I cannot believe how warped some people few the NFL Contracts:
Plain and Simple: Players and Owners are allowed to negotiate contracts to which is in the best interest of both teams. No side has the power to force the other side to sign a contract.
Given the owners and the NFLPA have both signed off on the current CBA agreement, lets first acknowledge that the NFL contracts signed by players is 100% (according to the owners and the NFLPA) fair to both sides.
Each side has there different points of leverage. Owners can terminate contracts after any year of the contract. Players can ask for as much money in an upfront signing bonus as they want.
To say NFL contracts are owner bias because owners can cut players whenever they want and not owner contracts is just as crazy as...
To say NFL contracts are player bias because players can ask for as much signing bonus as they want.
Completly agree. The players know what they are getting into when they sign up. They have a union for a reason.
I agree completely. The owners can void a contract if they feel that the player is not worth the money, and the player can sit out 10 games and play 6 if they want to minimize the risk of a career ending injury when they feel they're way underpaid.This is all just part of the business.
What I don't understand is homer reaction when a player from your beloved franchise is the one that's refusing to report. It happened last year with all the Steeler fans getting on Hines Ward case (even though he was correct in what he did), and it's happening this year with Walker.
The difference might be is that GB (with help from Walker) may have let this get to the point of no return.
