JDSal45
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Ron Borges, the disgraced plagiarist, today writes a column advocating Vince Wilfork hold out. Here is a quote from his article
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/...s_to_use_leverage_now_nose_when_to_walk_away/
The part that really sticks out is where the disgraced plagiarist says "Now rookies can sign for no more than four years...." Which is simply is not true. Rookies drafted in the first half of the first round can still sign for six years, as Matt Stafford did with Detroit this year. Those drafted in the second half of the first round can sign for up to five years.
How is it that a disgraced plagiarist is allowed by a newspaper to day after day write articles in which he can not get simple facts correct? How is that?
Ridiculous.
J D Sal
Six years ago, the Patriots had all the leverage when they drafted him on the first round and they used it. Wilfork had no option but to sign what was put in front of him, a six-year deal that made him give up two years of potential free agency for what would soon become short money. He has clearly outplayed that contract yet the Patriots have refused to rewrite it, making him one of only two first-round picks that year still playing on their rookie deals.
The other is Ben Watson [stats].
His employer is the New England Patriots [team stats].
Do we understand leverage now?
Those six-year deals were eventually ruled so one-sided they have been made illegal. Now rookies can sign for no more than four years, leaving them with a reasonable chance to maximize their career earnings in a league where the average career remains less than four years.
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/...s_to_use_leverage_now_nose_when_to_walk_away/
The part that really sticks out is where the disgraced plagiarist says "Now rookies can sign for no more than four years...." Which is simply is not true. Rookies drafted in the first half of the first round can still sign for six years, as Matt Stafford did with Detroit this year. Those drafted in the second half of the first round can sign for up to five years.
How is it that a disgraced plagiarist is allowed by a newspaper to day after day write articles in which he can not get simple facts correct? How is that?
Ridiculous.
J D Sal
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