about is his franchise tag #. He wants a long term deal, he even stated this in a retweet afterwards.

I don't see Dez retweeting anything? Then again, I don't speak twit, so I dunno.

 

[Sydla]

If all he wants is 13 million per year with big guaranteed, I would say this is all on the front office. That is a great deal.

13 million per year for 7 years, first 4 years guaranteed.

But he wants $17MM per year. That's already been reported. I think if he came in at $13MM per year with say $30-35MM guaranteed, the Cowboys would scramble to get the paperwork together.

 

[ajk23az]

I don't see Dez retweeting anything? Then again, I don't speak twit, so I dunno.

check his twitter profile ...

https://twitter.com/DezBryant

 

[Sydla]

as opposed to the billionaire owners lol....

these threads are always so predictable.

What owner is claiming to be a victim here? If there was no salary cap, Jones would still be throwing around big, bloated contracts like they were candy. But he can't.

So I don't get yuor point.

 

[Sydla]

I think you're right and this tweet is not about contract negotiations so much as it's him addressing the "selfish" backlash he's getting from his threats to miss game(s) next season because a long term deal isn't done.

Yes but then he contradicts himself. Because if he's worried about security, then why the heck would you threaten to sit out games and cost yourself $8MM if the team calls your bluff?

 

[Rogah]

13 mill for one season. Between agents fees and taxes, let's generously say he got 60% of that. That's 7.8 mill for a year. Let's say he suffers a career ending injury. He's done. 7.8 mill to live on for another 50+ years. That's about 150k per year.

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.