Comments on: ESPN reports conflict on whether named plaintiffs sought benefits

By: covercorner

covercorner — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:28:03 +0000

Reggie White was immune to the franchise tag. So should be the named plaintiffs.

By: goforthanddie

goforthanddie — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:41:04 +0000

Those guys said they wanted special treatment when they filed their own separate lawsuit. Pretty stupid of them to argue otherwise.

By: metalhead65

metalhead65 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:48:05 +0000

how can you say there is no distinction between what an agent says and what a player says? you reported that manning and brees and jackson were holding up the deal by asking for free agency, when asked they denied it it seems to me if they did not say it themselves then there is a distinction. you may not see a difference between a player saying something and an agent but I do. you have said that was agents agenda all along so why toss the players under if they themselves did not ask for it?

By: tomsd1

tomsd1 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:42:04 +0000

Any big “backlash” will be forgotten in about 20 minutes by most of the players and the public.

By: oscojoe

oscojoe — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:19:44 +0000

Peyton Manning & Drew Brees are sly; they will let there agent and NFLPA attorney take the PR hit for their selfish move. They call it Plausable Deniability.

So much for being leaders, their true colors come thru. (thou w/ Manning it was no surprise it is always about him)

Just another example why Tom Brady is a leader w/class and a better teamate on & off the field & in the locker room.

By: peytonwantsaflag

peytonwantsaflag — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:10:19 +0000

Well I’m of the opinion that if it’s NOT true then Brees/Manning and/or their reps should have been raising holy hell yesterday, having a press conference very specifically stating that they did NOT ask for anything special.

Until I here that they’re still greedy SOBs

By: endzonezombie

endzonezombie — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:02:37 +0000

SalPal has been over the hill for years, and only finds support with Philly fans. His stories on ESPN run under his own SportsXchange(?) byline , so he is a contibutor to ESPN ( but not sure if he is an actual employee of ESPN anymore). SalPal never could get the proper pressure/focus in his own Philly on the Marvin Harrison investigation, so Marvin apparently walked after allegedly murdering a witness against him.

By: benh999

benh999 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:51:22 +0000

“Still, when one reporter merely passes along what he’s told without analysis or skepticism and another reporter tells it like it is, it creates a little awkwardness, to say the least.”

It puts food on your table too, huh?

By: bhester1906

bhester1906 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:39:02 +0000

Who cares. Y wouldn’t they want sone treatment. Some have been at Negotiations.

By: nfl25

nfl25 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:21:02 +0000

you guys do realize that the last time there was no football, that the plaintiffs in the case got special treatment, i think they were awarded that the franchise tag could never be put on them. so i do think these guys asked for that. not sure if it is holding anything up but i bet they asked for it

By: grpatriot

grpatriot — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:11:03 +0000

Condon trying to recoup lost Rookie revenue money…..You’d be nieve to an extreme not to believe it!

By: philwauke

philwauke — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:08:01 +0000

So when it’s reported with no evidence it’s wrong? Go figure.

By: jlinatl

jlinatl — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:06:57 +0000

Unexpected backlash?

I can almost be understand a player being short sighted enough but how could an agent not realize what all his other clients were thinking?

Seems like a conflict of interest.

By: ffootballontwitter

ffootballontwitter — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:59:59 +0000

The lawyers told their clients that there was a precedent for awarding cash and prizes and asked if they wanted a piece.

Brees, Manning, Jackson and Mankins all said “Yes”.

The players may not have been the one that asked for the benefit — but I don’t see the agents going down this road without first securing approval from their clients. It just goes to show how “principled” everyone in this stupid conflict has been from the start.

Enough already. Time for FOOTBALL.

By: kom2k10

kom2k10 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:57:24 +0000

I never really believed the reports to be true… Even for football players standards, it would have been an EXTREMEMLY stupid move. It’s not hard to see that EVERYONE would turn on them… the owners, fans, other players, media etc…

I couldn’t imagine those 4 guys were THAT dumb to do something so obviously selfish and face the backlash that would go along with it.

That being said, I don’t care anymore… I just want the next headline on this website to read:

“NEW CBA FINALLY SIGNED AND APPROVED BY OWNERS AND NFLPA”!!!!!

By: krow101

krow101 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:53:09 +0000

I’m thinking torches and pitchforks. Brees and Peyton whipped naked through the streets as NFP fans ‘go medieval’ on them. Booyah, let’s do it !

By: ezdoesit209

ezdoesit209 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:48:15 +0000

Hey it’s every man, woman, and NFL player for him/herself! *shrug* That’s just the way it is….

By: randysavage4ever

randysavage4ever — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:45:34 +0000

Sal has been a staple to ESPN’s coverage of the NFL for a LONG time…

I love the guy, he is a staple to my life (live in Philly), I TRUST SAL’S WORD.

Schef and Mort are OK…but alotta dicey and questionable things they report on…( other motives?)

i’ll take Sal’s word. Grown Man B.I.

By: ampats

ampats — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:42:27 +0000

Who cares. Just finalize an agreement

By: supashug

supashug — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:40:44 +0000

They are voting on the new CBA today and you are reporting on this still?

By: nfl25

nfl25 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:40:12 +0000

something about Brees bothers me. seems like a good dude but i just feel like something aint right with him

By: nfl25

nfl25 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:39:29 +0000

I would bet they did try to get things for themselves. Everyone found out and now they will deny it and the league isn’t gonna tell anyone they asked for it. I like this punter dude. Everyone is so scared of “the stars”. Mike and mike in the morning were acting like this punter was talking junk on Don Corleone.

By: tomsd1

tomsd1 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:38:12 +0000

Vincent Jackson’s agent, Neil Schwartz, is my new hero – as he should push for everything Jackson can get – as last year – first the Chargers (GM AJ Smith front and cent) screwed him – and then the NFLPA threw him under the bus.

And hey – that admiration for a mouthpiece being hardass doesn’t come easily from moi – as I used to be an active member of the cloth.