Quote Originally Posted by camdenyard View Post
Well, it's not what AD wants. AD, like all other top-shelf FAs, doesn't want big weekly checks. He wants a seven-figure signing bonus. Why do people keep forgetting this?
I didn't forget, it's a compromise that could easily work in AD's favor. Now next year, when negotiating (with whomever) for his next contract, his salary will be the franchise salary, not the relative peanuts he's making now.

From the business side, it's not all doom and gloom for AD. There is an upside for him, though as you say it's not the upside he was hoping for.