[CBFF] ESPN - Briggs to Bears: Rescind the tag or trade me

[Kenny Claxton]

What mactbone said!

LOL!
Really, this is solid.

On 3/5/07, mactbone <mactbone0 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> First of all, Briggs was making 384,290 in 2005, I can't find his salary
> for last year, but I can guarantee it wasn't much more than that - 450,000
> or less I would expect. According to Peter King, Adalius Thomas, the other
> hot LB FA, a guy who is older, got a contract for:
> The breakdown, according to Management Council documents obtained Sunday
> night:
> • Signing bonus: $12 million in 2007.
> • Option bonus: $8 million payable in 2008, applied for cap reasons in
> equal $2 million increments in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
> • Salaries: $900,000 in '07, $900,000 in '08, $1.9 million in '09, $4.9
> million in '10 and $5.9 million in '11.
> • Workout bonuses: $107,000 annually if he participates in the Patriots'
> offseason workout program in Foxboro.
> • Cap numbers: In succession, beginning this year, $3.4 million, $5.4
> million, $6.4 million, $9.4 million, $10.4 million.
>
> Briggs might make 7 million in one year, but one injury and that's all
> he'll ever get. He's thinking for the future.
>
> And don't give me any crap about comparing what a professional athlete
> makes to what you make. The CEO for Home Depot which is crashing and burning
> right now got a golden parachute worth more than I'll make in a long time.
> He'll make what the market says he's worth - or he would if he hit free
> agency. Seriously, you guys are all so pro-management it's crazy. Look, as I
> said before I really don't care, I think this is all negotiation, but to
> impugn a guy's character? What if this was Lovie saying he'd hold out next
> year if he didn't get a good contract?
> -Chris
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Westmalle Dubbel van't Vat <westmalle at comcast.net>
> To: post at chicagobearsfanforum.com
> Sent: Monday, March 5, 2007 2:41:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [CBFF] ESPN - Briggs to Bears: Rescind the tag or trade me
>
>
> On 05.03.07 1:13 PM, "Phil DeNomme" <pdenomme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > not take it to the media and try to get a deal done that benefits both.
> > There is ABSOLUTLY ZERO reason to be crying to ESPN like he did.  The
> bears
> > tried to get a deal done last year but he wanted to test the market and
> it
> > backfired.  Be a man and accept it and don't go whining to ESPN.
>
> And the fact is, he'd make 10 times more on the franchise player contract
> than he did last year.  Probably twice as much as his first pro contract.
> That is good, good money.  But NOOOO, not for the money grubbing Lance
> Briggs.
>
> Or how about the contract the Bears offered him last off-season?  It was
> something like $33 million/5 yrs.  Not sure of the exact numbers or amount
> of guaranteed money but it was significant.  And what's more, he could
> have
> received it already and been investing ever since to grow the principle
> amount.  All things being equal, it would not have been his last pro
> contract, either.
>
> These guys lose all perspective once they hit the big time.
>
> I spent 10 years in grad school.  Got a Ph.D.  I'm "educating the next
> generation"--supposedly invaluable service to our society.  But I can
> hardly
> afford to go to Bears' games now.  Or if I did, it would be irresponsible
> of
> me to shell out the bucks.  And I won't see the money Lance earned in year
> 4
> of his rookie contract in any year I teach, let alone the next 10
> combined.
>
> Briggs is acting like a spoiled idiotic brat.
>
> Go put on a hard hat, Lance, or sell insurance or whatever washed up NFL
> players do.  Give Curtis Enis a call and he'll tell you how grateful you
> should be for $7.2 million.
>
> Get some perspective, please.
>
> Steve
> --
> http://drlake.blogspot.com
>
>
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