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<blockquote data-quote="sschind" data-source="post: 906887" data-attributes="member: 10247"><p>Who says anyone owes anyone anything? Rodgers doesn't owe the Packers anything. The Packers paid him a huge sum of money to play football at a high level and he did that for many many years. Obligation fulfilled. The Packers don't owe Rodgers anything. Rodgers played football at a high level for many many years and for that service he was paid a huge sum of money. Obligation fulfilled. </p><p></p><p> The question is now what to do moving forward? There is no way they come out of this looking good unless they completely cave to his demands because the national media will always side with the elite player. The feeling among many, and the loudest, is that in some way elite players earned the right to dictate team decisions. I don't agree.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I've felt for years that they should not be called contracts. We have always known that a 5 year 80 million dollar contract that gives a player a 25 million dollar signing bonus with salaries in the first 3 years of 2, 4, and 6 million respectively and 20 and 23 million in the last two years is really just a 3 year 37 million dollar contract. in most cases it will not play out the final 2 years. The pro player argument says the player is expected to honor what he signed but the team can cut a player any time so how is that fair. The counter to that is its in the contract that the team can do that can do that so it doesn't violate the contract. </p><p></p><p>Players want more guarantees teams want more protection from underperforming players and I'm not sure what the answer is. One solution is for players to demand removal of that right to cut but if they do they certainly can expect those last few years, if they are even offered will be substantially lower salary, perhaps even lower than the earlier years as team start to expect diminished returns. If players want guaranteed contract they can be sure those contract will contain less money. I like the salary cap but at the risk of turning this into a cap debate maybe it should be change to what we pay you when we pay you is what counts and do away with the prorated signing bonus cap manipulation crap. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Is he really better at his job than anyone in the organization? Assuming that you rate the success of the team on how far they go toward the ultimate goal of winning the Super Bowl, the Packers have been in the NFCC game two years in a row. In those two years Aaron Rodgers has been their QB, Matt LeFleur has been their head coach and Brian Gutekunst has been their GM. It seems to me like all three may have performed pretty much at the same level. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Especially when some of reports are indicating that the team wants to do the opposite of run him out of town and extend his contract.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sschind, post: 906887, member: 10247"] Who says anyone owes anyone anything? Rodgers doesn't owe the Packers anything. The Packers paid him a huge sum of money to play football at a high level and he did that for many many years. Obligation fulfilled. The Packers don't owe Rodgers anything. Rodgers played football at a high level for many many years and for that service he was paid a huge sum of money. Obligation fulfilled. The question is now what to do moving forward? There is no way they come out of this looking good unless they completely cave to his demands because the national media will always side with the elite player. The feeling among many, and the loudest, is that in some way elite players earned the right to dictate team decisions. I don't agree. I've felt for years that they should not be called contracts. We have always known that a 5 year 80 million dollar contract that gives a player a 25 million dollar signing bonus with salaries in the first 3 years of 2, 4, and 6 million respectively and 20 and 23 million in the last two years is really just a 3 year 37 million dollar contract. in most cases it will not play out the final 2 years. The pro player argument says the player is expected to honor what he signed but the team can cut a player any time so how is that fair. The counter to that is its in the contract that the team can do that can do that so it doesn't violate the contract. Players want more guarantees teams want more protection from underperforming players and I'm not sure what the answer is. One solution is for players to demand removal of that right to cut but if they do they certainly can expect those last few years, if they are even offered will be substantially lower salary, perhaps even lower than the earlier years as team start to expect diminished returns. If players want guaranteed contract they can be sure those contract will contain less money. I like the salary cap but at the risk of turning this into a cap debate maybe it should be change to what we pay you when we pay you is what counts and do away with the prorated signing bonus cap manipulation crap. Is he really better at his job than anyone in the organization? Assuming that you rate the success of the team on how far they go toward the ultimate goal of winning the Super Bowl, the Packers have been in the NFCC game two years in a row. In those two years Aaron Rodgers has been their QB, Matt LeFleur has been their head coach and Brian Gutekunst has been their GM. It seems to me like all three may have performed pretty much at the same level. Especially when some of reports are indicating that the team wants to do the opposite of run him out of town and extend his contract. [/QUOTE]
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