Not sure where they are in the negotiations, but if he is not going to play this season (right from the start and give his all) then I would rather get some draft picks for him if they get a decent offer.
The journalism profession has been on the decline for a long time. I used to work in radio news and got out 13 years ago when our newsroom went from 9 people to 2 people in a matter of 2 years after our station started using a network feed for our region, pretty much ditching local content.
I had the choice of transferring to butt f__k nowhere, or get into computers......hmmm.
That's horrible.....unfortunately I think we will be seeing more of these types of things happening in the future, with the way the economy is. People are stressed to the limit. Prayers to all involved.