The XFL is also allowing all its players to sign with NFL teams as soon as tomorrow if they so wish. I expect the top guys like PJ Walker to be immediately signed by a squad within the next week.
I knew it was coming but Iām still disappointed. It was cool of them to pay all the players their salaries.
https://www.si.com/xfl/2020/03/12/xfl-cancels-remainder-of-2020-season
You know what though? For one shining moment we had a scrappy football league where the officiating was taken seriously and we cared more about having fun than carrying the weight of terrible teams.
We got to see a lot of men given a second chance at something they love.
Some made good on it, some floundered, but they played their heart outs regardless of the outcome.
Hereās to you XFL, for giving us bullshit free football for one shining moment. Scrappy players, exciting plays, beer snakes and organizations who talked shit to each other.
The way fun things should be.
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Yeah he was in Seattle. Which given the last place they played. Damn.
At first I thought if Tampa or any team did sign Brady to a $35 million a year deal for 2 years it would be suicide.
But like it lets say Brady goes to Tampa, this makes them a attractive destination for FAās so they could get 1-3 players to sign for less to play for a team with a shot at it all.
In Tampas case the secondary is very young and to be able to practice against the GOAT would expedite their learning.
I at first wanted nothing to do with Brady but I wouldnāt be mad if Tampa signs him at $40 a year just because it would be nice to see Tampa truly go āall-inā on a chance to change the losing culture.
If I had a young quarterback with a lot of talent, itād be worth getting Brady so he could be his understudy. You can feel any which way about Brady, but the guy is a good quaterback. That type of mentorship would potentially pay dividends.
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New NFL CBA passed by only 60 votes. Speculation is all the corona virus fall out is what shifted the the votes to yes.
https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/category/rumor-mill/page/2/
$40 mill a year for someone on the downswing is a horrible investment. Iād rather put that money into a rookie QB, a vet receiver coming off of his rookie deal, and solid linemen on both sides of the ball.
Of course, all of that means nothing if you try making said rookie QB into something heās not.
If Brady would be willing to take less and take up a mentorship role for the next guy, that would be fine. But something tells me a team is going to overpay just to get people to show up.
It was always passing. In fact, not allowing the voting to reopen is the only reason the margin was as close as it was.
1,019 voted āyesā.
959 voted ānoā.
It wasnāt anything close to land slide. Only passed by 60 votes.
https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1239255570856570880?s=20
New head coach means ānewā quarterback.
Mariotaās now up for grabs as a free agent.
And again, the only reason the margin was that close was because they didnāt allow players to change their vote. A lot of players regretted voting no and wanted to change to yes.
Ultimately it once again shows that the NFLPA has no way to bridge the divide between the lower and higher end players. Until they can do that, the owners will always win.
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The average NFL career is too short and in comparison to MLB and the NBA for the players to ever have any leverage. NFL Players get paid far less money as well. A lockout or strike would cost most dudes a third of their career. For all the shit people gave Gene Upshaw, dude got the players sweet heart deals. IIRC the last dead he negotiated gave the players 59 % of the revenue.
It can be done, but they need to have a far more robust Strike Chest to cover the players who would lose time from the strike.
Also it would help for the higher tier players to not ask for innocuous bullshit. Far too many cared more about lessening practice even more rather than, you know, dealing with medical insurance.
The players will see a shift in average careers. That 17th game and the extra playoffs spot make for a bitter pill and I suspect most higher paid older guys are going to be less willing to hang around. Which works out for the owners in that they donāt have to pay them big contracts.
If Brady goes to the Seahawks then that would be overkill. Brady and Russ on the same team with Marshawn Lynch. Seahawks wouldāve activated god-mode!!!
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Dak is gonna be expensive. Tannehill and Cousinsā contracts didnāt do the Cowboys any favors. Iām just hearbrokenā¦
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