Originally posted by thl408:
Originally posted by 49erFaithful6:
Originally posted by joeknows:
There are professional situations like that. Taking a lower salary in order to be able to hire an assistant is sometimes the smart thing to do. Taking a lower salary so the team you are working with can afford to stay together and compete in the sector is also a thing. I've given clients quite substantial discounts on jobs I felt were uniquely beneficial to me (either for personal or career reasons). It doesn't all have to be more, more, more.
it's all rationalization. it's about fans wanting to have an MVP level QB and when it comes time to pay the man, hold up, he's not an MVP he's a round 7, and should take less for the good of others, it's frustrating when BP is already taking the pay hit. I mean Trey Lance got $34m on his 4 year deal, Brock gets what like $4m. So Trey gets $30m more. That's not an insignificant amount of dollars. And Brock is light years beyond Trey in ability and job performance. So Brock is getting screwed every year right now on his contract. It's one of the more spectacular bargains in pro sports history, and fans are saying oh he needs to keep giving us a discount. It blows my mind..
That scenario joeknows presented is not applicable to pro sports. Without knowing what field joeknows is referring to, I'm going to assume that his tenure in that profession is longer than that of an NFLer. As an NFL player, you better get that money while you can because one awkward tumble could significantly affect your earning power.
Yup the earning power is all over the place. If we look at Baker, he was pick 1 overall, and he had a non throwing shoulder injury, and it impacted his throw motion, as he had a hard time lifting his non throw arm. He played thru it but not very well, and he was traded for like a late round flyer. Then he's cut completely. So he's worth #1 overall which is huge value, then he's worth zero, and now he's back to worth $100m. It's all what have you done for me lately. Hard to say what Brock gets, it will be judged largely on what happens next year, but we already are getting the discount as we speak. Teams are spending $50m on QB1 and we aren't paying not $1 mil.