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Good read. Very telling quote from agent in 3rd paragraph.
Great interest in Brady, Manning negotiations - NFL - Yahoo! Sports
Great interest in Brady, Manning negotiations - NFL - Yahoo! Sports
For those with an interest in history, there are many people in and around the NFL who view the upcoming negotiations between quarterbacks Peyton Manning(notes) and Tom Brady(notes), and their respective clubs as akin to Fort Sumter in the Civil War.
It could be the beginning of a very ugly war between the players and the league. Specifically, it could indicate whether the NFL Players Association and league work out a new collective bargaining agreement or if players will be locked out by owners in 2011.
“If Manning [of the Indianapolis Colts] doesn’t get the kind of contract we all expect or, worse, doesn’t get a deal done at all, that really means it’s going to be war,” an agent said last week. “There has never been a player with more leverage than him. No one. If he can’t get a deal done at his price, we’re all in trouble.”
While some players such as the New England Patriots’ Vince Wilfork(notes), Jahri Evans(notes) of the New Orleans Saints and the San Francisco 49ers’ Patrick Willis(notes) have signed high-dollar extensions this offseason, none of those guys are in the expected tax bracket of Manning and New England’s Brady, guys who could reset the wage scale in the NFL.