BUSH "Toying" With Skipping 2006.... (1 Viewer)

[Shark Attack]

RB Considers Skipping 2006?

Jason Cole of Yahoo Sports cites a "league source" who indicates that New Orleans Saints' #2 overall draft pick Reggie Bush may be considering skipping the 2006 season and re-entering the draft in 2007.

Back in May, Bush publicly informed his agents that they should do "whatever it takes" for him to be in camp on time. Now, just a few days before the opening of the Saints' training camp, all sides seem to agree that Bush is likely to be a holdout, at least for the beginning of camp. Bush and the Saints are apparently too far apart to reconcile the differences quickly enough.

http://sports.yahoo.com

CRYING WITH YOU NOT FOR YOU HERE! WTF IS THIS BULL#### NOW?

 

[diesel7982]

Bush isnt that stupid, and Im sure his agents arent.

 

[Shark Attack]

Bush isnt that stupid, and Im sure his agents arent.

DON'T BE SO SURE..HE WANTED NO PART OF N.O WHEN HE GOT DRAFTED AND THIS COULD BE A PERFECT WAY OUT OF THERE! OMG!!! THIS COULD HAPPEN!

 

[MLBrandow]

What's his "redraft" value

I wonder if the Bills would take him

 

[Garrett]

What happened to the "feel good"/"I'm glad to be here" newspaper ad he put out?

 

[diesel7982]

Bush isnt that stupid, and Im sure his agents arent.

DON'T BE SO SURE..HE WANTED NO PART OF N.O WHEN HE GOT DRAFTED AND THIS COULD BE A PERFECT WAY OUT OF THERE! OMG!!! THIS COULD HAPPEN!

Did a 12 yr old get a hold of your login info? OMG?Anyways, no, this will not happen. Bush will be giving up MILLIONS in endorsements if he does this, and he'll destroy all the positive PR hes managed to build for himself.

If he wanted out of NO, he would have been saying this after they drafted him, not RIGHT BEFORE they are going to start contract negotiations.

 

[Garrett]

Bush isnt that stupid, and Im sure his agents arent.

DON'T BE SO SURE..HE WANTED NO PART OF N.O WHEN HE GOT DRAFTED AND THIS COULD BE A PERFECT WAY OUT OF THERE! OMG!!! THIS COULD HAPPEN!

Settle down, this is posturing.

 

[Bezzerck]

Bush must have seen what missing a year did for Mike Williams and Maurice Clarrett. I mean after seeing how those two turned out who wouldn't be willing to sit on the sidelines for a year wearing a skirt and a few pompoms.

If he hold out because he wants something ridiculous I hope that he gets the shaft from the Saints. He'll be a great player but the guy is way overrated.

 

[Garrett]

If he wanted out of NO, he would have been saying this after they drafted him, not RIGHT BEFORE they are going to start contract negotiations.

Eli pretty much wrote the book on that scenario.

 

[Shark Attack]

Bush isnt that stupid, and Im sure his agents arent.

DON'T BE SO SURE..HE WANTED NO PART OF N.O WHEN HE GOT DRAFTED AND THIS COULD BE A PERFECT WAY OUT OF THERE! OMG!!! THIS COULD HAPPEN!

Did a 12 yr old get a hold of your login info? OMG?Anyways, no, this will not happen. Bush will be giving up MILLIONS in endorsements if he does this, and he'll destroy all the positive PR hes managed to build for himself.

If he wanted out of NO, he would have been saying this after they drafted him, not RIGHT BEFORE they are going to start contract negotiations.

SORRY I have about $440 invested in this him right now! Dam this better be blowing smoke? But Yahoo is no small outfit and Jason Cole is pretty good....

 

[Bri]

If he wanted out of NO, he would have been saying this after they drafted him, not RIGHT BEFORE they are going to start contract negotiations.

Eli pretty much wrote the book on that scenario.

Didn't Elway pull some BS like Eli too? Didn't seem like he was "the goat" as much as Eli was. What'd he do differently?

