Kimo on contracts and holding out
<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3 width="90%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Quote:</TD></TR><TR><TD class=quote>"It's never personal, and as a young player you have to understand that," von Oelhoffen said. "It's about value and worth. There's a role that every player has, and what that role is worth and what they're willing to pay for that role is what it is. You have to deal with 53 people. You have to deal with a salary cap. It's not just 'you're the best wide receiver so you're going to get that money.'
"It's all structured, it's very complicated. And they know what they're doing; we don't. So who are we to say they're cheap or they're this or they're that? It's our job to think of what we think is fair, and when we sign that contract we come and play football until that contract ends." </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3 width="90%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Quote:</TD></TR><TR><TD class=quote>"It's never personal, and as a young player you have to understand that," von Oelhoffen said. "It's about value and worth. There's a role that every player has, and what that role is worth and what they're willing to pay for that role is what it is. You have to deal with 53 people. You have to deal with a salary cap. It's not just 'you're the best wide receiver so you're going to get that money.'
"It's all structured, it's very complicated. And they know what they're doing; we don't. So who are we to say they're cheap or they're this or they're that? It's our job to think of what we think is fair, and when we sign that contract we come and play football until that contract ends." </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
