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Eli Manning Could Become The NFL’s Highest-Paid Player
Posted by Aaron Wilson on June 19, 2009, 12:42 p.m.
Although no new deal is imminent between the New York Giants and quarterback Eli Manning, it looks like the Super Bowl XLII Most Valuable Player is going to break the bank whenever negotiations are ultimately completed.
According to Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News, Manning’s representatives “want to make him the highest-paid player” in the NFL as he enters the final year of his contract.
Citing a source, Vacchiano reports that Manning is looking for an annual average compensation of $20 million.
Per the report, the total package could wind up being a seven- or eight-year term of service with a maximum value of $110 million to $120 million with $40 million of that figure guaranteed.
Manning, who signed a six-year rookie contract ranging between $45 milllion to $54 million in total earnings, downplayed the prospects of potentially being rewarded with the league’s richest contract.
“I don’t have an ego about that,” said Manning, who’s due $9.4 million in 2009. “I’ll leave it to my agent and the Giants. They’ll figure out all the details.
“My job is to prepare, get this team ready and let everything else play itself out. . . . Something could happen before the season starts, but I’m not worried about it right now.”
The Giants have no intentions of allowing Manning to leave via free agency, and they have the option of retaining him by designating him as their franchise player for 2010.
Team officials have expressed confidence that they’ll eventually hammer out a deal with Manning.
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That Eli, he's a funny little fellow.
What? He's serious?
Posted by Aaron Wilson on June 19, 2009, 12:42 p.m.
Although no new deal is imminent between the New York Giants and quarterback Eli Manning, it looks like the Super Bowl XLII Most Valuable Player is going to break the bank whenever negotiations are ultimately completed.
According to Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News, Manning’s representatives “want to make him the highest-paid player” in the NFL as he enters the final year of his contract.
Citing a source, Vacchiano reports that Manning is looking for an annual average compensation of $20 million.
Per the report, the total package could wind up being a seven- or eight-year term of service with a maximum value of $110 million to $120 million with $40 million of that figure guaranteed.
Manning, who signed a six-year rookie contract ranging between $45 milllion to $54 million in total earnings, downplayed the prospects of potentially being rewarded with the league’s richest contract.
“I don’t have an ego about that,” said Manning, who’s due $9.4 million in 2009. “I’ll leave it to my agent and the Giants. They’ll figure out all the details.
“My job is to prepare, get this team ready and let everything else play itself out. . . . Something could happen before the season starts, but I’m not worried about it right now.”
The Giants have no intentions of allowing Manning to leave via free agency, and they have the option of retaining him by designating him as their franchise player for 2010.
Team officials have expressed confidence that they’ll eventually hammer out a deal with Manning.
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That Eli, he's a funny little fellow.
What? He's serious?
