Kazkal Posted January 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 "but the passion he brings and how he teaches, it’s beyond crazy. With his attitude and our defense’s attitude, it’s a match.”With Beyond Crazy (Zim), and .500 (Marvin), both in place, I feel good about next year. The line is going to look different, hopefully our first rounder doesn't hire the world's most delusional agent, Alvin Keels, to represent him.Drafting #21 should help. Any holdout shouldn't last more than a week.Of course, I'm going off of past history, not knowing what an uncapped year might do.top 10 is going to be horrible since it's the last year until they switch to a rookie payscale the agents will wanna milk it for everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Although there have been proposals to makes immediate changes for the 2010 draft.../>http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/01/14/league-proposes-immediate-changes-to-rookie-pay/In December 2008, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told ESPN's Chris Mortensen that the current system for changing rookie pay would not change until 2011.Apparently, there's been a calendar malfunction at 280 Park Avenue.Liz Mullen of SportsBusiness Journal reports that the league has proposed the implementation of a rookie wage scale for the April 2010 draft. She also reports that the NFLPA has responded with a proposal that would change the structure of the rookie deals beginning in 2010, too.The league's proposal, per Mullen, would pay players a fixed amount based on draft slot, with a "significant" portion of the savings being distributed to retired players. The NFLPA responded Tuesday with a proposed three-year limit on rookie contracts, along with a two-year extension to the current labor deal and a commitment by the owners to match the payment to the retired players arising from the contribution flowing from the savings in rookie pay.It's safe to assume that the league won't agree to an extension of the labor contract merely in order to cap rookie pay. The owners are poised and motivated to attempt to make major changes to the system for paying all players, and there's a sense on the management side of the table that the players are on the ropes. A request to hit the pause button for two years will do little to alter that perception.The league apparently would like to work out a new system for paying rookies separate and apart from the broader labor deal. The union surely would prefer to resolve all issues at once.The situation has little relevance to players currently trying to decide whether to give up any remaining college eligibility, since a change in 2010 will affect them regardless of whether they come out now or later. But given the chance that the slowly-falling stone door won't hit the floor before April, some players might decide to try to slide under it by leaving school now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazkal Posted January 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Has it been reported how much Mike Zimmer has made so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COB Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 But given the chance that the slowly-falling stone door won't hit the floor before April, some players might decide to try to slide under it by leaving school nowA truly odd situation is going to arise with the 2010 class or the 2011 class, depending on which class is the first to come in under a rookie wage scale.The guys in the high, not the first couple slots are going to lose many, many, millions just by being born a year or two too late. Take the 6th pick. He'll look at our fat guy's deal from last fall and wonder what he ever did to deserve to make only half what his 6th round counterpart from just a couple years earlier made.Also crying and losing millions - agents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazkal Posted January 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Wonder what this will do to College Football too if more and more players will skip their senior year that way they'll hit the Free Agency Contract that much sooner since they can't count on a big rookie pay day (well more likely still be very respectable for the first round just can't see any more 70million dollar contracts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekshank Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 The guys in the high, not the first couple slots are going to lose many, many, millions just by being born a year or two too late. Just another reason Jake Locker is crazy for not coming out this year. As if watching Sam Bradford's decision to stay wasn't warning enough of the risk involved, he may also have voluntarily given up double-digit millions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyBengal Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 The guys in the high, not the first couple slots are going to lose many, many, millions just by being born a year or two too late. Just another reason Jake Locker is crazy for not coming out this year. As if watching Sam Bradford's decision to stay wasn't warning enough of the risk involved, he may also have voluntarily given up double-digit millions.No sh*t. If I were him, I'd simply hold a press conference saying I didn't know what the hell I was thinking and I'm actually going into the draft.Sorry for the confusion, but I gots to get paid bitches !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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