I'm sorry Angelo but I just can't go along with your thinking about guaranteed contracts. I recognize that it may be difficult for a player to accept a 2 year commitment at a certain salary level, if he plays to a level that is worth more or if he wants to go elsewhere for more money, however he signed and if he has any integrity, he will gut it out. At the same time, the team commits to pay that player for EVERY game he plays or is injured, no matter what his level of performance. If he can't perform to the required level, he is cut ( fired) - simple as that.
Your thinking seems to be along the lines of the day to day employment market, and does not deal with the realities of a sports team. The only way to meet your ideal contract/commitment conditions would be for all players to be on one game contracts. My heart is with the players and you Angelo, but my mind/logic says we need the reality of a two year contract, for the sake of the team, and especially the fans. Nobody forces a player to sign - he can always decide to sit and be forgotten.
One oar still in the water !
Actually, my thinking goes along with that of every other pro sport other than football. Contracts in baseball, basketball and hockey are guaranteed to the duration. Only football is different. I'm sorry, but I will never support owners and management having all the leverage. If one side needs to honour a countract, than both sides need to honour that contract. I don't get how everybody can cheer these players while they are playing and then take the side of ownership when it comes to honouring agreements. I guess everybody on here is self employed.
It's us vs the rest of the country
It's us vs the rest of the country
So, if a football team signs a player to a 2 year contract, and in the 2nd year of the deal, the guy shows up for TC over-weight and out of shape, has forgotten the play-book and is more interested in drinking & smoking and chasing cheerleaders, then the football team should have to honor his contract ???
And the "real world"? - what the **** is that ?
Pro sports teams having to buy-out / pay-off aging, has-been sub-par or mediocre players who some moron of a GM signed to a ludicrous over-paid long-term deal = close to as stupid as it gets in the "real world".
The reason I used consultants as an example is because they are specialists in their field and independent contractors, as are pro athletes. We're not talking about general labour personnel here where someone with no experience can walk in off the street and be trained for the job.
I'm sorry...did you say something?Originally Posted by OV Argo
It's us vs the rest of the country
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