 

[diesel7982]

Bush isnt that stupid, and Im sure his agents arent.

DON'T BE SO SURE..HE WANTED NO PART OF N.O WHEN HE GOT DRAFTED AND THIS COULD BE A PERFECT WAY OUT OF THERE! OMG!!! THIS COULD HAPPEN!

Did a 12 yr old get a hold of your login info? OMG?Anyways, no, this will not happen. Bush will be giving up MILLIONS in endorsements if he does this, and he'll destroy all the positive PR hes managed to build for himself.

If he wanted out of NO, he would have been saying this after they drafted him, not RIGHT BEFORE they are going to start contract negotiations.

SORRY I have about 4$40 invested in this him right now! Dam this better be blowing smoke? But Yahoo is no small outfit and Jason Cole is pretty good....

Yahoo is only reporting what Jason Cole is writing, they don't evaluate the validity of the article.Jason Cole will write anything that people will read.

This story comes out every year, sometimes with multiple players, and the only thing different is the name. No one else is going to take this threat from Bush seriously, and neither should you.

Worry about a 40 day holdout, but not about him missing games.

 

[Garrett]

SORRY I have about 4$40 invested in this him right now!

Hehe, sounds like you are in deep. Good luck...

 

[Shark Attack]

Bush must have seen what missing a year did for Mike Williams and Maurice Clarrett.  I mean after seeing how those two turned out who wouldn't be willing to sit on the sidelines for a year wearing a skirt and a few pompoms.

If he hold out because he wants something ridiculous I hope that he gets the shaft from the Saints.  He'll be a great player but the guy is way overrated.

I have heard that he simply will not play unless he gets MUCH more than the #1 pick got. He feels that was his slot and he does not care what happens and unless he gets more money than Mario Williams he is sitting out till he does. He will not play for less.

 

[diesel7982]

If he wanted out of NO, he would have been saying this after they drafted him, not RIGHT BEFORE they are going to start contract negotiations.

Eli pretty much wrote the book on that scenario.

Didn't Elway pull some BS like Eli too? Didn't seem like he was "the goat" as much as Eli was. What'd he do differently?

He was born 20 years earlier when the media wasnt nearly as involved, and he wasnt born into a family with a football legacy.

 

[diesel7982]

Bush must have seen what missing a year did for Mike Williams and Maurice Clarrett.  I mean after seeing how those two turned out who wouldn't be willing to sit on the sidelines for a year wearing a skirt and a few pompoms.

If he hold out because he wants something ridiculous I hope that he gets the shaft from the Saints.  He'll be a great player but the guy is way overrated.

I have heard that he simply will not play unless he gets MUCH more than the #1 pick got. He feels that was his slot and he does not care what happens and unless he gets more money Williams he is sitting out till he does. He will not play for less.

This might shock you SHARK, but sometimes people lie to try to get what they want.

 

[Bri]

If he wanted out of NO, he would have been saying this after they drafted him, not RIGHT BEFORE they are going to start contract negotiations.

Eli pretty much wrote the book on that scenario.

Didn't Elway pull some BS like Eli too? Didn't seem like he was "the goat" as much as Eli was. What'd he do differently?

He was born 20 years earlier when the media wasnt nearly as involved, and he wasnt born into a family with a football legacy.

yeah but didn't he refuse to play for the Colts or ??? can't recall exactly

 

[Garrett]

Jason Cole will write anything that people will read.

Not to mention, at this point, the well of pre training camp news has run completely bone dry. I could throw together an article about Peyton Manning on a wild binge in Mexico with Warren Sapp and Nick Harper. It would probably garner attention.

 

[MLBrandow]

This might shock you SHARK, but sometimes people lie to try to get what they want.

Liar

 

[diesel7982]

If he wanted out of NO, he would have been saying this after they drafted him, not RIGHT BEFORE they are going to start contract negotiations.

Eli pretty much wrote the book on that scenario.

Didn't Elway pull some BS like Eli too? Didn't seem like he was "the goat" as much as Eli was. What'd he do differently?

