The Hometown Discount

[Verdict]

Many posters here have debated the relevancy of a player's hometown in the free agency process. Some have cited that it might be a significant factor in a free agent signing, and others have scoffed at the idea saying that the almighty dollar is all that matters.

I think in reality, it really depends on the player. I think location can be the single most important factor for some free agents and for others it may be totally irrelevant.

Personally, as an attorney, I could probably double my earnings by moving to a large city within 2 hours of where I currently live. If I were to move to NY or LA, I might be able to triple or quadruple what I currently make. Money, for me would be irrelevant, so long as I could support my family with a reasonable standard of living.

That is just my view on life. Someone else might look at it entirely differently. It doesn't make one perspective right, or wrong. I am also a firm believer that the more money you make the less important it becomes to you.

 

[sago1]

I think money and the shortness of a professional athletes career makes money the prime motivator. But I also think many players will give the team they are playing for a little discount just to remain in an environment they familiar with. Of course that all depends with how happy they are with their current team.

Dielman is an example. He signed for less then Seattle was offering him to remain with the Chargers.

If we talking about Colombo, I do think he really wants to remain in Dallas. He would be playing a position he is used to and an offense almost exactly like last year but with new coaching staff so that might be seen as a bit more excitement. But with the salaries in FA Colombo has no other option but to check out his market value. I would have preferred Cowboys get him signed before FA started. I don't know if that was there intention or if things just slipped thru the crack as a result of new coaching staff, etc.

Another posting reported that Cowboys offerred Colombo a 2 year contract. I can understand both sides but Colombo probably less then happy anyway. But if Stephen Jones confident we will still re-sign him then maybe there will be enough in that contract to entice him to sign it. Besides maybe there's an agreement he comes back to us with any offer he receives and we'll match it--unless it totally out of bounds and I don't see that happening or he would have been higher on other teams' radar.

 

[5Stars]

Many posters here have debated the relevancy of a player's hometown in the free agency process. Some have cited that it might be a significant factor in a free agent signing, and others have scoffed at the idea saying that the almighty dollar is all that matters.

I think in reality, it really depends on the player. I think location can be the single most important factor for some free agents and for others it may be totally irrelevant.

Personally, as an attorney, I could probably double my earnings by moving to a large city within 2 hours of where I currently live. If I were to move to NY or LA, I might be able to triple or quadruple what I currently make. Money, for me would be irrelevant, so long as I could support my family with a reasonable standard of living.

That is just my view on life. Someone else might look at it entirely differently. It doesn't make one perspective right, or wrong. I am also a firm believer that the more money you make the less important it becomes to you.

The one thing that is different is that a player could lose his job permanetly in a matter of minutes...while you can stay at your job without much risk. Well, unless you get hit by that ambulance that you are chasing...



So, the life of an NFL player requires his agent to get all the coin he can get...and with the enormous amounts of money that players get, it might not mean as much to where he lives...I'm sure they could survive...

 

[Yeagermeister]

Is this similar to the Parcells discount Nors said Ty Law was going to give us?