10-02-2018, 08:32 PM
(10-01-2018, 11:38 PM)motoarch Wrote: What happened to earl Tomas yesterday is a perfect example of why bells sitting out. He’s not under contract so why should he play? He’s not making any money right now so why should he play? Why should he risk an injury that will reduce his ablity to make money at his job because a team can franchise him in order to force him to play on a one year deal over and over agian? That’s stupid. I don’t blame him and no one else should either so get off you hi horse for a minute and give this some rational thought.
I've been saying that the ONLY way that Bell benefits financially from sitting out is if he avoids a catastrophic injury that either is a career ender, or jeopardizes his future ability . And there's no way of knowing that. Otherwise he's just pissing money away and he will never make that money up regardless of the guarantees in his next contract.
As bad as his injury is, Thomas will be ready to go and fully healed for next year. His broken leg will have zero impact on his next contract. And bonus, Thomas will get paid his entire salary this year. Like an idiot Bell is going to forfeit $8M, most likely for no reason.
While he may be reducing his chance of injury by reducing the number of touches that he gets, he's not fully eliminating it. He still has to play and with that comes the chance of injury. He could very well tear an ACL in week 17. Sitting out only guarantees that he will not tear an ACL before week 10 and at a cost of $8M. If you are going to suffer a major injury in a contract year, wouldn't it be more preferable to do it early in the season, like week 4 giving you the longest possible time to recover? And likewise, if you are going to suffer a career ending injury in a contract year, wouldn't you want to maximize your income that year?
Bell is an idiot with limited understanding of finances and he's going to lose as much as $8M over it.
