How the Cowboys Hedged Their Bet on Dez Bryant with a 'Brilliant' Contract

[robjay04]

If we had the internet and social media to read about a lot of our favorite players in the past, our perception would probably be a lot different. Dez is probably no worse than a third of our roster in the 90s.

 

[Plumfool]

Maybe why Dez fired people.

 

[Nightman]

Dez gets his full guarantee if he's on the team this time next year.

Considering Dez hasn't been in any serious trouble since 2012 when he was still a young man I'm not too worried.

I don't see anything particularly unique about the contract that someone can call brilliant on the Cowboys behalf.

Like you said, if they sign him next March, which is very very likely, he will get his full 45m guaranteed in less than a year.

It was a fair deal to both sides. Dez got his guarantees and DAL got Dez for at least 4 years, probably for life.

 

[viman96]

Yes, there are people with similar or longer commutes that are never late to work; however, distance in traffic still makes it more difficult. Traffic is very difficult to predict. It is very time of day dependent and then there is construction and wrecks that can screw you up even if you started out an hour early.

Let's agree traffic is unpredictable every day. Whose issue is it to be on time? The employer or the employee?

 

[casmith07]

The fact that he lives in Desoto is bizarre to me. It's not a preferred area to live in for anybody that makes over 100K per year and it's a long way in traffic from the Cowboys facility. It will be almost impossible for him to stay there once they move to Frisco because the travel time is just to long.

I pass through DeSoto on my way to Dallas all the time.

People who grew up in certain situations gravitate towards those situations/people. I can see why Dez would feel comfortable in DeSoto.

 

[CowboyRoy]

The Dez Bryant contract is one of the great illusions in sports history. For all the talk from Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones that the team didn't put any safeguards in the deal, it is in fact a series of safeguards built around one main objective:

Win a Super Bowl now and then hope Bryant can make it through three years.

On face value, the five-year, $70 million deal that Bryant agreed to last Wednesday looks impressive. The $45 million guarantee is the second-most that any wide receiver has ever been promised, trailing only the $48 million figure Calvin Johnson got in 2012 from Detroit.

Like all NFL contracts, the details tell another story—a story that was exemplified by a trip Jones and his son Stephen took to New York on July 14, the day before the deal was formally agreed to. The Joneses flew to New York to meet with executives of Roc Nation, who deal with Bryant's marketing and off-field opportunities.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...r-bet-on-dez-bryant-with-a-brilliant-contract

What can you say, another brilliant move by Jerry and Stephen. Another feather in their off season cap.

 

[BAZ]

I don't see anything particularly unique about the contract that someone can call brilliant on the Cowboys behalf.

Like you said, if they sign him next March, which is very very likely, he will get his full 45m guaranteed in less than a year.

It was a fair deal to both sides. Dez got his guarantees and DAL got Dez for at least 4 years, probably for life.

I wouldn't call it brilliant but easing him into the money and giving yourself an out before being pot committed is a smart move.

First I've heard of the pizza story. That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard if true. Like not Jpp or Plaxico dumb, but the tier below that stupid.

 

[Nightman]

I wouldn't call it brilliant but easing him into the money and giving yourself an out before being pot committed is a smart move.

First I've heard of the pizza story. That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard if true. Like not Jpp or Plaxico dumb, but the tier below that stupid.

Yeah but guarantees are still owed whether you physically have the money or not.

They only wrote a check for 7m but they will pay him another 9m this season, 7m next March and 9m next season. His 2017 salary is also guaranteed for 13m right now. That is pretty pot committed at 32m.

 

[Rogah]

I could not be happier with the way the Cowboys handled this whole situation.

 

[texbumthelife]

100% agree. Time management issues has nothing to do with distance. Being on time is about being mindful of what you need to do or where you need to be.

As much as it is putting an emphasis on the importance of being on time. Some people legitimately do no get it. They don't understand the significance or the professionalism (or lack-there-of).

