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I listened to 98.5 for all of 60 seconds today, and came away yelling at the radio. Can you check my memory on this?
A caller said that the only reason the Patriots managed to get Welker is that they signed him to an offer sheet with a poison pill that caused the contract to balloon if he played more than 3 games in Miami. Felger's reply was something like: "Well of course they did! That's just what you do in the NFL!"
The way I recall it is, there was plenty of fan & media speculation about the potential to use a poison pill but Kraft didn't want to do that because he thought it was bad for the league, and so they sacrificed an extra pick to get a trade done instead. And teams have generally avoided poison pills ever since.
Am I misinformed, or is Mr. Felger?
A caller said that the only reason the Patriots managed to get Welker is that they signed him to an offer sheet with a poison pill that caused the contract to balloon if he played more than 3 games in Miami. Felger's reply was something like: "Well of course they did! That's just what you do in the NFL!"
The way I recall it is, there was plenty of fan & media speculation about the potential to use a poison pill but Kraft didn't want to do that because he thought it was bad for the league, and so they sacrificed an extra pick to get a trade done instead. And teams have generally avoided poison pills ever since.
Am I misinformed, or is Mr. Felger?