I know my stats below are pretty worthless to the rest of the world, so I guess I'll take up a topic I'm sick and tired of hearing about these past few days/weeks - Terrell Owens. I don't care that he was threatening to stay out of camp. I don't care that he wants a new contract. All I care about is what he does on the field next season.
Some say he's selfish for wanting to renegotiate after just one year and he should honor his contract. Others argue that since no contracts are guaranteed, he should be able to renegotiate whenever he wants. Both sides are somewhat right. Yes, he should probably honor his contract and play out the next 7 years at $49 million or whatever it is. However, the team can cut him at any time and not owe him $0.01. So, he probably should also renegotiate if he believes he should be the highest paid wide receiver in the league.
However, what most sides usually neglect to mention (I have heard it brought up though) - is that some of the contract is guaranteed - the signing bonus. He got a big chunk of change up front for signing with the Eagles. If he went down with an injury in week one and was cut, he still would keep that bonus. If he plays for seven years without renegotiating, he keeps that bonus. Is he selfish to want another bonus to play this year? Sure. But perhaps he has the right idea.
Perhaps those ultra-talented players should play season-to-season without a salary. What if they were only paid once a year at the start of the year? Or even better, once at the start, once halfway through, and then finally at the end of the year - so if you were injured, you just lose out (or get paid whatever the contract says). That way, the players who deserve to be paid the most will be paid the most. If they put up, the team owners will have to shut up and pay them each year. However, if they don't produce, they won't be able to demand the high amounts of money year to year and they'll have to perform year in, year out.
I know it's not perfect, but as we've seen with the threatened and realized hold outs this year, the current system doesn't work either for the upper-echelon players. The linemen who keep the defense and offense going will most likely continue to be happy with their arrangements, however, something must be done - not guaranteed contracts, and not hold outs every year - but something needs to change so we don't get the same thing next year that happened this year.
Since I want to keep track of my F@H stats, I'll just keep a quick listing here as work units are completed.
Date: Work Complete / Total Work / Points Completed / Total Points
7/29: 1 / 1 / 241 / 241
7/30: 1 / 2 / 241 / 482
7/31: 3 / 5 / 907 / 1389
8/01: 1 / 6 / 600 / 1989
Work units completed per computer (ETA to next completion):
ARION: 3 (12 hours)
BEHEMOTH: 2 (23.5 hours)
PEGASUS: 1 (14 hours if kept on)
EPIMETHEUS: 0 (2 days, 8.5 hours if kept on)
PROMETHEUS: 0 (No ETA - too early in processing)
Some say he's selfish for wanting to renegotiate after just one year and he should honor his contract. Others argue that since no contracts are guaranteed, he should be able to renegotiate whenever he wants. Both sides are somewhat right. Yes, he should probably honor his contract and play out the next 7 years at $49 million or whatever it is. However, the team can cut him at any time and not owe him $0.01. So, he probably should also renegotiate if he believes he should be the highest paid wide receiver in the league.
However, what most sides usually neglect to mention (I have heard it brought up though) - is that some of the contract is guaranteed - the signing bonus. He got a big chunk of change up front for signing with the Eagles. If he went down with an injury in week one and was cut, he still would keep that bonus. If he plays for seven years without renegotiating, he keeps that bonus. Is he selfish to want another bonus to play this year? Sure. But perhaps he has the right idea.
Perhaps those ultra-talented players should play season-to-season without a salary. What if they were only paid once a year at the start of the year? Or even better, once at the start, once halfway through, and then finally at the end of the year - so if you were injured, you just lose out (or get paid whatever the contract says). That way, the players who deserve to be paid the most will be paid the most. If they put up, the team owners will have to shut up and pay them each year. However, if they don't produce, they won't be able to demand the high amounts of money year to year and they'll have to perform year in, year out.
I know it's not perfect, but as we've seen with the threatened and realized hold outs this year, the current system doesn't work either for the upper-echelon players. The linemen who keep the defense and offense going will most likely continue to be happy with their arrangements, however, something must be done - not guaranteed contracts, and not hold outs every year - but something needs to change so we don't get the same thing next year that happened this year.
Since I want to keep track of my F@H stats, I'll just keep a quick listing here as work units are completed.
Date: Work Complete / Total Work / Points Completed / Total Points
7/29: 1 / 1 / 241 / 241
7/30: 1 / 2 / 241 / 482
7/31: 3 / 5 / 907 / 1389
8/01: 1 / 6 / 600 / 1989
Work units completed per computer (ETA to next completion):
ARION: 3 (12 hours)
BEHEMOTH: 2 (23.5 hours)
PEGASUS: 1 (14 hours if kept on)
EPIMETHEUS: 0 (2 days, 8.5 hours if kept on)
PROMETHEUS: 0 (No ETA - too early in processing)
posted by Blake | 17:57
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