Update On Burrow's Extension

[TheFan]

(04-06-2023, 07:33 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: Personally, if my company asked me to take a small pay cut to keep my friends on with us with the understanding that my career could end on any given play, I would answer with a flat "No." Now, the structuring, I would at minimum entertain. That could be something that ends with me still getting paid at market value while still allowing my friends to stay. In reality, you will see this from time-to-time in real life. Maybe you were promised a promotion and big raise, but it has to happen in the middle of the year in order to fit within budget constraints so other high performers can also get promoted and stay on. That's no big deal, everyone wins in the end.

A pay cut, though? No. It's a fun topic to talk about, though. Some people would be fine with taking less knowing that they are already making hundreds of millions. Some aren't. I can understand both, but I am in the latter category. 

I don't disagree with the bottom part and won't care regardless of the way Burrow decides to handle it. He should do whatever he thinks is in the best interest of himself and his family. 

I don't get why people keep saying his career could end on any play (how many QBs has that ever happened to?) or how it's relevant to his contract. I would imagine the guaranteed amount of money from the Bengals isn't going to change. So after he signs it, regardless he's going to get 200 million or whatever is agreed upon. Its not like if he has a career ending whatever after signing he loses everything.

So it comes down to does he want a higher base salary each year for higher total amount which will take away money from other players or not. Or he could do a mlre front loaded contract but that obviously has its own pros and cons.