He was born 20 years earlier when the media wasnt nearly as involved, and he wasnt born into a family with a football legacy.

yeah but didn't he refuse to play for the Colts or ??? can't recall exactly

Yes.From Google

 

[radballs]

What means 4$40s? Just drink 'em.

 

[diesel7982]

Jason Cole will write anything that people will read. 

Not to mention, at this point, the well of pre training camp news has run completely bone dry. I could throw together an article about Peyton Manning on a wild binge in Mexico with Warren Sapp and Nick Harper. It would probably garner attention.

Exactly. SHARK is freaking out about this:

a league source said Bush is toying with the idea of sitting out the entire season and going back in the draft in 2007 if he doesn't get his price.

This is what Jason Cole is basing an entire article on. A "league source"?

 

[Garrett]

Yes.

From Google

Nice find.

 

[Bri]

thanks diesel

 

[Shark Attack]

If he wanted out of NO, he would have been saying this after they drafted him, not RIGHT BEFORE they are going to start contract negotiations.

Eli pretty much wrote the book on that scenario.

Didn't Elway pull some BS like Eli too? Didn't seem like he was "the goat" as much as Eli was. What'd he do differently?

Na, he had to play it the way he did and is, it would hfve been a public relations nightmare if he said that then(Hurricanes in No etc..)..this could be his perfect out..just not sure he wants to blow a 20 Million sigining bonus and a first year salary till next year?

 

[Garrett]

Na, he had to play it the way he did and is, it would hfve been a public relations nightmare if he said that then(Hurricanes in No etc..)..this could be his perfect out..just not sure he wants to blow a 20 Million sigining bonus and a first year salary till next year?

If that is the case, then what is the motive here?

 

[Shark Attack]

Bush isnt that stupid, and Im sure his agents arent.

DON'T BE SO SURE..HE WANTED NO PART OF N.O WHEN HE GOT DRAFTED AND THIS COULD BE A PERFECT WAY OUT OF THERE! OMG!!! THIS COULD HAPPEN!

Did a 12 yr old get a hold of your login info? OMG?Anyways, no, this will not happen. Bush will be giving up MILLIONS in endorsements if he does this, and he'll destroy all the positive PR hes managed tobuild for himself.

would not the endorsmets still be there for him? as would a TV studio gig?

If he wanted out of NO, he would have been saying this after they drafted him, not RIGHT BEFORE they are going to start contract negotiations.

SORRY I have about 4$40 invested in this him right now! Dam this better be blowing smoke? But Yahoo is no small outfit and Jason Cole is pretty good....

Yahoo is only reporting what Jason Cole is writing, they don't evaluate the validity of the article.Jason Cole will write anything that people will read.

This story comes out every year, sometimes with multiple players, and the only thing different is the name. No one else is going to take this threat from Bush seriously, and neither should you.

Worry about a 40 day holdout, but not about him missing games.

 

[Joe Bryant]

I changed the headline on this thread to better reflect reality.Here's what I wrote on this in tonight's email update:

"Toying" with the idea and the idea being remotely likely are two diffent things. As the article states, Bush is in a financial position to do something like this as he's banked more than five million dollars so far with marketing deals. His agent, Joel Segal declined to comment on Friday. My opinion is this is 100% pure media manipulation. I'd be shocked if Reggie Bush was anything but signed in the near future. A holdout is probable. That often happens with players drafted in the spot he was. But this story to me just sound like Segal playing the media.

J

 

[Joe Bryant]

Bush must have seen what missing a year did for Mike Williams and Maurice Clarrett.  I mean after seeing how those two turned out who wouldn't be willing to sit on the sidelines for a year wearing a skirt and a few pompoms.

If he hold out because he wants something ridiculous I hope that he gets the shaft from the Saints.  He'll be a great player but the guy is way overrated.

I have heard that he simply will not play unless he gets MUCH more than the #1 pick got. He feels that was his slot and he does not care what happens and unless he gets more money than Mario Williams he is sitting out till he does. He will not play for less.

