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Kyle,
You may have a better handle on the specific contract numbers around the League than I do (I'm sure you do). I also realize that there are countless ways to write a contract so that it seems as if it's something it's not.
May main concern is that Tony is a TE. He is everything else you mentioned also, but he is still a TE. The NFLPA has negotiated contracts with the NFL based on the concept that different positions have different values. They have even agreed on the heirachy of values relative to each position.
I do not object to Tony being the highest paid TE in the game. I want to keep him happy in KC as much as the next guy. I do object to to comparing him in any way shape or form to a WR.
This is assuradly the tactic the Press will use to belittle Carl in the negotiations and may very well be the tactic his agent wants to use. The fact is, however, that it was the NFLPA that insisted on these designations and they need to live with them.
Managing teams with a finite amount of pie to split up has to be the most challenging job in all of sports. It is a task and a burden that receives very little respect from the average fan and no respect from the media.
If Tony ends up making the kind of money you're talking about and we sign him to a long term deal that he's happy with, I will be happy also. However, I will never accept as an argument that what WRs make has (or should have) anything to do with it. It is invalid and irrelevant.
Luz
unfortunately, the press will take huge advantage of the general publics lack of knowledge on the NFLPA's Players Agreement...
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