 

[CyberB0b]

They do a terrific job of explaining the unusual contract, especially how they used 2 different methods to defer how much money he actually gets immediately.

I had heard the issue with Jordan and Pizza Hut, but this is the first time I've seen it on the internet.

I would like to know how this guy is privy to this information. It seems he took a lot of creative liberties in writing this piece.

 

[xwalker]

I would like to know how this guy is privy to this information. It seems he took a lot of creative liberties in writing this piece.

I've have heard about these issues in general, but not this specifically. Also, I have not seen it in print until now, just people on the radio talking about it in general terms.

The surprise to me is how many things have been kept out of the mainstream media.

 

[erod]

I would like to know how this guy is privy to this information. It seems he took a lot of creative liberties in writing this piece.

Nothing in there that was new. Most of the local media make casual references to it, but they've largely not reported it this directly because so much of it is really not newsworthy by traditional standards.

Of course, these days, traditional journalistic standards are irrelevant. This guy basically summarized it all.

 

[xwalker]

I don't see anything particularly unique about the contract that someone can call brilliant on the Cowboys behalf.

Like you said, if they sign him next March, which is very very likely, he will get his full 45m guaranteed in less than a year.

It was a fair deal to both sides. Dez got his guarantees and DAL got Dez for at least 4 years, probably for life.

I don't know about brilliant, but it is definitely unique. They deferred 7M and will pay out half of the bonus weekly. That is not a standard contract setup.

 

[erod]

First I've heard of the pizza story. That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard if true. Like not Jpp or Plaxico dumb, but the tier below that stupid.

He could have felt anxious about it. Not everybody is wired for that kind of thing.

 

[CyberB0b]

Nothing in there that was new. Most of the local media make casual references to it, but they've largely not reported it this directly because so much of it is really not newsworthy by traditional standards.

Of course, these days, traditional journalistic standards are irrelevant. This guy basically summarized it all.

I was referring more to stuff like this:

"The meeting was not about the final dollar figures. "
"That's still only a small part of the Cowboys' concerns. They have been worried about the number of hangers-on that Bryant has living with him. They also continue to be worried about possible recurrences of serious issues, such as the reported violent encounter he had with his mother in July 2012."
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The bottom line is this: The Joneses were concerned enough with all of this that they went to New York to meet with Roc Nation. The view is that Roc Nation's executives, including founder Jay-Z, are the only ones who can currently get through to Bryant.

To people around the league, the decision to meet Roc Nation was notably abnormal."

 

[BAZ]

He could have felt anxious about it. Not everybody is wired for that kind of thing.

But you have to talk to people ahead of time before when it comes to money like that. And he looks pretty comfortable with all that attention as his XbdayX party.

 

[Howboutdemcowboys31]

Saying Dez Bryant is a bad person is the biggest myth on this board

 

[PhillyCowboysFan]

Dez gets his full guarantee if he's on the team this time next year.

Considering Dez hasn't been in any serious trouble since 2012 when he was still a young man I'm not too worried.

I'm not trying nitpick, but this article leads you to believe that there is this tremendous safeguard in place. His guaranteed portion will be paid in full by March 15, 2016. That's seven and a half months away. That's it! The team was getting ready to go right into camp and then the season. When the season is over in February, Dez has just one and a half months to keep his nose clean before collecting his final guaranteed payment. That's not much of a safeguard so I'm not sure why it's being written as it is.

But put me in the camp as one that's not concerned with Dez. He has done nothing over the last 3-years to warrant any of my concern.

 

[PhillyCowboysFan]

I don't see anything particularly unique about the contract that someone can call brilliant on the Cowboys behalf.

Like you said, if they sign him next March, which is very very likely, he will get his full 45m guaranteed in less than a year.

It was a fair deal to both sides. Dez got his guarantees and DAL got Dez for at least 4 years, probably for life.

I didn't read far enough in this thread to see your post bkight. We practically posted the same thoughts. I guess great minds think alike.