I seriously doubt that he wins that grievance, though. I fail to see how it would be fair to penalize one team for another team's tagging a player.
The whole point of the relevant section in the CBA is to protect the player (not the team) from excessive use of the tag. Hard to see why the words "Any team" are used if it means just a single team [mod edit].
The Dude - I feel you - we're in such an information feast or famine time, it's hard to fathom we've gone more than a day without some major news twist
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requires any club that designates a player as a franchise player for the third time to give that player a 44 percent raise.
I don't think Drew will win. The wording states "any CLUB that designates. Now, if it said any player who gets designated a franchise plate that would change things
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I don't think Drew will win. The wording states "any CLUB that designates. Now, if it said any player who gets designated a franchise plate that would change things
You can read it either way, capitalizing "CLUB" doesn't change Drew and Condon's theroy. Any CLUB[SAINTS] that designates a 'PLAYER" [DREW] as a franchise player....
The POINT is to protect a PLAYER [DREW] from mutiple tags. Tags are not supposed to be used by a CLUB [SAINTS] in lieu of negotiating a long term deal. Your theroy would suggest a team could franchise a player 3 times trade him and his franchise tag salary would reset. That doesn't seem like it can fly.
either way, whenever this is settled, Drew will be at camp.
No it's extremely aggravating. I thought that this goofy arbitrator would rule on the same day or at least the next day so we could get Brees signed. Now we have to wait a week for this clown to make his decision.
The NFL confirmed Tuesday that arbitrator Stephen Burbank has ruled in favor of Drew Brees and the NFLPA, finding that a franchise tag in 2013 would be Brees' third, not his second, such designation.
As a result, Brees, who is still embroiled in long-term contract negotiations with the New Orleans Saints, will be eligible for a 44 percent pay raise if he receives the franchise tag again next offseason. Another designation in 2013 would reward the All-Pro quarterback with a one-year deal worth $23.5 million.
The ruling gives Brees increased leverage as negotiations with the Saints near a July 16 deadline to settle on a long-term deal. If he does not sign a contract at that time, Brees will be forced to play under the franchise tender of $16.37 million, or he could opt to sit out some or all of next season.
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