ALEX SMITH and moving forward.

[sevier2]

Originally Posted by MTK

Even with this latest news any predictions about his career being over are premature.

And this talk of him helping out the team with the cap is hilarious to me. Sure he may be a good guy but why would he give up money?

But he's such a good guy! LOL

In this day and age NFL teams are employers while NFL players are the employees. This situation is the whole reason contracts are such a big deal in the first place. A. Smith is a cool guy sure, but there's no way in hell he shrugs off 10's of millions of dollars because it would help out the ownership.

Especially when that owner is Dan Snyder. We all know damn well that if there was ANY loophole in Smith's contract where the team could get out of paying him, they would take it. Why give such a cut-throat business any type of forgiveness?

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by sevier2

But he's such a good guy! LOL

In this day and age NFL teams are employers while NFL players are the employees. This situation is the whole reason contracts are such a big deal in the first place. A. Smith is a cool guy sure, but there's no way in hell he shrugs off 10's of millions of dollars because it would help out the ownership.

Especially when that owner is Dan Snyder. We all know damn well that if there was ANY loophole in Smith's contract where the team could get out of paying him, they would take it. Why give such a cut-throat business any type of forgiveness?

Name an instance where DS has screwed a skins player with a loophole?
I am not saying he hasn't, but he has always been a player's owner - from being at the bedside of RGIII after surgery to flying the team down for ST's funeral, and many other examples.

[sevier2]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

Name an instance where DS has screwed a skins player with a loophole?
I am not saying he hasn't, but he has always been a player's owner - from being at the bedside of RGIII after surgery to flying the team down for ST's funeral, and many other examples.

I can't really say I have any proof of how Dan runs things within his own office. I'm also not saying he has "screwed Skins players with a loophole."

The point I was trying to convey is the fact that NFL teams treat players as a commodity. They trade/release/sign players at their own free will with little regard to how that will effect a players life. Example: K. Fuller found out he was going to the Chiefs via ESPN.

I can only assume the players have seen these instances at a more up-close level and thus don't feel the need to honor any owners "best wishes."

How many times have you heard players, coaches and GM's alike say, "At the end of the day it's a business..."

So, in terms of business, Smith is going to accept every penny that the Redskins agreed to pay him, as he should. And, as a business, the Redskins are NOT going to pay him more than they said they would, because why would they?

Smith is a nice guy, yes. But business is business.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by sevier2

I can't really say I have any proof of how Dan runs things within his own office. I'm also not saying he has "screwed Skins players with a loophole."

The point I was trying to convey is the fact that NFL teams treat players as a commodity. They trade/release/sign players at their own free will with little regard to how that will effect a players life. Example: K. Fuller found out he was going to the Chiefs via ESPN.

I can only assume the players have seen these instances at a more up-close level and thus don't feel the need to honor any owners "best wishes."

How many times have you heard players, coaches and GM's alike say, "At the end of the day it's a business..."

So, in terms of business, Smith is going to accept every penny that the Redskins agreed to pay him, as he should. And, as a business, the Redskins are NOT going to pay him more than they said they would, because why would they?

Smith is a nice guy, yes. But business is business.

I agree with all this. You just added the "Specifically when it's Dan Snyder" that threw me.

[sevier2]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

I agree with all this. You just added the "Specifically when it's Dan Snyder" that threw me.

Makes sense. I probably could have said the same thing and left Snyder out of it.