Rodgers v Glennon: Contract Demand

[pbmax]

How a $15 million per year Mike Glennon deal started a Twitter fueled contract controversy for Aaron Rodgers.

1. Bears are rumored to be leading contender for Mike Glennon this spring, and he is rumored to be getting offers in the $15 mil per year range.

2. Rodgers gets asked about by Wilde on his radio show about whether this means by transitive property that his salary should increase.


Speaking in an interview on ESPN Wisconsin's Wilde & Tausch that aired Wednesday morning, Rodgers was asked if reports that Glennon, with 18 career starts, might get $15 million per year on the open market should lead to discussions about his own contract.

"I think it has to," Rodgers said. "I think it has to."

Rodgers then chuckled and added, "I don't think I need to expand on that."

3. You can imagine what happened next. Culminated by PFT doing what PFT does (overhype something and link back to what they have previously written in poorly reasoned fashion):

ProFootballTalk‏ @ProFootballTalk
Aaron Rodgers, grossly underpaid in light of recent cap increases, finally makes it clear he wants a new deal https://t.co/Az88PgYCeA

4. This catches some attention, until Rodgers bats it down, by taking a swipe at old foe PFT:

Aaron Rodgers‏ @AaronRodgers12
Actually, I said 4 words. And was referring to comparing contracts between players that play the same position. #fake news

5. Nagler also tried (https://twitter.com/AaronNagler/status/839516717810401282) to pump this up. But lost in translation is that Rodgers never gave a timeline. He is clearly underpaid now, but even QB contracts don't get ripped up with 3 years to go.

[red]

This is the problem with every starting NFL QB getting about the same money

There is a huge difference between an elite QB and an a stage starter

And there should be a huge difference is salary too

[red]

I call in the Jordan problem

In the mid nineties, after getting away with paying Michael Jordan next to nothing for years, the bulls made up for it by giving him a massive deal worth 25 or 30 million a year. It was a make up deal for a once in a lifetime talent

What happened, anyone who ever played in an all-star game started demanding the same thing, and now you have guys that average 4 points a game making 15-20 million

But the NFL, NBA and teams make shitloads of money off us no matter what

So, what ever

[pbmax]

What happened, anyone who ever played in an all-star game started demanding the same thing, and now you have guys that average 4 points a game making 15-20 million


That wasn't Jordan, that was a spectacularly bad version of the salary cap that could be circumvented like no one's business. Plus incentives to had out max contracts like candy to your own players.

They cured it by handing the good players even more and stifling the middle and bottom. Then during the last lockout they stiffed the top end too.

[Tony Oday]

If AR wanted a new contract he would get a new contract.

[Zool]

If AR wanted a new contract he would get a new contract.

Quite. If he even hinted at wanting a new deal Russ and Ted would be sitting at his dining room table within the hour.

[Tony Oday]

Quite. If he even hinted at wanting a new deal Russ and Ted would be sitting at his dining room table within the hour.

He would send them the contract that he wanted, signed and wait for the direct deposit.

[gbgary]

Quite. If he even hinted at wanting a new deal Russ and Ted would be sitting at his dining room table within the hour.

he already hinted when he said what he said.

Speaking in an interview on ESPN Wisconsin's Wilde & Tausch that aired Wednesday morning, Rodgers was asked if reports that Glennon, with 18 career starts, might get $15 million per year on the open market should lead to discussions about his own contract.

"I think it has to," Rodgers said. "I think it has to."

Rodgers then chuckled and added, "I don't think I need to expand on that."

[pbmax]

he already hinted when he said what he said.

Yes, but the hint was the market (and his price/value) has changed. Not that he wants an immediate upgrade.

[gbgary]

Yes, but the hint was the market (and his price/value) has changed. Not that he wants an immediate upgrade.

agreed. qb is such a valued position the sky is limit on $. cousins is asking $20m+.

[Tony Oday]

https://twitter.com/AaronRodgers12/status/839533819359178752

I have no idea how to embed a Tweet

[red]

If AR wanted a new contract he would get a new contract.

if a-rod says that we have to be in it to win, then loses tretter, lang, cook and lacy because of tightwad teddy, then he might just pull a barry sanders

[Rutnstrut]

if a-rod says that we have to be in it to win, then loses tretter, lang, cook and lacy because of tightwad teddy, then he might just pull a barry sanders

If he did that because of TT screwing the pooch, that would be funny as hell.

[Fritz]

Quite. If he even hinted at wanting a new deal Russ and Ted would be sitting under his dining room table within the hour.

FIFY