08-30-2024, 08:10 PM
(08-30-2024, 06:55 PM)Whatever Wrote: The NFL's period is three years. After that, you are free to negotiate a new deal free from the rookie slotting scale per league rules...
A bricklayer is free to negotiate a deal free from the union scale. That doesnt mean the bricklaying company has to pay you that however. If an NFL team doesnt want to negotiate a new contract after 3 years, they dont have to. You are locked in 4 or 5 years until the rookie contract is up regardless if you think you deserve a raise. In both cases you can ask for a raise before the union or rookie scale is up. In both cases the company can tell you no, wait until you have put in the time for your initial hiring period. While a comparison of the NFL to the real world could never be 100% apples to apples, the NFL is not unique in many ways including a scale for new employees, employees out working their pay rate etc...
(08-30-2024, 06:55 PM)Whatever Wrote: However, here's where your argument completely falls apart. If a bricklayer is capable of working at a level where a fair wage is $35 an hour, but his employer refuses to increase his wage above $20 an hour, it's unrealistic to think he will continue to work at a level consummate with a $35/hr wage. He's fully within his right to just do the bare minimum job requirements to earn the wage he's being paid, and I doubt anyone here would hold it against him.
That's absolute nonsense. If you are getting paid to do a job, I think the expectation is you will do it to the best of your ability. If Chase gets an extension and someone gets more money than Chase next year is Chase going to demand another raise before his extension is up? What if Chase has a horrible year, should he have to part of his money back? I mean if he is not playing like a 40 million dollar per year receiver, he should give some money back. Suggesting he should be payed based on how he has performed sounds like an incentive based contract which I dont have any problem with. If Chase plays good, he gets paid good. If not he doesnt get paid good. If Chase misses games, subtract some money from his pay If Brandon Aiyuk averages 18 yards per reception while Chase 12 subtract more money from that. If Lamb has a 1700 yard year while Chase gets 1200, take even more from that. If Hill has 13 TDs and Chase only 7 subtract money from that. I think if you were to actually base his pay on how he has performed, you would find Chase lower down the list than many WRs in various categories. Its seems Chase wants the $35m per year contract with $25m production.