WHERE are you hearing this? And WHO is saying it?J

 

[Shark Attack]

Bush isnt that stupid, and Im sure his agents arent.

DON'T BE SO SURE..HE WANTED NO PART OF N.O WHEN HE GOT DRAFTED AND THIS COULD BE A PERFECT WAY OUT OF THERE! OMG!!! THIS COULD HAPPEN!

Did a 12 yr old get a hold of your login info? OMG?Anyways, no, this will not happen. Bush will be giving up MILLIONS in endorsements if he does this, and he'll destroy all the positive PR hes managed to build for himself.

If he wanted out of NO, he would have been saying this after they drafted him, not RIGHT BEFORE they are going to start contract negotiations.

SORRY I have about 4$40 invested in this him right now! Dam this better be blowing smoke? But Yahoo is no small outfit and Jason Cole is pretty good....

Yahoo is only reporting what Jason Cole is writing, they don't evaluate the validity of the article.Jason Cole will write anything that people will read.

This story comes out every year, sometimes with multiple players, and the only thing different is the name. No one else is going to take this threat from Bush seriously, and neither should you.

Worry about a 40 day holdout, but not about him missing games.

Jason Cole of Yahoo Sports cites a "league source" i knowm i nknow..you know better and Cole is lying he got it form a league source..trust me i know exactly what *might* be going on but lots of things also lead me to beleive Bush is on this path as well...plain and simple unless NO goes way up on there offer and much higher than Willaims he isnt signing...and everything from them so far is no way will they go at all higher so forget much higher..this is more serious than you think guy..

 

[Shark Attack]

Bush must have seen what missing a year did for Mike Williams and Maurice Clarrett.  I mean after seeing how those two turned out who wouldn't be willing to sit on the sidelines for a year wearing a skirt and a few pompoms.

If he hold out because he wants something ridiculous I hope that he gets the shaft from the Saints.  He'll be a great player but the guy is way overrated.

I have heard that he simply will not play unless he gets MUCH more than the #1 pick got. He feels that was his slot and he does not care what happens and unless he gets more money than Mario Williams he is sitting out till he does. He will not play for less.

WHERE are you hearing this? And WHO is saying it?Well without going back right now..I have read that in every piece on Bush and his signing a contract and am very surprised that you have not..Matter of fact ESPN had this the other night when discussing the Bush negocaitions..Bush will ***NEVER**** sign a contract that will earn him less than Mario Williams and if you never heard it you just did and take it to the bank.

J

 

[diesel7982]

Bush isnt that stupid, and Im sure his agents arent.

DON'T BE SO SURE..HE WANTED NO PART OF N.O WHEN HE GOT DRAFTED AND THIS COULD BE A PERFECT WAY OUT OF THERE! OMG!!! THIS COULD HAPPEN!

Did a 12 yr old get a hold of your login info? OMG?Anyways, no, this will not happen. Bush will be giving up MILLIONS in endorsements if he does this, and he'll destroy all the positive PR hes managed tobuild for himself.

would not the endorsmets still be there for him? as would a TV studio gig?

If he wanted out of NO, he would have been saying this after they drafted him, not RIGHT BEFORE they are going to start contract negotiations.

SORRY I have about 4$40 invested in this him right now! Dam this better be blowing smoke? But Yahoo is no small outfit and Jason Cole is pretty good....

Yahoo is only reporting what Jason Cole is writing, they don't evaluate the validity of the article.Jason Cole will write anything that people will read.

This story comes out every year, sometimes with multiple players, and the only thing different is the name. No one else is going to take this threat from Bush seriously, and neither should you.

Worry about a 40 day holdout, but not about him missing games.

Was the bolded part your response? I would be very surprised if Bush's endorsement deals were not contingent upon him actually playing in the NFL, but I won't guarantee that.

I cant imagine we'll see him on TV any time soon, especially with all the shady stuff in his background at the moment.

