Comments on: Marcus Trufant takes a steep pay cut

By: pigskinswag

pigskinswag — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:00:56 +0000

Knowing how big of a joke being voted to the Pro Bowl is, that money is good as his. I could have made the Pro Bowl last year.

By: vaporiizz3r

vaporiizz3r — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:29:30 +0000

What I dont like is it’s ok for a NFL teams to make there players take a Take it or be Cut contracts to reduce there money for the year is OK…but if a player asks for more money when he has a GOOD year everyone yells, Play Out The Contract! Stop Crying About It And Play!…Why is ok for one and not the other?

By: blackbug99

blackbug99 — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:35:58 +0000

Like him or hate him, I like a guy who is willing to base at least part of his earnings on performance. One more Hayneworthless/Russell story and I’ll be sick!!

By: jewseverywhere

jewseverywhere — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:17:51 +0000

Maybe Curry’s contract was agreed to in principle months ago but it just now consummated on the 13th. I can’t imagine Carroll and co. hesitating on restructuring that horrendous bust’s undeserved contract intentionally.

By: chrismatthewsucks

chrismatthewsucks — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:17:49 +0000

@birdsnooper2 – why would he take a cut? He won a playoff game his 1st year, brought in Mike Williams, Marshawn, cut the scrubs from the team!

By: madpunter88

madpunter88 — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:20:43 +0000

@asrabi, you are absolutely correct.

Teams, sportswriters, and fans are always quick and visceral in their condemnation of players who hold-out for more money, revised contracts, or because they are unhappy playing under certain conditions. You’ll hear disparaging comments such as, “you signed the contract now just play and shut up.” But no one ever criticizes the team for tearing up a contract. They justify it as a business decision. What business signs contracts and then changes them when one party has no other option other than to accept the change? That is illegal in pretty much every other industry in the U.S.

I think I would be fine with it either way if there was not the double-standard of condemnation. If a player is more talented than his contract indicates — as Chris Johnson clearly is, for example — than he should never be criticized for holding out. Because the moment he has a down year the team will turn around and drop his salary arbitrarily.

By: theprocessoflosingmymind

theprocessoflosingmymind — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:30:33 +0000

“The rest of Trufant’s contract (base salary of $7.2 million in 2012 and base salary of $8.8 million in 2013, with a $100,000 workout bonus each year) remains unchanged.”

Thats fancy contact language for, “We plan on drafting your replacement in the 2012 draft. And that we plan on cutting you right before we get to the 53 man limit, unless said rookie gets banged up and we need you (or the really quick beer man in the stands) to fill in just like Lawyer Milloy does now.”

By: wiscnsnpatfan

wiscnsnpatfan — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:03:32 +0000

@iamgoodkid–Good at what? Cuz you sure as hell aren’t good at commenting intelligently ( or even intelligibly ) on NFL football.

By: granadafan

granadafan — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 03:57:34 +0000

What’s with these greedy players not honoring the contract they signed with their employers…. Oh wait.

By: birdsnooper2

birdsnooper2 — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 03:34:53 +0000

When will Carroll give his $$$ back?

By: asarabi

asarabi — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:51:06 +0000

All the trolls that knock players for holding out should remember this amd similar posts. Where’s the outrage about a contract being a contract?

By: skyleralan

skyleralan — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:46:21 +0000

Come to Oakland.

By: ninjapleazee

ninjapleazee — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:36:00 +0000

it’s just playing with cap numbers… i’m sure its all bonus incentives… Carrol’s known to be a cheater.. I’m sure he’s trying to find a way to cheat the cap

By: skoobyfl

skoobyfl — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:32:01 +0000

This hurts other NFL players that had off years.

By: savannahrose44

savannahrose44 — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:30:22 +0000

I’m cool with this. We have a lot of up and coming talent on the Seahawks and if Trufant wants to get paid he’s gonna have to perform. Just like everyone else on the team. Someone needed to light a fire under these guys and Pete has done that nicely.

By: pacificnw7722

pacificnw7722 — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:29:59 +0000

“Trufant can earn it all back based on his performance this year.”

Not happening…..dude gets burnt way too often.

By: gooselife

gooselife — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:06:02 +0000

Love trufant but the guy has been declining for the last 2 years…..he’s not worth 5 million a year. Hawks need some CB’s badly.

By: vahawker

vahawker — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:57:57 +0000

So he has agreed to a one year “put up, or be cut” contract. No way he sees those last two paydays at those prices.

By: duanethomas

duanethomas — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:55:45 +0000

Pete Carroll is an idiot and the Seahawks will finish last in the NFC Worst.

By: bigdan7885

bigdan7885 — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:53:47 +0000

Way to bow to your corporate masters Marcus.

By: steelernationlolzatyouremptytrophycase6

steelernationlolzatyouremptytrophycase6 — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:52:53 +0000

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By: iamgoodkid

iamgoodkid — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:43:19 +0000

who are the oakland raiders?