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Thread: Player collusion in Seattle?
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Re: Player collusion in Seattle?
I agree. But that also doesn't mean screwy things aren't happening from the other side of the fence, aka the owners.
I made this thread at the beginning of free agency, which is why I initially thought it was the players that were taking cheap deals to play on contenders. I should have waited longer. Now the pattern is more clear. The players are taking the best offers. And those are low offers.Across the board deals are low.which is why there is so much heightened suspicion.
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04-03-2013, 03:58 PM #76
Re: Player collusion in Seattle?
Seriously, this has gone four pages? Flat cap. Poor performance and/or injury issues = short terms & relative low dollar contracts. Plenty of players, including some of our own departing FA's, cashed in. It really is that simple.
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Re: Player collusion in Seattle?
The real way to check is seeing how much cap space is left when we get to camp. If there are a lot of teams near the salary cap floor then you have to ask why. If most teams are closer to the ceiling than the floor then it's just business as usual.
The individual deals don't matter. It's the overall cap dollars spent that will let you know if something is going on.
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Re: Player collusion in Seattle?
Per Albert breer: DeMaurice Smith letter to agents: "we have heard reports of a concern that teams are working in concert ..." to "peg", "rig" or "set" market prices on player contracts."
It is not that simple. If it were that simple people that have been in the business for decades wouldn't be so suspicious right now.Last edited by bt12483; 04-03-2013 at 04:11 PM.
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04-03-2013, 04:04 PM #79
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04-03-2013, 04:16 PM #81Veteran Poster
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Re: Player collusion in Seattle?
The only way a collusion claim could possibly make any sense at all is if you can show that owners are spending less overall than usual. I have yet to see any evidence of that.
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04-03-2013, 04:18 PM #82
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04-03-2013, 04:31 PM #84
Re: Player collusion in Seattle?
I'll go with not. Smith is under a lot of heat I'm sure, with the cap being so flat and lots of veterans being cap casualties. I'll chalk it up to deflection. His letter is certainly not the smoking gun you make it out to be.
As for the media reporting on it, c'mon. They report on every little thing, legit or not.Never get in a fight with a pig; you both get muddy, and the pig likes it...
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