Brandon
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I don't understand the business up-side of doing this. So we want to lock Aaron Rodgers up obviously, get him in a long-term contract where he will undoubtedly be the highest paid player in the league. But why do it before his current contract is up?
I mean maybe it's just me, but the whole point of signing a contract is that no matter how good (or bad) you might be, you get what the contract says you get. So why pay Aaron Rodgers a ton of money now? Why not wait until next year and then sign him? Is he under-paid? Certainly.. but what's the point of a contract to begin with if you can change it at will?
It would be like me contracting a construction worker who I know nothing about, sign him on for $40.00/hr for 2 years, but low and behold he is a miracle worker with his hands and blue-print knowledge and he blows away my other workers. He wants a pay-raise and he's earned it, but hey, he's locked in for 2 years... his contract that he signed says so. I will happily give him double what he's making after those 2 years, and since he's locked into a contract he can't sign anywhere else.. so where is my motivation for paying him early?
I mean maybe it's just me, but the whole point of signing a contract is that no matter how good (or bad) you might be, you get what the contract says you get. So why pay Aaron Rodgers a ton of money now? Why not wait until next year and then sign him? Is he under-paid? Certainly.. but what's the point of a contract to begin with if you can change it at will?
It would be like me contracting a construction worker who I know nothing about, sign him on for $40.00/hr for 2 years, but low and behold he is a miracle worker with his hands and blue-print knowledge and he blows away my other workers. He wants a pay-raise and he's earned it, but hey, he's locked in for 2 years... his contract that he signed says so. I will happily give him double what he's making after those 2 years, and since he's locked into a contract he can't sign anywhere else.. so where is my motivation for paying him early?