I disagree. The owners are trying to hold down salaries. The only chance players have in a free market is to have a rogue owner. I actually like what Haslem is doing in the NBA. The league is pressuring him to trade Giannis and he refuses too. Good for the Bucks you don’t want a Luka situation.
Before Lamar signed his contract every local talk show was saying he should get an agent. His mother is killing his value.
Now they kissing her booty.
I agree as far as holding down salaries. It's gotten crazy. But he's responsible for paying a guy like Watson a fortune. Just stupid. That alone is jackassery personified. Gross ineptitude .
There is no need to “collude”. The rules are the same for every team. In addition to a limit of how much a team may pay in player compensation there is also a minimum they must pay. The compensation rules were collectively bargained. It’s, in effect, legal collusion. There is nothing to be gained monetarily by breaking the law. There would be a lot to lose by doing so.
True. But there's a difference between football accumen and business accumen. Yes it's a business but the NFL is unique. The light shines brightest on the owners that are inept, or football smart. Team building is a art that some owners just can't grasp. Just because pay a guy top dollar doesn't mean you built something good. It's an paying the right player, at the correct position, at the right time. Is Micah a fit, using that formula? We must seriously ask because if we are wrong, it sets the team back even more.
Watson was going to get paid regardless. At the time he was a top 5 quarterback. I remember there was a bunch on the board who wanted to get in the Watson sweepstakes and move on from Dak.
Believe what you want. Teams colluded against Lamar Jackson.
Many of us knew how huge a risk Watson would be. I was never a fan of the idea. Not under any scenario. He was and continues to be, a big red blinking light. Haslem should have better football people around him to avoid this stuff. Unless he went off the rails and did it despite their reservations. Glad we have Dak still, especially when we look at Watson.
This is true. The “pie” is dynamic in that it changes with the league’s revenue, but at any moment in time it’s the same for every team. Once a team commits to an individual player’s compensation they’re locked into the terms of the agreement.
Yes, that's what I'm saying, correct.
We've certainly seen that before. Lots of soft tissue injuries for players who miss practice time.
Some on this board would trade Dak for Shaduer Sanders straight up plus future draft capital.
lol...you think that brat is going to do something like that? He will get his money, and then the trouble will begin. If he follows the lead of "the leader, Unc" he will not do anything friendly for the team.
nor should he
players go down every year in training camp.
Got it, screw the Cowboys. Their losers anyway.
