Doug Free refuses pay cut **Unofficial**

[Romonater]

We are officially in the RT market, boys and girls.

http://www.ajc.com/feed/sports/football/report-doug-free-will-not-return-to-cowboys-in/fKC4z/

Posted: 9:14 a.m. Friday, May 3, 2013

Report: Doug Free Will Not Return To Cowboys In 2013

By KD Drummond
www.sbnation.com

It's something that we've all been discussing, pondering, wishing for... Depending on your point of view, one of these probably describes your take on the situation. According to Mike Fisher, Cowboys Insider, Doug Free has decided that he will not take a pay cut to play for the Dallas Cowboys in 2013. Via 105.3 The Fan's twitter account:

According to THE FAN's @fishsports .. Doug Free will not accept a pay cut and will not return to @dallascowboys as of June 1st
— 105.3 The FAN (@1053thefan) May 3, 2013​

Dallas is now officially in the right tackle market.

Free was set to count a little over $10 million against the Cowboys salary cap in 2013. If he is designated as a June 1st cut as the report states, the Cowboys will chop his entire base salary ($7 million) off of the 2013 cap charge. As OCC pointed out earlier, that amount was set to be the highest base salary given to a right tackle in 2013.

That will result in Free taking up around $7 million in dead money on the Cowboys 2014 salary cap, based on the acceleration of his remaining signing bonus. Depending on how you look at it, that could be a bad thing, or it could be taken that it also "frees" up an additional $4 million of cap space next year.

 

[Supercowboy1986]

christmas came early this year

 

[Muhast]

We are officially in the RT market, boys and girls.

See ya later doug! Clabo come on down

 

[CATCH17]

Yeeee Haw!

 

[Deep_Freeze]

Well if I was Free, I wouldn't take the pay cut either.

Either way, I don't think we should celebrate this happening cause all it does is make it harder when we try to resign Dez and Lee if we try to sign a Clabo.

 

[tantrix1969]

I love getting good news on Fridays, just makes the weekend even better!

 

[TheSport78]

:spidey: :spidey: :spidey:

 

[unionjack8]

Not sure what happened to him but you have to seriously look at the fact that he got paid the big $$$$$$ then stunk up the joint. Lack of motivation?

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Well if I was Free, I wouldn't take the pay cut either.

Either way, I don't think we should celebrate this happening cause all it does is make it harder when we try to resign Dez and Lee if we try to sign a Clabo.

One thing is for sure. It takes away any leverage Jerry might have thought he had in a negotiation for another Tackle.

 

[CATCH17]

Well if I was Free, I wouldn't take the pay cut either.

Either way, I don't think we should celebrate this happening cause all it does is make it harder when we try to resign Dez and Lee if we try to sign a Clabo.

Getting Spencer off the books will help.

Hopefully Miles will take a paycut.

 

[DBOY3141]

Well if I was Free, I wouldn't take the pay cut either.

Either way, I don't think we should celebrate this happening cause all it does is make it harder when we try to resign Dez and Lee if we try to sign a Clabo.

Jerry will find a way to keep them. In regards to that young man Lee, how about he play 16 games before we give him an extension.

 

[CATCH17]

Not sure what happened to him but you have to seriously look at the fact that he got paid the big $$$$$$ then stunk up the joint. Lack of motivation?

Lack of HGH.

 

[Nation]

I think we are actually on the swing-tackle market

 

[The Quest for Six]

I don't really blame him, Jerry and Steven were the two idiots that gave that contract in the first place, so why should he take a pay cut...he probably thinking, you gave Romo a ridiculous extension after throwing three horrible interceptions in the last game of the season in another win and your in game...maybe Romo should be the one taking the pay cut..

 

[CF74]

Clabo for MVP!!!:laugh2:

j/k

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

This seems to be a good thing if they can in fact sign Clabo. Not sure how comfortable I would feel with Parnell just handed the spot.

 

[Picksix]

Not sure what happened to him but you have to seriously look at the fact that he got paid the big $$$$$$ then stunk up the joint. Lack of motivation?

Perhaps. I think it had more to do with opposing DE's and DC's having an offseason to pick up limitations or tendencies, exploiting them, and Free not being able (or willing) to adjust. Who knows? Might have gotten bent out of shape being moved back to RT.

 

[DCBoysfan]

He could have taken a pay cut and still made more money than he is going to find in free agency. I dont see him getting starting money in the open market.

 

[Titleist]

Super Bowl!!!:starspin

 

[Zordon]

:spidey: :spidey: :spidey:

:laugh2: