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

[Kenny Claxton]

No one is asking you to cry sympathy for anyone. But because they have
physical gifts they can command "outrageous" salaries. Actually no one is
holding a pity party for Briggs, more so looking at it from both sides of
the business.

On 3/5/07, E. George Mucher III <fishydude at mchsi.com> wrote:
>
> Did you read that part about $7 millions being "ALL he gets" if he
> gets one injury???That's all, just a measly $7 million? Well now that
> you put it that way, let's start taking a collection for him, because
> I don't know how he is going to make it on just that tiny crumb.
> Sorry- that's not buying him any sympathy from me. And the whole
> thing about the CEO Home Depot is crap too- because that is just as
> jacked up as professional sports is. Many of these guys would be
> saying "would you like fries with that" for a living if they weren't
> able to run fast, or have a great arm, etc. Yet because they have
> some physical gifts, they are making more in their rookie (as
> unproven prospects) than most of us will make in a decade or longer.
> see my other e-mail about the military, and put things in real
> perspective. Sorry, no violins playing where I am...
>
> -Geo
>
> 'Oi kau ka lâ, e hana i ola honua'
>
> "While the sun yet shines do all you can"
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 5, 2007, at 3:11 PM, mactbone 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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