03-29-2016, 12:48 PM
(03-29-2016, 09:02 AM)yellowxdiscipline Wrote: I'm at a loss on how it takes multiple weeks to negotiate and get two players that were released under contract.
I mean you either offer them a deal or not. I wouldn't be shocked if 3 weeks from now we'll see tweets again saying were close to deals with Dansby and LaFell.
Sign these guys or just move the hell on....
You are really struggling with this I see. Perhaps this will help. You should probably realize that there is a LOT more that goes into contract negotiations than simply the years, and overall contract amounts. There are off season workout bonuses, performance escalators based on a number of different scenarios. Such as percentage of snaps played, seasonal stats, etc. Most contracts even have language in them concerning the players personal time and the restrictions the teams place on the players as to what they can and cannot do. Not every team will have the same restrictions, and even each player may differ from one contract to the next within the same team. Sometimes the language needs to be clarified after reading the initial contract etc.
(just a hypothetical situation) Lets say the Bengals have a clause in the contract that forbids the player from participating in any skateboarding activity. But a player has a child that is really into skateboarding. Does the wording of "not participating in ANY skateboarding activity" include them not being able to enter the skate park with their child? When you're signing a contract for millions of dollars, I think one would want to know 100% for sure what defines "any skateboarding activity" before signing, only to find out later you breached the contract.
The world is not as simple as you seem to think it is, or think it should be.
