Giselle brings home the bacon for the Brady bunch

She's always been the bread winner of the family. That's why she makes Brady scrub the toilets.

In all seriousness, this is one reason why I hope Brady doesn't want to renegotiate his deal next year, even if he deserves a lot more. Another $5 million to them is almost meaningless, especially when taxes is included.

In the past he's felt like he should get paid what he deserves and then taken a little less each time - I get it, it benefits the other QBs around the league. But now, he could really just let the team have as much space to work with as possible.

No wonder why Giselle makes Tommy scrub the toilets.

I'd be curious why I got some disagrees for the above post. The couple made a combined $78.3 million last year in salary last year. Which is $1.5 million a week. Or more astoundingly, it means that they make the household median income about every five hours.

I'd say Brady's in a pretty comfortable place, and if he wants to continue giving the Patriots a home-town discount and put winning first, he can afford to do so.

BradyManny said:

In all seriousness, this is one reason why I hope Brady doesn't want to renegotiate his deal next year, even if he deserves a lot more. Another $5 million to them is almost meaningless, especially when taxes is included.

In the past he's felt like he should get paid what he deserves and then taken a little less each time - I get it, it benefits the other QBs around the league. But now, he could really just let the team have as much space to work with as possible.

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BradyManny said:

I'd be curious why I got some disagrees for the above post. The couple made a combined $78.3 million last year in salary last year. Which is $1.5 million a week. Or more astoundingly, it means that they make the household median income about every five hours.

I'd say Brady's in a pretty comfortable place, and if he wants to continue giving the Patriots a home-town discount and put winning first, he can afford to do so.

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I'm curious too. Why do Rayclay and the Boston Patriot think you should not hope Brady does not want to renegotiate. I mean, you expressed YOUR desire for the future. I hope five Super Models beg to be my baby mama. I wonder how anyone can disagree with my hope.

Granted, it may not be likely, but it is MY hope.

BradyManny said:

I'd be curious why I got some disagrees for the above post. The couple made a combined $78.3 million last year in salary last year. Which is $1.5 million a week. Or more astoundingly, it means that they make the household median income about every five hours.

I'd say Brady's in a pretty comfortable place, and if he wants to continue giving the Patriots a home-town discount and put winning first, he can afford to do so.

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What his wife makes has nothing to do with his salary, nor should it. I agree he shouldn't try to renegotiate his salary, but the reason is, he's 37 years old and the team is starting to take on more of the risk than he is. He's not immortal, but he's not obligated to work for nothing either.

He's not giving the team a "hometown discount." He's trading years of guaranteed money at 37 (now) years old, for gaudy, headline grabbing numbers. As a human, he is still liable to age just as other athletes are and the team is really risking a lot assuming he is in exceptional shape and will continue to have an exceptional attitude, level of professionalism and the motivation to play at a high level at an age when most of his peers are retired.

While Tom Brady's contract extension lowers his average base salary and creates significant salary-cap space for the New England Patriots to surround him with a team capable of challenging for a Super Bowl, the quarterback also nearly doubled the guaranteed money owed him over the next five seasons, according to a league source who has reviewed the documents.

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Tom Brady' guarantees nearly doubled in deal - source - espnBoston

RayClay said:

What his wife makes has nothing to do with his salary, nor should it.

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I take my wife's retirement income and investments into consideration when making business decisions. Meaning I will think '"well no 3 kids and a mortgae to worry about next month, and my wife has $X coming in, so I wouldn"t have taken this client 20 years ago but I can take a risk now".

crew1954 said:

I take my wife's retirement income and investments into consideration when making business decisions. Meaning I will think '"well no 3 kids and a mortgae to worry about next month, and my wife has $X coming in, so I wouldn"t have taken this client 20 years ago but I can take a risk now".

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Of course you do, and you would ask for more money to move and live in (fill in a place you hate) than to work in a town you love.

Have you told your boss thanks, but i really don't need that raise? I bet not. That's my point.

RayClay said:

Of course you do, and you would ask for more money to move and live in (fill in a place you hate) than to work in a town you love.

Have you told your boss thanks, but i really don't need that raise? I bet not. That's my point.

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I don't really have an opinion on what Brady should or shouldn't do regarding his contract but how is this relevant?

Would crew1954's company benefit by hiring more employees to improve the product by him declining a paycut? Is the company working within the confinements of a cap? Sure they don't have unlimited funds, but his raise would not have an effect on the grand scheme of things, where Tom Brady getting a raise could quite significantly degrade the overall product of the New England Patriots' football team.

And Tom knows that just as well as all of us do. Doesn't mean he should or shouldn't do something, he's earned every penny that will come his way based on the salary standards set in the league today.

The situations though are really not even remotely close to being related.

strngplyr said:

I don't really have an opinion on what Brady should or shouldn't do regarding his contract but how is this relevant?

