Clinton Portis wants a pay raise???

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by Hog1

Like to see CP come back under the correct conditions...........Raise?
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH............ahahahahahahaha... .......!

You sound like the guy from the Playstation commercials

[mooby]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

A guy asking for a raise is a cancer?

It doesn't take much to be called a cancer nowadays.

This is what most of you guys hear when you read this:

Portis: I want a pay raise in the offseason, despite me being injured 2 consecutive years and having not much value to the team anymore.

This is what you guys should hear when you read this:

Portis: Sure, I want a pay raise. Will I ask for one or hold out until I get one? No, because there's a big probability I will be cut in the offseason unless I take a pay cut.

[Shadowbyte]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Nothing to get crazy about.

Pretty much what most of us would say; who doesn't want more $$?

Agreed, I don't understand why so many so-called fans are so quick to jump down a players throat on trivial issues such as this.

[skinsfan_nn]

Nothing wrong with asking for a pay raise, doesn't mean your worth it or gonna get it.

The fact is in the case of Portis this is more than likely a moot point I don't see him in Redskin future plans, I think his time in DC is over.

[Longtimefan]

There's no way Portis actually thinks he's deserving of a raise. I'm convinced he was only being sarcastic. He hasn't lost sight of statue on the team.

[Dread-Skin]

"Portis pockets' are fine" Portis

[rbanerjee23]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

A guy asking for a raise is a cancer?

I guess a better phrasing would have been 'risking a cancer in the locker room'. Sure, I think if Portis is on the team and continuously going to the press, like he has been known to do in the past, saying that he deserves a raise, it could become a bad situation.

better to have as many guys on the same page as possible unless he keeps quiet.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

A guy asking for a raise is a cancer?

PPL use this term way too much

[freddyg12]

From a post on skins insider & from what some have said here, Portis will make 6-8 mil in 2011 but none of it guaranteed right? i.e. he can be cut w/no cap ramifications.

If that's correct it would appear that he's likely to be cut, based on salary alone. I think it would be sad if both he & mgmt. didn't work towards a contract that both could live with. He's not gonna make big $ elsewhere so he might as well try & stay. He changed his ways & could be a big contributor to the team as a 3rd down back & vet leader. Would seem sad for him to leave now & go elsewhere to do the same thing for less than what the skins would be willing to pay him, but that's probably more likely to happen.

[skinsfan69]

Gotta love his sense of humor. He's going to be lucky to be on a team next year. I really hope we move in another direction. Time to move on. I'd like to see a homerun hitter. Someone like Noel Devine as a guy that can get 8-10 carries and be a 3rd down back.

[hooskins]

This is why I love Portis and hate stupid fans. Who doesn't want a raise?

He isn't stupid, he knows he isn't getting one.

[SolidSnake84]

Portis has my respect for the stats he accumulated here and what he brought on the field, before his downfall. I never liked his attitude or his tendency to throw everyone under the bus, but when he was healthy, he was a baller.

He is at the end of his career. While only 30, he has suffered major injuries each of the last few seasons, and no matter how he says it was just a "fluke", the reality is that his body has broken down. He is no longer an elite runner, doesnt have the breakaway speed anymore, and can't shed tackles.

I dont think he will be here next year, but i think whatever team that signs him will give him something like an incentive based, 1 year contract as a backup/ 3rd down back, to see what he still has left. Unfortunatley for CP, that isn't very much.

[Arrrgh!]

I'm afraid the only raise he'll be getting will be in the form of a passenger jet taking off, as it departs Reagan National. Thanks for the memories Clinton, but you're officially, unofficially done in the NFL. It's really a shame he couldn't stay healthier but them's the breaks.

[44ever]

I don't see a problem with him asking. I would.

[sportscurmudgeon]

Originally Posted by freddyg12

From a post on skins insider & from what some have said here, Portis will make 6-8 mil in 2011 but none of it guaranteed right? i.e. he can be cut w/no cap ramifications.

If that's correct it would appear that he's likely to be cut, based on salary alone. I think it would be sad if both he & mgmt. didn't work towards a contract that both could live with. He's not gonna make big $ elsewhere so he might as well try & stay. He changed his ways & could be a big contributor to the team as a 3rd down back & vet leader. Would seem sad for him to leave now & go elsewhere to do the same thing for less than what the skins would be willing to pay him, but that's probably more likely to happen.

OK, you are Clinton Portis for a moment. Just suppose...

The Skins offer to have you back as a part-time back at some kind of reduced salary.

Some other team - - for the sake of argument let's say the Patriots - - offer you 90% of what the Skins are willing to pay you and you will have the same part-time duties there - - - PLUS a much better shot at the playoffs and a Super Bowl appearance.

You are Clinton Portis.

What offer do you take?

Translation: Is about winning or is it about $$$?