http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2006/06/17/nfl-holdouts/ Sports Business, Sports Law, Sports Negotiations, NCAA Rules Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2006/06/17/nfl-holdouts/#comment-918 I Want to be a Sports Agent » Blog Archive » The Importance of Escalators Sat, 19 Aug 2006 15:15:56 +0000 http://dhpromo.com/blog/?p=115#comment-918 [...] Enter Tom Condon and Ken Kremer of CAA and their cleint, 10th overall selection, Matt Leinart.  Leinart was getting a lot of bad publicity for holding out from training camp and being the final draftee to sign a contract.  As I have discussed before, the media often unfairly takes the side of the football team instead of the football player.  I believe that Leinart was telling the truth when stating that he wanted to be in camp all along…he was just protecting himself [Last man home: Leinart, Cards agree to six-year deal]. [...] [...] Enter Tom Condon and Ken Kremer of CAA and their cleint, 10th overall selection, Matt Leinart.  Leinart was getting a lot of bad publicity for holding out from training camp and being the final draftee to sign a contract.  As I have discussed before, the media often unfairly takes the side of the football team instead of the football player.  I believe that Leinart was telling the truth when stating that he wanted to be in camp all along…he was just protecting himself [Last man home: Leinart, Cards agree to six-year deal]. [...]

]]> http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2006/06/17/nfl-holdouts/#comment-353 Andrew Sun, 18 Jun 2006 01:10:31 +0000 http://dhpromo.com/blog/?p=115#comment-353 **renegotiations** **renegotiations**

]]> http://www.sportsagentblog.com/2006/06/17/nfl-holdouts/#comment-352 Andrew Sun, 18 Jun 2006 01:09:18 +0000 http://dhpromo.com/blog/?p=115#comment-352 Branch is completely right. I've tried to make this argument for years. It makes no sense that billionaire owners can somehow complain about being the victims of players using the only leverage they have. Because the NFL owners will never agree to guaranteed contracts, I believe players should hold out MORE. The only argument I ever hear from the media is that the player signed the contract so he should honor it; however, as you noted, the NFL teams are under no such obligation nor expected to honor the contract. Hell maybe the NFL could just go to one year contracts with renogiations every year (it'd open up quite a few more jobs for us aspiring sports agents wouldn't it ;) ?) Branch is completely right. I’ve tried to make this argument for years. It makes no sense that billionaire owners can somehow complain about being the victims of players using the only leverage they have. Because the NFL owners will never agree to guaranteed contracts, I believe players should hold out MORE. The only argument I ever hear from the media is that the player signed the contract so he should honor it; however, as you noted, the NFL teams are under no such obligation nor expected to honor the contract. Hell maybe the NFL could just go to one year contracts with renogiations every year (it’d open up quite a few more jobs for us aspiring sports agents wouldn’t it ?)

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