Just remember this...by skipping the 2006 season, and re-entering the 2007 draft, Bush is banking on a number of things:

1) He'll be drafted in the top 3 in the 2007 draft after missing an entire season

2) He'll make enough from that contract signing to justify giving up his base salary this year, and the interest/capital gains on all bonus money he would have earned by signing now. That number will outgain the $2mil or so in bonus money he might gain by having "#1" work out.

He'll also have one more year until he can renegotiate his rookie deal into a more lucrative 2nd contract, which will end up costing him even more money.

This move would make ZERO sense from a financial, or PR standpoint for that matter. He would have to really hate the idea of playing in NO to justify the losses hes going to take should he go for the 2007 draft.

But again, thats not going to happen. This is just Jason Cole running with a flippant quote from a "source"

 

[diesel7982]

Bush isnt that stupid, and Im sure his agents arent.

DON'T BE SO SURE..HE WANTED NO PART OF N.O WHEN HE GOT DRAFTED AND THIS COULD BE A PERFECT WAY OUT OF THERE! OMG!!! THIS COULD HAPPEN!

Did a 12 yr old get a hold of your login info? OMG?Anyways, no, this will not happen. Bush will be giving up MILLIONS in endorsements if he does this, and he'll destroy all the positive PR hes managed to build for himself.

If he wanted out of NO, he would have been saying this after they drafted him, not RIGHT BEFORE they are going to start contract negotiations.

SORRY I have about 4$40 invested in this him right now! Dam this better be blowing smoke? But Yahoo is no small outfit and Jason Cole is pretty good....

Yahoo is only reporting what Jason Cole is writing, they don't evaluate the validity of the article.Jason Cole will write anything that people will read.

This story comes out every year, sometimes with multiple players, and the only thing different is the name. No one else is going to take this threat from Bush seriously, and neither should you.

Worry about a 40 day holdout, but not about him missing games.

Jason Cole of Yahoo Sports cites a "league source" i knowm i nknow..you know better and Cole is lying he got it form a league source..trust me i know exactly what *might* be going on but lots of things also lead me to beleive Bush is on this path as well...plain and simple unless NO goes way up on there offer and much higher than Willaims he isnt signing...and everything from them so far is no way will they go at all higher so forget much higher..this is more serious than you think guy..

Ok, I was giving you the benefit of the doubt, but this has just gotten silly.

Goodnight.

 

[radballs]

What does it mean when someone quotes a post but doesn't add anything to it? I don't get that. Bush will get signed and play this year. It's just a matter of when and if it possibly lingers into the regular season.

 

[diesel7982]

What does it mean when someone quotes a post but doesn't add anything to it? I don't get that. Bush will get signed and play this year. It's just a matter of when and if it possibly lingers into the regular season.

Hes answering within the quotes without bolding or highlighting.

 

[Norseman]

story

New Orleans Saints top draft pick Reggie Bush will likely be a holdout when the team opens training camp in Jackson next week, a representative of the star running back told the Clarion-Ledger today.

Mike Ornstein, Bush's marketing agent, said Bush and the Saints "probably" won't agree to terms on a contract until after camp starts.

The Saints report to Millsaps College on July 27 and will start practice the following afternoon on the campus just north of downtown Jackson.

"Do we feel like he'll be there at the start?" Ornstein said in a telephone interview from his California office. "I'm not sure where we are right now. I'd say probably not, at this stage."

Bush, the Heisman Trophy winner out of Southern Cal, was the No. 2 overall pick in April's NFL draft. During the Saints' rookie mini-camp in May, Bush said he told his team of agents to do whatever they needed to make sure a deal was reached that would allow him to report to camp on time.

Saints general manager Mickey Loomis did not immediately respond to an interview request. The Saints have signed three of their eight 2006 draft picks in the past 10 days. But the team's top four picks remain unsigned a week before players report, which is not uncommon among NFL teams. Many deals, especially ones involving higher-round picks, typically get done weeks into training camp.

