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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Bob Kraft is a greedy bastard. But I'd tell Brady the same thing. Honestly, nobody should be getting paid 20 million a year. There's just not enough cap space to go around.
So is BK greedier than the other 31? Than 1/3 of them? 1/2 of them? Where does this greedy charge come from?Bob Kraft is a greedy bastard. But I'd tell Brady the same thing. Honestly, nobody should be getting paid 20 million a year. There's just not enough cap space to go around.
I don't think Tom Brady is going to need anybody, even Bob Kraft, to "take care of him." However, none of us can know what happens when two people communicate privately. So, to that degree, you might be right.I think there is a "wink and a nod" agreement in place and when #12 retires he will have a place near the top of this organization.. not sure of what capacity, but Mr. Kraft will take care of him.
...But I'd tell Brady the same thing. Honestly, nobody should be getting paid 20 million a year. There's just not enough cap space to go around.
Do you really mean they have publicly commented that they have a rule that the QB can only be paid 15% of the cap? I find it shocking that they would make a comment like that publicly. Do you have any type of source?Both Belichick and Kraft have mentioned the "fifteen percent rule," where they generally don't wish to pay their franchise QB more than 15% of the current salary cap. As a matter of fact, the 15% may have been at the top of the scale, which may have started as low as 12%. I distinctly remember something in the 12-15 percent range.
Brady is the main reason they are stacked.. the Pats have good players, but Brady makes decent players look great..He'd fit like a glove in SF, but the only "stacked team" is the Pats, in spite of the efforts of the Parity Police.
Brady, and every other player in the NFL, "should be getting paid" what someone will pay them. That's the definition of a "market." A player might choose to take less, but there are no "shoulds" other than "what the market will bear."
So is BK greedier than the other 31? Than 1/3 of them? 1/2 of them? Where does this greedy charge come from?
Do you really mean they have publicly commented that they have a rule that the QB can only be paid 15% of the cap? I find it shocking that they would make a comment like that publicly. Do you have any type of source?
I really don't know what "should" has to do with this discussion.I understand the demand and supply of a market. But come on, nobody should be paying someone that much with the cap limitation. If there was no cap, by all means...pay what you'd like to pay someone. If all 32 owners refused to pay that much for a player, they would be forced to take less. Eventually it bites you in the ass, a la Jay Cutler for example. No way should he have ever been payed that much despite the high demand and low supply for Quarterbacks.
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Grow up man, God forbid someone doesn't act like an emotional little baby in this siteYEE-HA! Look kids, a real life internet tough guy! And look, he 's armed with a what men do list.
I really don't know what "should" has to do with this discussion.
If someone pays, then it "is."
If no one pays, then it "is not."
As long as an owner values a player at a particular level, that player will be paid at that level.
What I think or what anyone else thinks "should" be the case really doesn't matter.
I doubt they valued Cutler as much as they paid him. But the market demanded they pay him lots of money. I guess they were afraid someone else would snap him up. They should not have payed him!
It does matter, we all knew the Bears overpaid Cutler. We all knew Cutler sucked but they were afraid of having nobody at all at QB.
Grow up man, God forbid someone doesn't act like an emotional little baby in this site
Brady would very likely be valued at that level on the open market; Kraft acknowledged to him, according to the report, that his "market" value might be a lot higher than the Patriots were willing to pay. Had he gone to an open market Brady would very likely have been valued closer to $25 million. Whether he "should" or "should not" have gotten that much would then be irrelevant. It just would be.
I disagree that it's irrelevant. Nobody should be paying anyone 20 million a year right now. It's a market with a salary cap.
Fair enough. I just disagree, but your position is now clearly stated. I don't think either of us is going to change the other's mind.I disagree that it's irrelevant. Nobody should be paying anyone 20 million a year right now. It's a market with a salary cap.