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I am not a Dolphin fan BUT feel for you guys. I guess I am Old fashion but
a contract is a contract!
It seems like today in sports Contracts dont' mean anything! We lost Branch when he wanted to break his contract and a lot of teams seems to be having the same issue.
Maybe there needs to be a RULE that if you sign a 5 year contract and don't want to honor it; you need to pay back all the money you received!!!
Hope you get a coach but nobody from us.
 
tonyfan said:
I am not a Dolphin fan BUT feel for you guys. I guess I am Old fashion but
a contract is a contract!
It seems like today in sports Contracts dont' mean anything! We lost Branch when he wanted to break his contract and a lot of teams seems to be having the same issue.
Maybe there needs to be a RULE that if you sign a 5 year contract and don't want to honor it; you need to pay back all the money you received!!!
Hope you get a coach but nobody from us.
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Well, if you're going to give up BB, we'll take him :wink:
 
Thanks Tony, good point. Welcome to FinHeaven. Interested in leting Bellichick come here? Didn't think so . . . Good luck in the playoffs bro.
 
You don't want BB; his sweatshirts wouldn't look good in that Florida sun
 
Go Pats tomorrow! Oh, and welcome to finheaven.
 
welcome tonyfan and thanks for showing class bro, good luck tomorrow against the hated jets
 
Welcome tonyfan. Its all $'s and easy money nowadays. Im glad hes gone. He has shown to me the real Nick Saban and to be honest would anybody want that sort of person in Professional football running their team? NOPE. Hes a loose cannon whos not dedicated enough and committed to have a hope in hell of being good at the top level.
 
Class Tony.

I agree. If you say you're going to do something, and you give your word as a man and a gentleman, then you should live up to it. Our word is what we only really have. And when your word means nothing, you're just t hat......nothing.
 
Don't worry, we wont take any coaches from you. But we might take Scott Pioli. Just kidding. I don't think he would leave NE. Good luck against the Jets.
 
tonyfan said:
I am not a Dolphin fan BUT feel for you guys. I guess I am Old fashion but
a contract is a contract!
It seems like today in sports Contracts dont' mean anything! We lost Branch when he wanted to break his contract and a lot of teams seems to be having the same issue.
Maybe there needs to be a RULE that if you sign a 5 year contract and don't want to honor it; you need to pay back all the money you received!!!
Hope you get a coach but nobody from us.
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Don't take this as a flame b/c you're a Pats fan. I'm fine with that and I respect the Pats. And, I do appreciate your condolences. ;)

But, while your thoughts are fine with respect to guaranteed contracts, your reference to Branch is not even close to parallel - except that you lost a very good contributor to your team.

The problem with your argument is that in the NFL (unlike MLB and NBA) player contracts are regularly broken by the teams. If players had guaranteed contracts and were trying to break them, that would be different. But, when a good player signs a contract these days, it is almost guaranteed (except for rookies) that the CLUB will break the contract before it is completed. If the player continues to perform at a very high level, the club will seek to renegotiate the contract each year (This happens almost every year with JT and Zach, for example). But, as soon as there appears to be a downward trend in play - the club will dump the player when his contract gets too high.

So, the system the owners have created is one where players will seek to opt out of contracts if they don't believe the deal reflects their NFL market value.

How can you argue that Branch should be loyal to the Pats when it is a certainty that the Pats will not be loyal to Branch should his contract affect their cap adversely or should his play not entirely measure up? It would be one thing if, when players were cut, they still got paid their contract. That's what happens in the real world of binding contracts. But, other than bonus money that's paid up front, the contracts in the NFL aren't worth the proverbial "paper they are printed on."
 
Sure, a contract is a contract, but unlike Deion Branch with the Patriots, Saban didn't want to be here at all.

I want someone that is excited and happy to coach for the Miami Dolphins, not a miserable old man who doesn't even like to coach in the pros and is not even good at it.
 
Players contracts are not broken, they are terminated. It is written into their contracts that they can be terminated at any time and when they sign them, they fully expect that will happen. On the other hand, did Wayne expect that Nick would break his contact? I'm sure the answer is no.
 
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