Comments on: Briggs tells Bears he wants more money

By: bearsrulepackdrool

bearsrulepackdrool — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:31:45 +0000

I hate that he’s going about it this way but he has a point.

He’s been in the ProBowl each of the last SIX years, lol.

He’s been the MOST CONSISTENT on this defense. Even better than Urlacher who was hurt a couple seasons.

By: wiley16350

wiley16350 — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:53:55 +0000

Some of you fans really need to get a better understanding of contracts. The signing bonus is the amount an owner has agreed to pay a player as long as a player doesn’t take steps to back out of his commitment. If the owner decides he no longer wants the player, the player still keeps that amount, the owner can only get that money back if a player refuses to play without a qualifying reason. The rest of the money in a contract is what a owner has agreed to pay a player as long as he performs up to the owners standards. A player could negotiate a guaranteed contract, they just wouldn’t recieve as much money up front. Players have decided they would rather have their guaranteed money up front and so in the NFL they don’t have guaranteed contracts. So the contracts are two sided. As long as the player does what he is contracturally obligated to he will receive the negotiated amount of guaranteed money. If the owner breaks the commitment, he still has to pay the player the guaranteed amount. If the player breaks the commitment then he has to pay the owner back a portion of the guaranteed money. If there is no guaranteed money then either party can break the commitment without owing the other one anything.

By: cshearing

cshearing — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:06:41 +0000

Usually I take the player’s side (like with Chris Johnson), but this situation is different. Briggs got a front-loaded deal, and now wants a new one during the light back-end of the deal? That’s pretyy sleazy.

By: goforthanddie

goforthanddie — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:44:46 +0000

“the Bears have only themselves to blame for signing Briggs to a six-year deal.”

Blame? They should pat themselves on the back. He’s the idiot who signed a contract he’s no longer happy with.

By: vikefan

vikefan — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:40:34 +0000

mmm….really?……who doesn’t? guess what…shut up & play or hold out and not get paid.

It does sound like DeAngelo, Bears, & Co. have some disgruntled empoyees & $. possible mutiny?!

By: CKL

CKL — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:21:45 +0000

Another post deleted. No curse words. Sigh.

All I said was that a guy has a right to ask his TEAM for a raise and that I realize that we “fry cooks” “toilet cleaners” etc. , as the patronizing cadre on here like to call people with regular jobs, aren’t comparable to even a marginal NFL player leverage wise.

That said I don’t care to hear any of them whining to the media and therefore us fans and I have considered going to the twitter account of any of them who do and whining about my paycheck since they have as much ability to increase my take home pay and responsibility to pay my salary as I do theirs.

By: cadillacjosh

cadillacjosh — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:19:09 +0000

Apart from the signing of Peppers, Briggs has been the best on the Bears D. Without even a shred of doubt. Pay the man. The weak linebacker in the Cover 2 has a huge responsibility, we need him.

By: flyboy123456

flyboy123456 — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:01:08 +0000

phuucken moron.

By: asublimeday

asublimeday — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:43:24 +0000

Money money money. Shut up and play.

By: flyboy123456

flyboy123456 — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:33:37 +0000

6 mil/yr. Keep your mouth shut, idiot.

By: tommytd

tommytd — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:05:41 +0000

Good luck chiseling more money out of the Bears there Lanceboy…let me know how that works out for ya! Maybe you could join Mr. Kreutz in New Orleans…he wasn’t happy either.

By: clayjustsackedyou

clayjustsackedyou — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 23:08:47 +0000

He should just be lucky to be making what he is making, dude is overrated and hasn’t been playing at an elite level for 2 seasons now.

By: geo1113

geo1113 — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:51:05 +0000

hateonjags says:
Aug 28, 2011 5:59 PM
I bet if we asked our employer for raise,we would get cut
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I have asked for raises and never been cut. I have actually been given raises, but have also been respectfully declined too!

