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Post by umassgrad2005 on Oct 23, 2021 12:43:54 GMT -5
Say after taxes, agent fees etc he gets $1 million, even a low return of 2% to 3% is $20,000 to $30,000 a year for the rest of your life. An extra $500,000 is nice, adds a little more. Yet both are life changing money and I don't get bringing poverty into it at either number. Let's save that for the players we're it actually applies.
Yet things are improving, they now have to provide housing.
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Post by julyanmorley on Oct 23, 2021 12:51:31 GMT -5
Teams didn't pass on Chandler out of the goodness of their heart. They passed because he said he wanted $3 million, most teams thought they had better options than giving him that, and they could see that Chandler had an attractive alternative to signing. If teams knew that Chandler was set to be sold to the slave mines on Mars if he didn't sign, then he would not have fallen to #72.
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Post by ramireja on Oct 25, 2021 13:51:29 GMT -5
Ok, I'm tempted to just let this thread vanish. Apologies for not. I just wanted to clarify why I brought up the Chandler case. Not sure I fully understand your comment Crhis, but I didn't bring up Chandler to highlight a difference between his case and Fabian. In fact, I brought it up as similar in that: 1) Player and agent set an asking price, 2) A team meets that asking price, 3) Agent then informs other teams not to draft his player unless they can meet that price...otherwise that player will not sign. Yes, as a HS player with football talent, I understand Chandler has more leverage than Fabian, but I'd be shocked if Fabian's agent didn't explicitly warn other teams not to draft him once BAL decided to meet the $3M asking price.
julyannmorley: I don't disagree with your comments, but still....no teams got in front of the Pirates and said "Look, we're probably not going to sign Chandler for $2.25M based on the info we have. But he's clearly the best player on our board, we can see if he will sign for less than PIT has offered him, and if he doesn't...no problem, we'll get that pick back next year." Thats essentially what BOS did and that knowingly puts the player/agent in quite a predicament. Most of you find that to be completely fine. I don't think its the worst thing in the world, but do think it falls into an ethical gray area. Clearly, you're going to upset the agent and the player and thats a tough way to begin negotiations. We can leave it at that.
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