T.O. and Westbrook to sit out??

The player can also exercise his right to say: "This is what YOU signed up for, so tough shit."

I guess in the end, it seems right for a team to ask a player to take less since they are getting paid millions anyway and those spare couple million could be used to make a winning team rather than buying a particular player an extra Bently.

It just seems greedy to me when players ask for lots more because they feel they are getting shafted with their already ludacrous contracts.

Well Malcolm - the team can also ditch them and only pay them SB.

I'm not sure how to respond to that since I really don't know what goes into the contracts. I'm sure some contracts have it where a person can be cut no questions asked.

Wow, another team with contract troubles?

Who woulda thunk it!

The two most important words in this story are "Drew Rosenhaus". As I said in the thread regarding Taylor and Moss not being around for Skins voluntary workouts, Rosenhaus is trouble with a capital "T".

Rosenhaus is tough, no doubt about it, but he is well respected because he is also reasonable when it comes down to it, unlike the dreaded Poston brothers, who we wisely have avoided (see drafting Sean Taylor over Kellen Winslow). Those two are absolutely off their rockers when it comes to negotiations. They were the "brains" behind the Orlando Pace fiasco, and he only got a deal done once he fired them. I am just afraid that the "Sean Taylor Agent Revolving Door" might let them into our affairs at some point.

Rosenhaus might be fair in his negotiating tactics, but I'm sure it's not just Taylor or Moss's idea to sit out in anticipation of a new contract. I would say that Drew has been behind more than a few of these "sit outs" to benefit his clients and his own pockets.

The league has become out of control with this stuff. Somewhere it should state that they have to play by term of the contract and it CANNOT be renegotiated until the contract is up. The league should really go to a totally performance based pay system.

Thoughts?

The league has become out of control with this stuff. Somewhere it should state that they have to play by term of the contract and it CANNOT be renegotiated until the contract is up. The league should really go to a totally performance based pay system.

Thoughts?

Nice thought, but as long as there's a player's union, ain't gonna happen.

yeah matt's right. player's union = more money for player and the right to renegotiate.

I just wanna go on record as saying that I don't agree with T.O. or many other players demanding that their contract be restructured. However, I do think it's funny. I think that's what organizations get for pressuring players into restructuring all the time. If they fall off they have to take less. T.O. stepped up, why shouldn't he get more? I can see where they're coming from. I don't agree, but I think it should make things interesting.

Now I wanna see what happens to Philly now that the real Terrell Owens has resurfaced.