By: geo1113

geo1113 — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:46:00 +0000

mcnabbulous says:
Aug 28, 2011 3:56 PM
Owners rip up contracts and release players all the time. I think players have every right to to the same.
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You would do best not to talk about things your brain can’t understand. If the players think they should have that right, then they should get it put in the contract. The fact is the players have made the decision to accept the contract with certain gurantees and pays them upfront bonus money in return for the risk of being cut at a later date. If the owners didn’t honor the contract as written, then the owners would be getting sued left and right.

By: rcampore

rcampore — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:11:53 +0000

Football contracts are very much like any other employment contract, except it’s worth millions instead of the measly pay us normal folk get.

For example, I sign a offer letter with a company for a certain salary and accept this pay. The company has every right to let me go if I’m not performing up to their expectations. Now I also have the right to quit if i’m not happy. I also have the right to ask for a raise if I feel I deserve one, but that does not mean they have to give it to me. As much as people want to say that the players and owners are partners, this is not the case. They are the employer and can let you go. Briggs doesn’t like what he signed, then go look for other employment somewhere else.

By: udwnwitjpp

udwnwitjpp — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:05:12 +0000

Why do players sign these lucrative deals after there rookie deal then ask for money two years into the deal based on free agent deals that were made or extensions that were made on top of the front loot they got for signing

By: hateonjags

hateonjags — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:59:48 +0000

I bet if we asked our employer for raise,we would get cut

By: tobiathan

tobiathan — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:59:03 +0000

Interesting that it seems like more than half the guys who complain about their contract seem to have an injury around the same time that:

1. keeps them off the field

and

2. is hard to prove(i.e. “hamstring”, groin injury etc.)

A curious synchronicity indeed.

By: kegpack

kegpack — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:57:27 +0000

No country for old linebackers…

By: radrntn

radrntn — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:39:48 +0000

na a na na hey hey good bye

By: rcali

rcali — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:37:25 +0000

In NFL contracts, the first 3 years of a six year contract benefits the player and the last three benefit the team. Technically, because of the injuries, teams take on much more risk.

By: rushbacker

rushbacker — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:14:47 +0000

Bears tell Briggs, “We wish you were younger.”

By: vikingsinla

vikingsinla — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:04:58 +0000

In these situations, most fans tend to ignore something: from the owner’s perspective, EVERY NFL CONTRACT IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT. Makes no difference how long a player is signed for, if he gets hurt, or underperforms, he may get lucky and only have to take a pay cut. Otherwise, poof, he’s gone. Fans turn on overperforming players, shouting, “where’s the loyalty?!” when this is what players are asking.

By: chobes68

chobes68 — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:03:14 +0000

“kreutz, taylor, now briggs? sounds like Bears have locker room issues probably with management.? i see an internal implosion coming b4 season even starts. distractions the ultimate equalizer in NFL. enjoy being cellar dwellers.”

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Kreutz is done; Taylor is their 3rd string back; and while Briggs is a starter, every team has guys complaining about something or another. How do you see that as an internal implosion?

The Bears won’t be cellar dwellers as long as McNabb/Ponder/Webb are calling the signals in Minny. Enjoy!

By: chobes68

chobes68 — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:01:24 +0000

He had no problem cashing those checks that were front loaded.

By: westwoodwarrior8

westwoodwarrior8 — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:58:49 +0000

lol @elwaysbrain…that was good!!

By: dannymac17

dannymac17 — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:54:27 +0000

real title should be

“Bears tell Briggs they paid him enough for a lot of nothing”

By: 14fairways

14fairways — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:50:44 +0000

Briggs got $23M of his $36M contract over the last 3 years, so now he’s crying about averaging only $4m over the next three.

he’s a good player but let him cry, I wouldn’t pay him

By: canetic

canetic — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:32:44 +0000

What he should say is “I want LESS money.” Either way, he’d get paid the same, but he wouldn’t look like a crybaby.

By: quirtevans

quirtevans — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:05:18 +0000

No sympathy for Briggs. None at all.

If you want the security of a long-term deal, you have to sacrifice some financial upside. To take the guarantee and then whine when other guys get more money is piggish.