Archive for December 9th, 2005

A question about football contracts

Jeff J. Snider Sports

I am not a football expert, so maybe someone else can elighten me. I was just writing about Manny Ramirez and Miguel Tejada, and I naturally got to thinking about Terrell Owens. Here’s my question (eventually):

Football contracts are unguaranteed, right? So if a player in the third year of a seven-year contract stops being productive, his team can release him, and he gets no more money. Is that right? And if so, here is the big question: why would any football player sign a long-term contract?
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Add comment December 9th, 2005 at 12:21pm

Manny being Miggy?

Jeff J. Snider Sports

In the ESPN.com chat with Jerry Crasnick today, there were a couple questions about a possible Manny Ramirez for Miguel Tejada trade. (For those of you who haven’t heard, Tejada recently announced that he is unhappy in Baltimore and wants to be traded.) With the Red Sox having just traded away Edgar Renteria, they definitely are in need of a new shortstop. But still, this deal doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me, for a few reasons.
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Add comment December 9th, 2005 at 12:17pm

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