What's forgotten is being the face of a winning franchise in LA.
Steve Garvey was the king of LA when the Dodgers were winning... and don't get me started about how Magic Johnson was the Lord Mayor of LA for more than a decade. Magic Johnson turned a 25 year, 25M contract (which was renegotiated multiple times) into a fortune in large part because he was high profile and leveraged his LA connections.
It's increasingly seeming like now that AD got his one season of winning, he's gonna be content to, like a dragon of old, find a cave and sit on his hoard, even if it means taking the slings and arrows in Cleveland.
I dunno why people don't factor in post-career earnings. I think it's especially short sighted of AD's team (unless they are totally compromised and bent on using their client to 'reset the market')
And that's another thing. This 'resetting the market' thing.
QBs got a 30% raise in the last 3-4 years. But the cap hasn't gone up half that. Which means QBs are cannibalizing other position's bargaining power. Just ask Earl Thomas or Eric Reid.
The idea that every agent is going to try and emulate that 30% raise fails at the basic math. It's mathematically impossible to do.
What's worse is that it's yet another example of the NFL both as corporation and as players, teams, etc that are finding ways to alienate fans.
I'm all for players getting value in their short time playing which will almost certainly have a life long debt in the form of physical pain and potential disability later. That said, the players agreed to a cap and that means they have to pay all the players, including the rookies and the JAGs.
Seems like some of the agents for the elite athletes in zealously advocating for their own clients want to put all the responsibility on to the teams while asking for something that basic math tells them is impossible.