Would crew1954's company benefit by hiring more employees to improve the product by him declining a paycut? Is the company working within the confinements of a cap? Sure they don't have unlimited funds, but his raise would not have an effect on the grand scheme of things, where Tom Brady getting a raise could quite significantly degrade the overall product of the New England Patriots' football team.

And Tom knows that just as well as all of us do. Doesn't mean he should or shouldn't do something, he's earned every penny that will come his way based on the salary standards set in the league today.

The situations though are really not even remotely close to being related.

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Brady did not give the team money out of the goodness of his heart so they could use it on other players. He entered into a negotiation whereby he gave up some current money in exchange for almost doubling his future guaranteed money.

That's a good deal for a 36 year old quarterback.

It's a deal that benefited both parties. That's what a negotiation is.

According to Miguel, as a 37 year old QB, he now has 32 million dollars guaranteed. That's an incredible amount for a player his age and a lot of risk for the team, if you believe he is human.

RayClay said:

According to Miguel, as a 37 year old QB, he now has 32 million dollars guaranteed. That's an incredible amount for a player his age and a lot of risk for the team, if you believe he is human.

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I ask again, how is it hurting the team as it stands right now and how is it similar to the other poster you quoted asking if he'd turn down a raise?

It's only relevant if Brady sharply declines or gets hurt. Neither appears to be true right now making it a great deal for the team and he's cleared a lot of cap space to sign quality players or extend those deserving.

It's a gamble, and I'd bet on it paying off when it comes to Brady who has only ever missed time in the 2001 AFCCG, 2008, and in blowouts.

I mean, unless you're some conspiracy theorist who sees a pattern of him missing time due to injury every 7 years, outside of minor bumps and bruises he's basically an NFL iron-man.

strngplyr said:

I ask again, how is it hurting the team as it stands right now and how is it similar to the other poster you quoted asking if he'd turn down a raise?

It's only relevant if Brady sharply declines or gets hurt. Neither appears to be true right now making it a great deal for the team and he's cleared a lot of cap space to sign quality players or extend those deserving.

It's a gamble, and I'd bet on it paying off when it comes to Brady who has only ever missed time in the 2001 AFCCG, 2008, and in blowouts.

I mean, unless you're some conspiracy theorist who sees a pattern of him missing time due to injury every 7 years, outside of minor bumps and bruises he's basically an NFL iron-man.

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Perhaps you should talk to a life insurance agent so you can understand these things, i can't really make it any clearer.

He's a human of 37 years playing a physically demanding game. The Patriots, in return for salary cap space, have gambled that he can play at the highest level in the NFL because they have to pay him 32 million dollars whether that's true or not.

It isn't complicated.

How many NFL quarterback have ever played at a high level without significant injury, starting almost every game past forty rears old? Depending on how you judge a starting quarterback, I'd guess less than 1%.

strngplyr said:

I ask again, how is it hurting the team as it stands right now and how is it similar to the other poster you quoted asking if he'd turn down a raise?

It's only relevant if Brady sharply declines or gets hurt. Neither appears to be true right now making it a great deal for the team and he's cleared a lot of cap space to sign quality players or extend those deserving.

It's a gamble, and I'd bet on it paying off when it comes to Brady who has only ever missed time in the 2001 AFCCG, 2008, and in blowouts.

I mean, unless you're some conspiracy theorist who sees a pattern of him missing time due to injury every 7 years, outside of minor bumps and bruises he's basically an NFL iron-man.

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It's a good deal for the team and a good deal for Brady. That's why both sides agreed. No one is giving the other some sort of gift. Brady's an exceptional player who keeps himself in exceptional shape. He is not invulnerable, however.

RayClay said:

Perhaps you should talk to a life insurance agent so you can understand these things, i can't really make it any clearer.

He's a human of 37 years playing a physically demanding game. The Patriots, in return for salary cap space, have gambled that he can play at the highest level in the NFL because they have to pay him 32 million dollars whether that's true or not.

It isn't complicated.

How many NFL quarterback have ever played at a high level without significant injury, starting almost every game past forty rears old? Depending on how you judge a starting quarterback, I'd guess less than 1%.

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He's not guaranteed 32 million dollars at age 40. He's guaranteed 32 million BY age 40.

If he feels his body begin to break down he'll retire. He won't embarrass himself. He cares about his NFL image too much to accept anything less than perfection in his own mind. He won't be Brett Favre in 2010.

strngplyr said:

He's not guaranteed 32 million dollars at age 40. He's guaranteed 32 million BY age 40.

If he feels his body begin to break down he'll retire. He won't embarrass himself. He cares about his NFL image too much to accept anything less than perfection in his own mind. He won't be Brett Favre in 2010.

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He's guaranteed 32 million dollars period. I can't read his mind, nor can i tell the future. The poster i responded to was afraid he was going to want to renegotiate and maybe he wouldn't because his wife's rich.

My only point is, he did renegotiate and 32 million guaranteed is an incredibly good result for someone his age, physical marvel though he may be.

If Giselle wants to bring home some more bacon I got some right here inside my pants pocket...

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