Troy
If Ware, above all else, had wanted to be a lifer he could've worked it out. Again, Dirk, the 6th ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER IN NBA HISTORY played for the minimum two seasons ago and will again next year because being in Dallas is important to him and he understands the salary cap affects the team. Aikman had an opportunity to go to the Eagles, but just couldn't do it.
Yes, I expected the knee-jerkers to come out acting as if I'm saying Ware should be treated like a pariah. Far from it. But the whole "retiring as..." shtick is cheesy and disingenuous when your last 3 seasons and 37 games were played somewhere else.
Admittedly, I may be wrong, I don't know the ins and outs of the NBA salary cap but two years ago, it appears Dirk made about 8 million, not the minimum. 8 million a season is a solid salary in the NFL. Before that he made money comparable to QB
money...comparing NFL and NBA salaries is just not even fair. Judging by a few internet sites...Dirk is worth about 130 million while Ware is worth about 30.
Troy Aikman stopped playing because of his back and he got a cozy television job. He would've been a Dolphin or an Eagle if not for Fox, don't even debate that. Same with Romo...he would be a Texan this year if he didn't get offered a cozy announcing gig.
Ware turned down meetings with the Eagles and Commanders because he didn't want to play against the Cowboys out of respect for this organization. Loyalty doesn't exist in sports...players are justifiably trying to stack up as much chips as possible to retire by 35. If they can stay with one team, great but that team better pay him.
Ware was one of the most exciting players I have seen for a decade of my football watching life. If we are lucky, we will get 70 good years of watching football...I'm proud I was able to root for Ware for 10 of those.
