Thursday, July 14, 2005

Grady Jackson to hold out? Oh yeah, Drew is his agent!

Even though I am a Packer fan, and I think Grady Jackson certainly has helped their run defense up the middle, the notion that a guy who already has a decent contract and only had 23 tackles and one sack last year would hold it strikes me as pretty silly. Of course, Drew Rosenhaus is his agent, and I think practically all his clients hold out. Here is how it seems to work: His clients, especially draft picks, get paid to be All-Pro's. If they don't make it they seem to think that is fine, they don't need to give money back to their team. But if they do make it, then they deserve millions more on top of that, even if there current deal is still in effect. So in a sense you could say that the way Drew and others negotiate, that the players are getting paid millions to suck, and if they do anything more than suck they deserve many millions more.

Seems kind of silly doesn't it?

Nothing against Grady Jackson, but maybe he needs to stay healthy for a whole season and have a great season before he starts making demands. Oh wait, this is the NFL we are talking (actually any pro sports for that matter).

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