Jones vs. 1st Rounder + $20m

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Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief

I'm surprised more players don't take a reasonable discount... Jones has a chance at the HOF if he wins another superbowl or 2 and would probably end up on the Ring of Honor. Also, the gov't takes 50% of any potential increase over a discount... Although they get 50% of the overall as well....

I think there's a few reasons for this. Obviously one is that most of these guys came for poor backgrounds, and they can't even imagine turning down more money.

Then, consider that a lot of these guys are literally supporting their entire extended family. Parents, uncles, aunts, baby mommas, etc.

The average NFL career is about 3 years.

No one gets paid the last year of their contract.

Their agents get paid more if they get paid more, so . . .

Probably a few more reasons on top of those.

And the vast majority of players will never be inducted into the HOF, so why not take the money?

But if I were a player of Chris Jones' caliber, I would definitely think about the HOF and my legacy. Multiple SB rings would be a top goal right now, were I him. And I would take a discount to achieve that goal.