Raiders restructure Gannon's contract - Page 2

Ugly Duck · 09-10-2004, 08:20 AM

See? He's not like you Cheiftains say. He's a team player - willing to sacrifice for the good of the many. And you guys call him RedButt:

The Raiderz' quarterback, whom many thought would be shown the door when a younger and cheaper Kerry Collins was signed in May, ensured his job security this week by agreeing to restructure a burdensome $7 million base salary, converting $2.5 million of that total into unlikely-to-be reached playing time and performance incentives that require him to exceed by 50 percent last season's injury marred totals. If Gannon does reach the incentives, the $2.5 million wouldn't be applied to the cap until the end of the regular season.

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Thig Lyfe · 09-11-2004, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by memyselfI

I think this was planned from the get go. Al gives Rich a chance to 'win' his starting job back and if he does Rich gives him the 'restructure' he needed. The way it's set up and if Gannon reaches his incentives it's win/win for all...

Wait...

you're talking about football???

memyselfI · 09-11-2004, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by ArrowheadWolf

Wait...

you're talking about football???

tis the season...

WilliamTheIrish · 09-11-2004, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by memyselfI

Wow, then AL is crazier than we thought...paying someone $4.5 MILLION dollars to tell him he's finito.

No, he's always been as crazy as 'we' thought.

You, being a nouveau Raiderette type fan, just didn't pay attention to that until tendon tranfer Rich matriculated to Napa.

memyselfI · 09-11-2004, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish

No, he's always been as crazy as 'we' thought.

You, being a nouveau Raiderette type fan, just didn't pay attention to that until tendon tranfer Rich matriculated to Napa.

Hey, I thought he was roadkill last season. The fact that he made it back is no surprise to me given what I know about him (and he told me that he was NOT going to retire or quit) thus I wouldn't have bet against him but I sure wouldn't have bet on him convincing anyone (other than a handfull of the remaining faithful

) either.

chief52 · 09-11-2004, 09:10 AM

That Al Davis. He is so cutting edge. Rebuilding a team around a 38 year old QB coming off a season ending injury. What other NFL team would have even thought about it??? When will the rest of the NFL catch up with this trend setter?

09-10-2004, 08:20 AM
Ugly Duck MVP Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Petaluma, CA, USA Casino cash: $9955920	Raiders restructure Gannon's contract See? He's not like you Cheiftains say. He's a team player - willing to sacrifice for the good of the many. And you guys call him RedButt: The Raiderz' quarterback, whom many thought would be shown the door when a younger and cheaper Kerry Collins was signed in May, ensured his job security this week by agreeing to restructure a burdensome $7 million base salary, converting $2.5 million of that total into unlikely-to-be reached playing time and performance incentives that require him to exceed by 50 percent last season's injury marred totals. If Gannon does reach the incentives, the $2.5 million wouldn't be applied to the cap until the end of the regular season. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...10/RAIDERS.TMP
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09-11-2004, 09:10 AM	#20
chief52 Veteran Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: NoCal Casino cash: $9805260	That Al Davis. He is so cutting edge. Rebuilding a team around a 38 year old QB coming off a season ending injury. What other NFL team would have even thought about it??? When will the rest of the NFL catch up with this trend setter?
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