rollow lawson Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 This actually is a smart move by Roddy and his agent. With the presence of Gonzales, and the emergence of Douglas and Jenkins, it is quite possible that Roddy numbers might take a dip. Seeing this potential, Roddy has chosen to stand on his numbers from the past two seasons and ask for his money now rather than later. Let's say he would have chosen to come to camp and had a 60 catch, 950 yard, 6td season 2009. Going into free agency, who would pay top WR money for that. He would have had no leverage or bargaining power. Get your money Roddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasbirdfan Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 This actually is a smart move by Roddy and his agent. With the presence of Gonzales, and the emergence of Douglas and Jenkins, it is quite possible that Roddy numbers might take a dip. Seeing this potential, Roddy has chosen to stand on his numbers from the past two seasons and ask for his money now rather than later. Let's say he would have chosen to come to camp and had a 60 catch, 950 yard, 6td season 2009. Going into free agency, who would pay top WR money for that. He would have had no leverage or bargaining power. Get your money Roddy.Actually it is not a "smart" move- it is one of the oldest moves in sports- called "getting paid" I have been posting this for the past few days. We lost Kearney because he wanted his pay day. The list goes on & on in sports.It has nothing to do with their love of the team or us fans. It is all about them getting the big pay day working in the big Show. Do I think White deserves top 20 WR money? Sure. Does TD believe so? That is their decision to how much and when.Rooting for a player to take his team to the salary cleaners in a controlled salary cap situation seems insane to me.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollow lawson Posted August 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 3, 2009 Actually it is not a "smart" move- it is one of the oldest moves in sports- called "getting paid" I have been posting this for the past few days. We lost Kearney because he wanted his pay day. The list goes on & on in sports.It has nothing to do with their love of the team or us fans. It is all about them getting the big pay day working in the big Show. Do I think White deserves top 20 WR money? Sure. Does TD believe so? That is their decision to how much and when.Rooting for a player to take his team to the salary cleaners in a controlled salary cap situation seems insane to me..The NFL is a business. Don't ever get it twisted. If Roddy goes out and tears his knee up in camp, will the TEAM and FANS take care of him and his family? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southga08 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 If Roddy goes out and tears his knee up in camp, will the TEAM and FANS take care of him and his family?I agree it is a business, but your statement is a little far fetched. He has made as much money already than most people do in a lifetime. With a good financial advisor and a solid budget he already has enough money to never have to work a day in his life. His total contract was worth 7 million dollars. That is 4 million after taxes. Say he spends 1.5 million on a house and 2-3 cars and that leaves him 2.5 million. That means if he makes only 5% interest a year, that he would make $125,000 per year off of interest alone for the rest of his life with no mortgage. That is plenty of money.This next contract insures that his kids never have to work a day in their life.These situations are tough, and I see both sides of a hold out. But don't come with the taking care of their family stuff like they don't have enough money to eat. Don't get me wrong, I am not one of those people who hate on somebody for trying to make money or think that athletes don't deserve it. But he is not starving for food. Heck really none of us are and he has way more money than most of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumslap Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 roddy will still be our #1 option so he will get his numbers dude gonzo only takes away from a TD or two from turner on the goal line with a play fake and steal mike jenkins #'s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Diesel Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 The NFL is a business. Don't ever get it twisted. If Roddy goes out and tears his knee up in camp, will the TEAM and FANS take care of him and his family?Pshhh Including this year, he's made 7.3 millions dollars (not counting endorsements or investments). If you are not set for life on that, you've completely mismanaged your money. Also, I have a friend that played in the NFL for four years, never started a game, made close to league minimum all four years before a career ending injury. He receives 15K a month from the league and doesn't do anything outside of investing.So please spare us this, Roddy is holding out because he needs to clothe and feed his starving children type BS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasbirdfan Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 The NFL is a business. Don't ever get it twisted. If Roddy goes out and tears his knee up in camp, will the TEAM and FANS take care of him and his family?I am a fan, if I go out and get injured, will the other fans take care of me? No. It IS a business- nothing very guaranteed in life for Roddy, me or you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finally Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 How does that make sense as a fan of the team? You want him to make more money even if his production is down because of TG? Try being a fan of the team for awhile and stop putting players first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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