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Agreed 100%, I think players should absolutely maximize their first big contract since it may be their only big day and this includes getting every dollar possible guaranteed. If I were an agent I would never advise my client to accept less that the absolute maximum unless the player was at the end of his career chasing a ring or if there were family issues.

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Thanks for this link and thank you to the original poster. Stories like these are why sports are amazing.

I cannot imagine what you are going through but I wish you and your family the best as you go through this difficult time.

I find it funny that the issue that will ultimately drive me from this board (not that my presence matters) is people comparing what they make to athletes. Yes, in an ideal world income inequality would be a lot smaller but we don't live there so it doesn't matter. If fans are really rustled about the earnings of athletes they should stop watching/going to games/buying memorabilia since that is what generates the revenue, it won't matter but at least I won't have to listen to it anymore. NFL players are lucky to get ONE large deal and to not take advantage would be foolish. I hope Byrd resigns but I won't blame him if he leaves as long as he doesn't do anything to hurt the team. I don't think he was wrong to sit out with PF last season since he was under a one year deal and had played through it the year before in hopes of getting a big contract.

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There is no point to arguing with certain posters on this topic since they are so dug in on their position they refuse to listen to anything else and that is why I don't bother defending Stevie against them. Cutting SJ13 with the contract he has is pretty awful. Trading SJ13 for a couple late picks is pretty awful. Trading SJ13 for a couple mid picks is pretty awful. The Bills are not getting a 1st or 2nd and a 3rd seems pretty meh when you consider Stevies past production and the current state of the WR group. Keep SJ13, draft Watkins and you have #1 Watkins #2 SJ13 #3 Woods #4 Goodwin #5 Graham #6 Easley, that is the start of a solid unit.

Keenum didn't play in the best conference in the country which is a pretty big difference. I am not a JFF fan but that rationale is pretty awful.

The first out and active athlete is a big deal, in 5-10 years it won't matter but now it does. I personally cannot wait for the drama created by teammates dating or rivals dating, sports are soap operas for men.

Plenty of people enter into hetero relations and end up gay, who cares? Gays may try to fit in but then go back once they realize what makes them truly happy. It shouldn't matter either way.

What are you saying? She changed her mind, so what? I know it fits the anti-gay rhetoric to claim that they all chose to be gay in order to be different but it doesn't make it true.

Well even then Blacks could get married and had other rights still not afforded to homosexuals so it is similar. Gay people still get death threats and there is still gay hate crimes. I am not taking away from Jackie Robinson since he was an amazing person first and great athlete second.

I agreed with everything until you said the JR comparison was ludicrous? Why is it not the same? I was born in the 80's so I missed the Civil Rights movement.

I cannot wait until these things don't matter but in this day and age they do.

We mixed signals somewhere, I have no issue with him coming out or gay people in general.

So he should have waited for the media to find out? If he does that then the media gets to dictate the terms of the story, by announcing it he controls his story.

You are correct, eating bacon and getting hammered are the same as two people of the same sex having a sexual relationship.

Comparing drinking and eating bacon to being gay is pretty awful, I know the point you are making but they are not the same at all.

Better to release the story on his own terms than get "found out" and let the rumors begin flying.

Twitter was made for stories like this, the number of idiots who will fire off 140 characters of pure stupid is going to be astounding.

He paid Bush? He set up the payments from the boosters to Bush? The alleged choke sign towards the Bills is pretty awful so no need to make stuff up to make it more sensational. Also, teams can fire coaches at any time so I have no issue with coaches leaving at their leisure as well. It's a business man so look at it as a businessman.

Less than 25%of his career was with a HOF RB, also towards the end, whereas Reed was pretty much 100% with Thurman.

There are plenty of mid to low round CBs who are very good plus Sherman had to switch positions in college which may have led to the extra time needed to become an elite CB.

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