Apparently at issue is whether the Saints will offer Bush, who many rated as the top player in the draft, a better deal than what Houston gave Mario Williams when the Texans surprisingly chose the former North Carolina State defensive end first overall.

Williams has reportedly agreed to a six-year deal worth $54 million, with $26.5 million in guaranteed pay.

Ornstein is one of at least two lead members of a team that handles Bush's professional matters. Ornstein said he primarily negotiates the player's endorsement deals. Joel Segal, who will negotiate Bush's contract with the Saints, declined to comment when reached on his cell phone this afternoon.

Ornstein's comments come a day after the agent for former Texas quarterback Vince Young, the No. 3 overall pick, said he was heading to Nashville to get a deal done in time for Young to open camp with the Tennessee Titans late next week.

Ornstein said Bush is in Los Angeles, where he shot a commercial for Pepsi on Tuesday and has been working out on the USC campus.

"He's been training and getting himself ready," Ornstein said. "Reggie's going to be fine."

 

[Shark Attack]

Na, he had to play it the way he did and is, it would hfve been a public relations nightmare if he said that then(Hurricanes in No etc..)..this could be his perfect out..just not sure he wants to blow a 20 Million sigining bonus and a first year salary till next year?

If that is the case, then what is the motive here?

without looking i think that must be his add in a N.O. paper or soemthing like it? Him and his people as sharp so of course they had to do that..and if they dont get what they want $$$ wise it looks like the mamgement of the team who blew it. It was a no brainer that he played it exactly the way he is doing so. Listen all i am not saying this isn't posturing or a writer is not maybe laying but this is serious stuff now for any Bush owner because if N.O does not find a way, creative or not for Bush to get more than Willaims then he is sitting until he gets it from someone else..The first overall slot was his, he owned it as the best player in the world at his level and he wants the money it brings. Just because Houston(Casserly) blew it and didnt want to deal with his high contract demands and sign early does not mean he has to take second money and that's his thinking here. All this does is let all know that he is sticking to his guns and cash demands..for now anyways . Still i don't see him backing down at this point for nobody.

 

[radballs]

Na, he had to play it the way he did and is, it would hfve been a public relations nightmare if he said that then(Hurricanes in No etc..)..this could be his perfect out..just not sure he wants to blow a 20 Million sigining bonus and a first year salary till next year?

If that is the case, then what is the motive here?

without looking i think that must be his add in a No paper? Him and his people as sharp so of course they had to do that..and if they dont get what they want $$$ wise it looks like the mangrment of the team who blew it. It was a no brainer that he played it exactl;y the way he is doin so. Listine all i am not saying this isn't posturing or a writer is not maybe laying but thgis si seriuos stuff now because if N.O does not find a way, creative or not for Bush to get more than willaims he is sitting until he gets it from soemone else..The first overall slot was his, he owned it as the best player in the world at his level and he wants the money it brings. Just because Houston(Casserly) blew it and didnt want to deal with his high contract demands and sign early does not mean he has to take second money and that's his thinking here. All this does and let all know that he is stickign to his guns and cash demands..for now anyways . Still i don't see him backing down at this point for nobody.

 

[Shark Attack]

Na, he had to play it the way he did and is, it would hfve been a public relations nightmare if he said that then(Hurricanes in No etc..)..this could be his perfect out..just not sure he wants to blow a 20 Million sigining bonus and a first year salary till next year?

If that is the case, then what is the motive here?

without looking i think that must be his add in a No paper? Him and his people as sharp so of course they had to do that..and if they dont get what they want $$$ wise it looks like the mangrment of the team who blew it. It was a no brainer that he played it exactl;y the way he is doin so. Listine all i am not saying this isn't posturing or a writer is not maybe laying but thgis si seriuos stuff now because if N.O does not find a way, creative or not for Bush to get more than willaims he is sitting until he gets it from soemone else..The first overall slot was his, he owned it as the best player in the world at his level and he wants the money it brings. Just because Houston(Casserly) blew it and didnt want to deal with his high contract demands and sign early does not mean he has to take second money and that's his thinking here. All this does and let all know that he is stickign to his guns and cash demands..for now anyways . Still i don't see him backing down at this point for nobody.

