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<blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 910222" data-attributes="member: 7261"><p>This is one part of NFL contract relationships that I totally disagree with some of you on. "Owners have the upper hand because they can cut a player at any time." That is a very misleading statement for several reasons:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Players can quit and do quit at anytime.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Players get paid bonuses and upfront guaranteed money, so if an owner "cuts them", it usually doesn't mean they go hungry and it is the owner losing that upfront money, not the player.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Owners investment in players is lost if they cut a player. Whether its money and/or draft capital, it is lost.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">After a rookie deal, players are "free" to sign with whomever they want.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Players who's contracts are terminated, for whatever reasons, are free to go sign another contract with another team.</li> </ul><p>If you work for a company and are fired for not performing up to your pay, you shouldn't complain "damn owners have too much power over me." Perform up to what you are being paid, if you don't, prepare to be unemployed or asked to take a pay cut.</p><p></p><p>Now if your beef is "I can quit my job at Ford and go work at GM, you might have a slight point". However, many job contracts contain "non-compete clauses" that wouldn't allow you to go work for a competitor for many years. The NFL is a different and very unique animal when it comes to employment and to try and compare it to the general sector of employment isn't always an accurate comparison. What general jobs allow companies to "own your rights out of college by drafting you?" If the NFL allowed players just to break contracts and go sign with another team, it would be one hell of a mess IMO. If owners were stuck paying and carrying on their roster, players and their salaries that are no longer performing up to their contracts, the NFL would be worse for it.</p><p></p><p>If you don't like that Owners are billionaires and players are only millionaires, I'm in agreement, for disliking the fact that both make that much money, but for me, it has nothing to do with one making more than the other.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pokerbrat2000, post: 910222, member: 7261"] This is one part of NFL contract relationships that I totally disagree with some of you on. "Owners have the upper hand because they can cut a player at any time." That is a very misleading statement for several reasons: [LIST] [*]Players can quit and do quit at anytime. [*]Players get paid bonuses and upfront guaranteed money, so if an owner "cuts them", it usually doesn't mean they go hungry and it is the owner losing that upfront money, not the player. [*]Owners investment in players is lost if they cut a player. Whether its money and/or draft capital, it is lost. [*]After a rookie deal, players are "free" to sign with whomever they want. [*]Players who's contracts are terminated, for whatever reasons, are free to go sign another contract with another team. [/LIST] If you work for a company and are fired for not performing up to your pay, you shouldn't complain "damn owners have too much power over me." Perform up to what you are being paid, if you don't, prepare to be unemployed or asked to take a pay cut. Now if your beef is "I can quit my job at Ford and go work at GM, you might have a slight point". However, many job contracts contain "non-compete clauses" that wouldn't allow you to go work for a competitor for many years. The NFL is a different and very unique animal when it comes to employment and to try and compare it to the general sector of employment isn't always an accurate comparison. What general jobs allow companies to "own your rights out of college by drafting you?" If the NFL allowed players just to break contracts and go sign with another team, it would be one hell of a mess IMO. If owners were stuck paying and carrying on their roster, players and their salaries that are no longer performing up to their contracts, the NFL would be worse for it. If you don't like that Owners are billionaires and players are only millionaires, I'm in agreement, for disliking the fact that both make that much money, but for me, it has nothing to do with one making more than the other. [/QUOTE]
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