Crowpointer
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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.samuel will then be the only idiot in football not being paid, great move asante, and let him sit next year to after we franchise him again! my advise asante is to go flip burgers at macdonaldsand"GET PAID"
samuel will then be the only idiot in football not being paid, great move asante, and let him sit next year to after we franchise him again! my advise asante is to go flip burgers at macdonaldsand"GET PAID"
The whole point is the risk Asante faces by gambling that he wont get hurt this year before he realizes his long term deal.
How stupid would his move look if he took the 8MM, blew out a knee and never got a chance to see his mega deal come to fruition.
I see his point and I don't blame him one bit. He paid his dues as far as honoring his contract and now the Patriots are doing what is well within their rights, but Asante sure is as well.
I still think he reports with two weeks to go in preseason - but man that risk won't go away.
The point isn't getting hurt, it's getting paid if he gets hurt. He chose to play a sport where he could be hurt, but he's only willing to do it for certain financial guarantees. It's not like he's torching the team's complex, all he's doing is refusing to play, something that's well within his rights. He didn't choose to play football at any cost.I understand what you are saying and I see Asante's side but he did choose to play football for a living. Last I checked you can get hurt doing that whether you are ni your 1st, 5th or last year of your career. You can't tell me that he has gotten this far fearing he is going to get hurt. For this reason I do not sympathize with Asante and think that the "I might get hurt" excuse is weak!
The whole point is the risk Asante faces by gambling that he wont get hurt this year before he realizes his long term deal.
How stupid would his move look if he took the 8MM, blew out a knee and never got a chance to see his mega deal come to fruition.
I see his point and I don't blame him one bit. He paid his dues as far as honoring his contract and now the Patriots are doing what is well within their rights, but Asante sure is as well.
I still think he reports with two weeks to go in preseason - but man that risk won't go away.
The point isn't getting hurt, it's getting paid if he gets hurt. He chose to play a sport where he could be hurt, but he's only willing to do it for certain financial guarantees. It's not like he's torching the team's complex, all he's doing is refusing to play, something that's well within his rights. He didn't choose to play football at any cost.
WHAT ABOUT THE RISK FOR THE PATRIOTS IF THEY PAID HIM AND HE BLEW OUT HIS KNEE?WHAT IF HE LEAVES 5 MILLION ON THE TABLE , COMES BACK IN WEEK 10 AND BLOWS OUT HIS KNEE?HE REALLY WOULDNT GET PAID THEN,INJURY IS PART OF FOOTBALL AND YOU CANT WORRY ABOUT, IF THAT IS HIS CONCERN BUY INSURANCEThe whole point is the risk Asante faces by gambling that he wont get hurt this year before he realizes his long term deal.
How stupid would his move look if he took the 8MM, blew out a knee and never got a chance to see his mega deal come to fruition.
I see his point and I don't blame him one bit. He paid his dues as far as honoring his contract and now the Patriots are doing what is well within their rights, but Asante sure is as well.
I still think he reports with two weeks to go in preseason - but man that risk won't go away.
THIS FORUM IS ABOUT OPINIONS SO I DONT GET YOUR POINT,IF SOMEONE BELIEVES HE GREEDY BY ASKING FOR A 30 MILLION BONUS THATS OUR RIGHTAnyone attacking Asante on this is just being a fanboy. Being a fanboy is fine, but don't patronize people by pretending you have an objective opinion. Most people here are like attorneys representing a client: they're going to give their client's side of the story no matter who's right.
He's got some real problems to figure out, cuz there isn't anything easy about the multitude of courses he could take.
Caps-lock, it's right above Shift.THIS FORUM IS ABOUT OPINIONS SO I DONT GET YOUR POINT,IF SOMEONE BELIEVES HE GREEDY BY ASKING FOR A 30 MILLION BONUS THATS OUR RIGHT
WHAT ABOUT THE RISK FOR THE PATRIOTS IF THEY PAID HIM AND HE BLEW OUT HIS KNEE?WHAT IF HE LEAVES 5 MILLION ON THE TABLE , COMES BACK IN WEEK 10 AND BLOWS OUT HIS KNEE?HE REALLY WOULDNT GET PAID THEN,INJURY IS PART OF FOOTBALL AND YOU CANT WORRY ABOUT, IF THAT IS HIS CONCERN BUY INSURANCE
Caps-lock, it's right above Shift.
Nobody's stopping you from giving your opinion, by all means continue to, but it embarasses me to see people being so partisan. We're all Pats fans, but some of us apparantly have no objectivity.
Being a human being means, or should mean, being objective. Obviously you want your team to win, you don't need to be objective there, but if your opinions are driven by that, rather than an honest assesment of the situation, your opinion's only worth the 2 minutes you spent typing it.Huh???
Being a Pat's fan means being "objective"?
Showing "partisanship" for your team is a bad thing?
I gotta go check out this fan thing again before going any further...
13 million an a avg of 6 million a year is not chump change for a player who had 1 breakout year and 3 average up and down injury riddled years beforeWhat about it? Everything is a risk! I'm not saying that Asante should be paid 30 million in the first 3 years, but how much are the Patriots willing to move? We already know that they have their limits. As far as I'm conecerned, anything above average market value for his position is money he has already earned. He definitely outplayed the 4yr/$2m contract, so take that into account with the contract talks. He should at least get a contract similar to Tillman or Bly. At minimum, he's worth that much!