What Rads? You don't get that? Typo's corrected..sorry

 

[Shark Attack]

I changed the headline on this thread to better reflect reality.

Here's what I wrote on this in tonight's email update:

"Toying" with the idea and the idea being remotely likely are two diffent things. As the article states, Bush is in a financial position to do something like this as he's banked more than five million dollars so far with marketing deals. His agent, Joel Segal declined to comment on Friday.

My opinion is this is 100% pure media manipulation. I'd be shocked if Reggie Bush was anything but signed in the near future. A holdout is probable. That often happens with players drafted in the spot he was. But this story to me just sound like Segal playing the media.

J

NAZI!this reminds me of Russia under Lenin or Stalin. Nice to own the board huh? You should just make every post and reply Joe. You should have also added this to your email..REGGIE BUSH WILL NOT EVER SIGN A CONTRACT THAT WILL NET HIM LESS THEN #1 PICK MARIO WILLIAMS DEAL. SO IF YOU OWN HIM OR ARE DRATING SOON BUYER BEWARE!!! Then IT would have been worth something. I guess your opinion is all the matters around here and that is the problem with this board and your whole FBG site. Jeez, I am moving to Russia maybe I can make a post there....

Excuse me for making a post with my opinion included in it..i won't anymore if ever allowed again anyway..i am expecting to be banned to the goloog in Siberia now, what else should i think?

 

[Chaos Commish]

 

[radballs]

I changed the headline on this thread to better reflect reality.

Here's what I wrote on this in tonight's email update:

"Toying" with the idea and the idea being remotely likely are two diffent things. As the article states, Bush is in a financial position to do something like this as he's banked more than five million dollars so far with marketing deals. His agent, Joel Segal declined to comment on Friday.

My opinion is this is 100% pure media manipulation. I'd be shocked if Reggie Bush was anything but signed in the near future. A holdout is probable. That often happens with players drafted in the spot he was. But this story to me just sound like Segal playing the media.

J

NAZI!this reminds me of Russia under Lenin or Stalin. Nice to own the board huh? You should just make every post and reply Joe. You should have also added this to your email..REGGIE BUSH WILL NOT EVER SIGN A CONTRACT THAT WILL NET HIM LESS THEN #1 PICK MARIO WILLIAMS DEAL. SO IF YOU OWN HIM OR ARE DRATING SOON BUYER BEWARE!!! Then IT would have been worth something. I guess your opinion is all the matters around here and that is the problem with this board and your whole FBG site. Jeez, I am moving to Russia maybe I can make a post there....

Excuse me for making a post with my opinion included in it..i won't anymore if ever allowed again anyway..i am expecting to be banned to the goloog in Siberia now, what else should i think?

You're entire premise is misleading and your conclusions are quite a bit premature. Quote an article in it stating that Bush says that he will not sign for less than Mario Williams. So far, you're just spinning your wheels.

 

[radballs]

DonnyT = Shark Attack ?

 

[Raider Nation]

DonnyT = Shark Attack ?

 

[SSOG]

Bush isnt that stupid, and Im sure his agents arent.

DON'T BE SO SURE..HE WANTED NO PART OF N.O WHEN HE GOT DRAFTED AND THIS COULD BE A PERFECT WAY OUT OF THERE! OMG!!! THIS COULD HAPPEN!

Did a 12 yr old get a hold of your login info? OMG?Anyways, no, this will not happen. Bush will be giving up MILLIONS in endorsements if he does this, and he'll destroy all the positive PR hes managed to build for himself.

If he wanted out of NO, he would have been saying this after they drafted him, not RIGHT BEFORE they are going to start contract negotiations.

Dunno, skipping a season didn't seem to hurt Bo Jackson's marketability. Threatening to skip a season didn't hurt Elway's or Eli's, either. If Bush performs on the field, then Bush will get endorsements. Ron Mexico has clearly proven that "image" and "marketability" are drastically different concepts.

