I just don't get this guy. Talk about losing touch with reality. These athletes are out of control with their attitudes. The whole line of thinking that $7 million is "insulting" because that guy over there gets $9.2 is crazy. No one has any sympathy for that, even the people rich enough to afford NFL tickets!
Ty Law's $10 million cap number is the highest on the team and is part of a contract signed before Bill Belichick and Scott Pioli arrived in New England. With the addition of defensive lineman Rodney Bailey, who signed a one-year, $1.3 million deal with the club, the Patriots now have 20 players with cap numbers of more than $1 million for 2004. Two of those are higher than $8 million, another four exceed $3 million and another four count more than $2 million. There are eight more players with cap numbers between $600,000 and $900,000.
With those 28 players accounting for more than $62 million and another $7 million being swallowed up in dead money, the Patriots have about $11 million for the remaining 23 players currently counting against the cap.
So while center Damien Woody, Law, and others question the Patriots' spending practices and criticize what they perceive to be to their below-market offers, the Patriots' team concept is more than just lip service. It's also financial. They do not want a roster made up of a few players among the highest paid at their respective positions and too many at the bottom of the heap. They want a roster that can compete over time rather than having to knock it down every three years because of credit card shopping
"Everyone is a stockholder in the team," Belichick says. "We want to be a strong team every year. We don't want to have one good one and three bad ones and then one good and three bad ones."
They not only want a roster that is strong from spots 30-53, they also want to keep an atmosphere of financial haves and have-nots out of the locker room because of the resentments they believe it can cause. They also believe their financial philosophy has contributed to the acceptance of the team approach that has made them successful.
Since finishing 5-11 and in last place in the AFC East in his first season at the Patriots helm in 2000, Belichick has guided his team to at least a tie for the division title every year and to a pair of Super Bowls. His plan is working, at least for now.
With those 28 players accounting for more than $62 million and another $7 million being swallowed up in dead money, the Patriots have about $11 million for the remaining 23 players currently counting against the cap.
So while center Damien Woody, Law, and others question the Patriots' spending practices and criticize what they perceive to be to their below-market offers, the Patriots' team concept is more than just lip service. It's also financial. They do not want a roster made up of a few players among the highest paid at their respective positions and too many at the bottom of the heap. They want a roster that can compete over time rather than having to knock it down every three years because of credit card shopping
"Everyone is a stockholder in the team," Belichick says. "We want to be a strong team every year. We don't want to have one good one and three bad ones and then one good and three bad ones."
They not only want a roster that is strong from spots 30-53, they also want to keep an atmosphere of financial haves and have-nots out of the locker room because of the resentments they believe it can cause. They also believe their financial philosophy has contributed to the acceptance of the team approach that has made them successful.
Since finishing 5-11 and in last place in the AFC East in his first season at the Patriots helm in 2000, Belichick has guided his team to at least a tie for the division title every year and to a pair of Super Bowls. His plan is working, at least for now.
Its part of the game now,NFL is almost like the college game,you have to reload when the seniors graduate.
One thing about Ty Law he got a mega contract from the Pats 4 or 5 years ago and played very average...if he gets another one who knows...Why tie up your whole team for one player...Belichick don't give a hoot,my way or highway...he has been to the SB 5 times...In Bill I trust.
One thing about Ty Law he got a mega contract from the Pats 4 or 5 years ago and played very average...if he gets another one who knows...Why tie up your whole team for one player...Belichick don't give a hoot,my way or highway...he has been to the SB 5 times...In Bill I trust.
