NFL contracts unfair: Mathias Kiwanuka

[Big Blue]

Any system in which contacts can be terminated without a buyout is criminal in my opinion.

 

[RhodyRum]

This PFT commenter on that very same article hit the nail squarely on the head:

Many of the comments show a lack of understanding of basic economics.

The NFL Players Association freely negotiated the CBA with the league. The NFLPA doesn’t ask for contracts to be fully guaranteed because that would mean more money for lower quality players but less money for higher quality players. For example, Drew Brees or Aaron Rodgers can get the size contracts they do because their teams know that they can always cut lesser players to fund payments to Brees and Rodgers. If teams have to pay more to players like Mathias Kiwanuka then they will pay less to superstars.

What many people commenting in this thread don’t understand is that the total amount paid to the players as a whole won’t change, just the amount paid to lower quality players.

 

[Absolut]

Any system in which contacts can be terminated without a buyout is criminal in my opinion.

hard to sell an argument of something being criminal towards one party when they look over, agree to, and sign said contract

 

[Big Blue]

hard to sell an argument of something being criminal towards one party when they look over, agree to, and sign said contract

When one entity is a monopoly, it definitely can be. How exactly do you think unions got started?

 

[Absolut]

he is free to negotiate the terms of his contract. you dont sign a contract, then bytch about it not being right years later. he was also free to say eat a dikk when the giants asked him to take a pay cut and test the market. he chose not to. had he thought his market was going to be a couple million more than 1.5, that family is being uprooted in an instant.

 

[SchoolboyC]

The NFL is the only league where every year you see players that make the Pro Bowl or be All-Pro and then are cut the following offseason without receiving any buyout whatsoever.

NFL contracts (Unless you're a QB) are written on toilet paper. Kiwanuka is right. The NFL might as well make all non-rookie contracts and non-QB contracts officially one year deals. Because that's all they are.

 

[Absolut]

The NFL is the only league where every year you see players that make the Pro Bowl or be All-Pro and then are cut the following offseason without receiving any buyout whatsoever.

NFL contracts (Unless you're a QB) are written on toilet paper. Kiwanuka is right. The NFL might as well make all non-rookie contracts and non-QB contracts officially one year deals. Because that's all they are.

whats stopping a player from signing a bunch of one year deals?

 

[SchoolboyC]

whats stopping a player from signing a bunch of one year deals?

You're right. There is nothing stopping them from making every deal a one year deal. But it shouldn't even have to be like that tho.

 

[MoneyTron]

The NFL is the only league where every year you see players that make the Pro Bowl or be All-Pro and then are cut the following offseason without receiving any buyout whatsoever.

NFL contracts (Unless you're a QB) are written on toilet paper. Kiwanuka is right. The NFL might as well make all non-rookie contracts and non-QB contracts officially one year deals. Because that's all they are.

Ruthless.

 

[PortCityProphet]

maybe he and the players should go on strike and fight for better contracts. oh wait we see how that turns out every single time. these cats have the power to make changes but they not willing to do it.

 

[JLova]

Can't compare the NFL to other sports since the injury risk is so high. Still, the contracts suck and the NFL player's union is complete trash. Players got screwed on the last agreement and they will get screwed on the next one.

NFL really shouldn't be compared to other leagues, though. It's unique....but again...the contracts and the way they treat the players is crap.

 

[duckbutta]

whats stopping a player from signing a bunch of one year deals?

Uh...no team offering that player a one year deal for one...

If there is one sport were you should never...ever...ever...sacrifice money to help the team win...it's the NFL...

Pretty much after you get your guaranteed money you are gone...

 

[IAmGettingAMailOrderBride]

There is no way anyone outside of qb will have a fully guaranteed contract. The risk for injury is too high. Player movement is what makes the nfl so special. NBA and baseball players with long guaranteed contracts act like spoiled brats. You have no power over them. The nfl will never relinquish the power they have over the players.

I agree with you about how some athletes act like brats but football is more contact/strain to a body and the nfl make like billions more than the other professionals sports, I think they should get rid of the cap

 

[Absolut]

Uh...no team offering that player a one year deal for one...

If there is one sport were you should never...ever...ever...sacrifice money to help the team win...it's the NFL...

Pretty much after you get your guaranteed money you are gone...

players can absolutely sign one year deals. nothing is stopping them. its called negotiating. i have zero sympathy for guys who agree to terms of a deal, then whine about how shytty they think they have it years after the fact. they had all the leverage in the holdout a couple years back, and decided not to change shyt. then get mad years later. what kinda logic is that

 

[Lord Beasley]

I agree with you about how some athletes act like brats but football is more contact/strain to a body and the nfl make like billions more than the other professionals sports, I think they should get rid of the cap

tell that to the players who started the NFL. players getting whinier every year, like they were forced to play pro ball.

and these asshats have the gall to equate the League to slavery. L2 save money idiots.