If he wanted out of NO, he would have been saying this after they drafted him, not RIGHT BEFORE they are going to start contract negotiations.

Eli pretty much wrote the book on that scenario.

Didn't Elway pull some BS like Eli too? Didn't seem like he was "the goat" as much as Eli was. What'd he do differently?

From what I heard, the Elway family actually had a personal beef with the Colts' head coach, and refused to play for him personally, rather than refusing to play based on the team, the location, or the money. Although most of my information has come from pro-Broncos media outlets, which makes their bias obvious and their objectivity suspect.

 

[Aaron Rudnicki]

DonnyT = Shark Attack ?

GB him

 

[Shrek]

If I was in NO's front office, here's my press release.

"That's cool. Tell him to call us when he changes his mind."

 

[gregjcross]

he cant source the story to an attributibal source therefore its fully to put Yahoo's NFL coverage "Front and center" vs. teh competion. What better person to use than a Reggie Bush, they probably planned this story in June

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BUSH SITTING OUT THE YEAR?Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports reports that Saints tailback Reggie Bush is contemplating sitting out the entire 2006 season and re-entering the draft next year if he doesn't get the kind of contract he thinks he deserves.His leverage?  More than $5 million in endorsement deals that don't require him to actually play football this season and a local fan base that thinks he's Jesus -- and that Saints owner Tom Benson is Beelzebub.On the surface, Cole's item reads like a shill job for Bush, Segal, and/or Bush marketing agent Mike Ornstein.  But unless Cole has undergone an organic personality change since jumping from the Miami Herald to Yahoo!, the last guy for whom he'd be in the tank is Bush.  After all, Cole iwas at the leading edge of the story regarding Bush's dealings with New Era Sports & Enterainment, which helped fuel the controversy that dropped Bush to No. 2.  Cole likewise has raised questions regarding Bush's relationship with Ornstein.Instead, the Segal shill is Len Pasquarelli of ESPN.com, and to date Len has yet to suggest that Bush would sit out for the entire season.  (In Friday's "Inside" -- i.e., not free -- Tip Sheet, Pasquarelli says that if the Saints try to work off of the deal that running back Ronnie Brown received as the No. 2 overall pick in 2005, "that won't get a deal done.")And we're glad to see that someone in the "real" media other than the Clarion-Ledger is mentioning on the looming threat of a protracted holdout by Bush.  The AP shockingly failed to pick up the item from earlier in the week in the Jackson, Mississippi newspaper regarding Bush's belief that the Saints promised to pay him as if he were the No. 1 overall pick, and regarding Ornstein's belief that a holdout is likely.Surely, Bush and his advisers think that the money Reggie has sprinkled over various New Orleans charities is enough to secure for him the full support of the man on the street in New Orleans.  But will it?  With $5 million already in his pocket, why does he need to squeeze so much more money out of the Saints than his position in the draft merits, especially when so many of the men on the street are still struggling after Katrina?Look, it's not the Saints' fault that the Texans, who held the No. 1 pick, concluded Bush was lying to them about the involvement of him and/or his family with folks in San Diego who allegedly provided rent-free housing and cold, hard cash in an effort to get the gig that Ornstein ultimately landed.  And regardless of how it all went down, Reggie was the No. 2 pick in the draft.  Period.  He gets paid that way.  Period.We don't think Bush is serious about sitting out the year, because there's no way he'd be drafted No. 1 or No. 2 in 2007 after exposing himself as a complete and total turd by refusing to play for the Saints.  But it's now obvious that there is a strong likelihood of a holdout lasting deep into training camp.  So that picture of Reggie wearing his New Orleans uni on the cover of the current Sports Illustrated might be the last time anyone sees him in those colors for a long time.Meanwhile, how smart do the Texans now look for telling Bush to get bent? 

 

[Dave Stauff]

I'm very sympathetic to your concerns. If you'd like to offload Reggie to me at a small discount from where you drafted him . . .