Byrd

[Rappster]

<!--quoteo(post=73654:date=Dec 31 2009, 03:14 PM:name=Scarey)-->QUOTE (Scarey @ Dec 31 2009, 03:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=73652:date=Dec 31 2009, 04:09 PM:name=Ace)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ace @ Dec 31 2009, 04:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=73651:date=Dec 31 2009, 04:06 PM:name=Rappster)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rappster @ Dec 31 2009, 04:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=73628:date=Dec 31 2009, 02:06 PM:name=Ace)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ace @ Dec 31 2009, 02:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->The deal is backloaded out the ass: $3 mill in 2010, $5.5 in 2011, and $6.5 in 2012.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


That's not EVEN REMOTELY BAD BACKLOADING!

Stop selling your point...
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When the third year of a three year deal is more than 100% greater than the first year, that's a whole lot of backloading.
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When the third year of the deal is only a $1.5 million deviation from the mean, I don't think it's much backloading personally.
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Exactly...you're desperate to kill this deal, so you're looking for a mouse hole.

Here are some facts, Ace:

1) We're not going to self-develop every player.

2) We are occasionally going with players who are over 17 years of age.

3) Stuff goes on that we don't see.

4) Contract negotiation is more than the sum of its legalese.