Tom Brady is in the midst of a contract dispute with the New England Patriots. Brady is scheduled to make only $6.5 million this season, which is way below the market value for the two-time Super Bowl MVP. Bummer for the Pats that they were unable to make a deal with Brady last week, because he just got much more expensive.
Rookie quarterback, Sam Bradford, of the St. Louis Rams just completed his deal slated at six-years $78 million with $50 million guaranteed. This has Bradford earning about $17 million per season!!! So here we have a baby faced rookie set to earn almost three times per season more, than the studly NFL proven superstar. Just imagine your intern getting paid 3x what you are getting as a longstanding employee - I am sure that makes you cringe too.
Since the signing of Bradford's contract, Brady has been forced to up his asking price. The Pats better find the money to pay Brady, and make sure to make it big, because otherwise they are going to lose maybe the best quarterback of all-time.
Yet, in the long run, especially with the upcoming NFL labor negotiations, the NFL better get a hold on rookie contracts. Under no circumstances should a player who has never even stepped on an NFL field, be making the money these current rookie fledglings are reeling in. Proven veterans deserve a bigger piece of the NFL revenue pie. Never before has Rod Tidwell's slogan (Cuba Gooding, Jr.'s character in "Jerry Maguire"), "Show me the MONEY," rung more true.
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