04-02-2019, 04:03 PM
(04-02-2019, 03:48 PM)fredtoast Wrote: If they were earning their pay they could be traded. No team cuts a player when they can trade him instead.
1. What if the player/agent isn't open to being traded?
2. What if teams know the player will be cut eventually? Why trade for him? This happens a LOT.
3. What if teams don't like the structure or length of the contract?
This isn't Madden. Trades are more complicated than you make it seem.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.