Two Random NFL Newsbits

[MGM]

Michael Crabtree finally signed with the 'Niners, worth $32 Million, $17 Million gaurenteed over a six year timespan.
-ESPN.com

All I'm gonna say on this one is that I'm glad it's finally over.

Braylon Edwards was traded from the Cleveland Browns to the New York Jets. In return the Browns get two draft picks, wide receiver Chansi Stuckey and linebacker Jason Trusnik to Cleveland.

-NFL.Fanhouse.com

Interesting trade, especially considering it was only a day or two ago that Edwards was in the news for alledgedly punching out a friend of LeBron James... But it should definitely be a good pick up for the Jets if Edwards actually does what he does best and keeps out of more trouble.

Thoughts...Questions...Concerns?

[Hollywood]

Crabtree should be sat out once he suits up. There are people, especially in this country right now, that would kill to make $100,000 a year, and this dipshit refuses to suit up for $4 MILLION a year?! Eff that guy!

[freak]

No, he shouldn't. The 49ers need to play what they have.

The point was that he sat out for what he thought he should've been worth. And while I don't agree with it there's no reason why Darrius Heyward-Effing-Bay should've been taken ahead of him.

[sh17]

-shrug- My whole opinion on any rookie in any sport is simple. There's no reason a team should pay you that much cash because of what you did in a lower level. All these young kids who haven't done shit in the NFL whine and bitch when they don't get the money they believe they deserve, yet like Matt said the commoner would suit up for ten times less and be ecstatic. Earn your contract, make a couple Pro Bowls and play like a highly paid wide receiver. Then you'll get paid like one.

[Bubba JD]

the Vikings used to have problems like that with Randy "i'll play when i feel like playing" Moss. the dipshit bosses allowed him to get away with having that attitude.

[Slammin' Sam]

Which involved him getting shipped off to Football Hell, aka The Oakland Raiders.

[Bubba JD]

only after a few years of the same old crap.

["Classy" djowalsen]

I think the NBA has it right with how it deals with rookie contracts. You get paid, but it's non-negotiable. It frees up money for veterans, it makes teams in smaller markets competitive so you don't have teams afraid of actually drafting in the top 10 because they know they can't afford a player that expensive. It also saves money for the teams by keeping them from wasting money on kids who haven't proved themselves (that's not to say it doesn't happen anyway WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU GIVE KWAME BROWN 8 MILLION DOLLARS [OF MONEY] A YEAR!?!?!?!??).

[freak]

The NBA also forces all of its contracts to be guaranteed, which costs teams a lot more money that it saves them.

[greendragon]

Oct 7, 2009 16:36:08 GMT -6 @sh17 said:

-shrug- My whole opinion on any rookie in any sport is simple. There's no reason a team should pay you that much cash because of what you did in a lower level. All these young kids who haven't done shit in the NFL whine and bitch when they don't get the money they believe they deserve, yet like Matt said the commoner would suit up for ten times less and be ecstatic. Earn your contract, make a couple Pro Bowls and play like a highly paid wide receiver. Then you'll get paid like one.

Word!

["Classy" djowalsen]

Oct 7, 2009 22:37:33 GMT -6 freak said:

The NBA also forces all of its contracts to be guaranteed, which costs teams a lot more money that it saves them.

For the record, not all contracts are fully guaranteed (like Bruce Bowen, who only got about half of full salary when he was bought out of his partially guaranteed contract)

Now, would the Wizards like to take back some of that 18 million or whatever they paid to Gilbert Arenas last year to essentially be a face in the progam? Probably, but the guaranteed contracts make more sense in the NBA. Cap rules (and trades) would get even wonkier (like trading for an injured superstar [or other overly paid player] to save money, totally plausible, just look at what Portland tried to do with Darius Miles) and there would be a financial incentive to keep big money players off the court. In football, there is more of desparation in games, but in the NBA, some teams get stuck behind and can't really dig themselves out. Also, the trading deadline is much further into the season and I don't think moving it up like the NFL is going to make the game better.

Guaranteed contracts do have downsides (like Darius Miles) but they work in the NBA. Maybe the NFL could fix guaranteed money and the agents can still fight over more money perhaps?