The signing deadline for players drafted in the 2009 MLB Rule 4 Draft is less than two weeks away. In fact, players and their advisors have 12 more days to come to agreement with MLB organizations. If a deal is not struck by midnight of August 17th, that player will either return to college, go […]
Category: Contract Negotiation
First round NFL deals are moving along slower than a snail’s pace. We saw this coming, though. That said, New Orleans Saints fans are not happy that their first round pick, Malcolm Jenkins, continues to sit out of camp. Their unhappiness is amplified by the fact that Brian Orakpo (picked before Jenkins) and Brian Cushing […]
When Matt Cassel signed with the Kansas City Chiefs this offseason, Dominic Perilli noticed that Cassel, a college backup to USC starting quarterback, Matt Leinart, will make more money on this contract than Leinart will make on his current contract, which has a length of one year more than Cassel’s contract. To be fair to […]
I’d like to think that there is nothing true about this post, but I am not naive enough to believe that it is far from reality. The post was written by Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com. He claims that the reason there have been so few 2009 1st round NFL Draft selections signing is because the […]
Taxes. Nobody likes paying them, but without them we wouldn’t survive. Drawing on the recent post by Darren in regards to the levels of US state taxes and the effect on player income [ “A Taxing Discussion”], I thought I would look at the tax rates and how they factor into soccer contracts on a […]
Jayson Stark of ESPN received inside information on Pedro Martinez‘s new contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. The contract is full of incentives and looks as though it will force Pedro to work in order to get paid more money. Here is the low-down: The deal has a prorated $2 million base salary SP and reliever […]
Have you seen David Beckham lately? Besides the poster of him in your girlfriend’s room, probably not. The former England Captain and Manchester United star just returned to his MLS team, LA Galaxy, after his short three month stint with Real Madrid. Some players possessed hard feelings after Beckham’s initial departure for Real Madrid, but […]
Initially, I was not accurate on the name of Orlando Hudson‘s agent, but I was right on giving his agent praise for the structuring of Hudson’s 2009 contract. As a reminder, this was the deal that Hudson signed with the Dodgers in the offseason: $380,000 signing bonus, deferred without interest to a time not designated […]
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Suggs Gets Paid
Terrell Suggs signed a 6-year, $63 million contract with $38 million guaranteed. This contract makes him the highest-paid linebacker in NFL history. Let’s see Suggs’ contract compared with his fellow linebackers and those drafted in the first round in 2003: Terrell Suggs – 6 years, $63 million (2009) Jarret Johnson – 5 years, $21.7 million […]
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel was signed, Tuesday, to a 5-year, $63 million deal with about $28 million guaranteed. Cassel was drafted by former Patriots GM Scott Pioli. In the offseason, Pioli made it a point to bring Cassel in to KC. Cassel happens to be the only starting NFL quarterback who did not […]