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$90M guaranteed for Jimmy G! The only person happier than him might be Kirk Cousins.
27.4 million a year. I mean Garafalo did a nice job winning five games, but that’s ridiculous. The money being thrown around sports has reached a pinnacle. Will Cousins now look at 30 million and above, he has to. If Redskins had tagged him, it would be 34 million a year. Jeez, Lebron makes 33 million a year.
People have literally been saying that for 30 years.
Yeah, guess you’re right, but when they give that money to a QB who has started like 8 games, it’s on the verge of lunacy, and that’s just the NFL. NBA, MLB are just as bad. Hope they invest properly 💰💰💰💰
If Jimmy is the long-term answer as a franchise QB for the 49ers, it's 100% sane.
What can Foles command in an extension if traded?
Nothing. He is under contract for 4 more years I think.
The money being thrown around sports has reached a pinnacle.
One more year.His value will never be greater for the Eagles. Deal him now for a decent return (see what the Chefs got for Alex Smith?) or watch him walk next year and maybe get a compensatory pick.
True story:When I was a teenager in 1974, Catfish Hunter became a free agent due to a technicality and signed a 5-year, $3.75 million deal. A year later, Andy Messersmith became a free agent. It was a huge story, because until then players were stuck with a team for life due to the "reserve clause." He signed a 3-year, $1 million contract with Atlanta.After Messersmith got his deal, I wrote an article for my high school newspaper declaring that salaries couldn't possibly get higher - although if they somehow did, it would make sports as we know them cease to exist.Yes, I was an amazing prognosticator even back then!
In defense of high-school you:1) Nobody could have reasonably projected the escalation of television rights revenue and advertising revenue for major league sports teams. The salaries the Fish and Messersmith settled for seem quaint by today's standards.2) At the time, baseball lost the Messersmith and McNally decisions because of a 1967 judicial ruling in which the reserve clause language was ruled that a one-year renewal could not be daisy-chained. Rick Barry got free agency that way. McNally was washed up by the time he challenged and won a reserve clause settlement and Messersmith was angry at Al Campanis and Walter O'Malley of the Dodgers for reasons never disclosed. Message: good lawyers and raw emotion are key drivers in sports.3) We speculate that revenues could never go higher, but then they do. We have a terminal addiction to spectator sports in this country. It allows for Wisconsin to have built three new stadiums (Green Bay might as well be, plus Miller Park and Warrior Arena downtown) and for absurd amounts of dollars to be poured into sports infrastructure. I could go on about this forever, but suffice to say the revenues will go up as long as we buy endorsed products and the marketing gurus can demonstrate that purchase decisions because Louie Looney, star stud for the local professional team, told us to! How many of you took out a State Farm insurance policy because Aaron Rodgers and his dog endorsed it?
I appreciate the defense, counselor! The retainer is in the mail. (Of course, it is the retainer I wore in 1974; still some vintage drool on it!)
And yet, the MLB HOF still affords you a vote.
I tried to cast a vote for Wayne Garland but I was told he was no longer Hall eligible.