August 2011
2 posts
8/12 David Stern
2230 DS: one of the players’ main concerns is that “you’ve got to be able to play for your career contract” - guaranteed money (which they currently have, and sometimes harmful to the product). owners want to make contracts shorter, more incentivized and aligned with continued performance.
8/10 Mike Lombardi
4930 the Jets let Braylon Edwards go. ML: ”you have to understand the dynamics of the locker room. there’s no way Braylon Edwards could walk back into the Jets locker room taking a $1M salary when he was supposed to be a beloved free agent, and he’s looking across the locker room and Santonio Holmes is making $10M a year. players never take less [money], or significantly less, to...