Quote:
Originally Posted by NC_Skins
SO why don't you have that same mentality with the owners? They sign a player to a contract but are allowed to cut them at anytime without owing them the full contract. That street goes both ways. Either players should be allowed to hold out, or owners need to guarantee their full contracts. Owners should not have all the leverage.
Not sure why the NFLPA didn't do more in the lockout to combat this. NBA contracts allow some of them to "opt out", which is really something I expected to see in the NFL.
|
We have to accept the fact that we will never see fully guaranteed contracts. The players and the NFLPA have accepted it.
That's why they meet in the middle. Where they can get a portion of that contract guaranteed..
And since we as fans don't necessarily get to see every little detail in a players contract, we have no way of knowing what they are owed.
All we here is what ESPN tells us. "Player A signed a 5 year deal with Team B worth 15 million". Thats all we get to see. Does that mean since the contract could be worth 15 million, that if the player is released he should get all 15?
We don't know how much of that 15 million is wrapped around incentives, or participation, or workout bonuses etc.
I agree with you in that common sense tells us that a contract is a contract is a contact and should be honored by both parties involved.
All I am saying is that a certain amount of a players contract should be guaranteed.