The lasting legacy of Manning's Contract

[ReaderM]

Again reporters taking the easy way and saying what an agent, or PR person wants instead of the actual "truth". makes me want ot bang my head on my keyboard....

Not sure how much that is the them just spotting the numbers but the nature of instantaneous media today where your report something first and then fill in the proper details later.

[Andy Freeland]

This is a first, I've never heard of a team, player and agent all conspiring to create a contract that appears to be smaller than it actually is. Peter King is saying it was written that way so they can renegotiate after 3 years (Peyton will be 38) when the new TV deals are signed and there's more money.

[Ragar]

Not sure how much that is the them just spotting the numbers but the nature of instantaneous media today where your report something first and then fill in the proper details later.

And yet, the details will never be filled in. Anytime it is mentioned it is "5 yrs, $90 million, same as Brady." Yet we know becasue they give a 10- second throw away line of "$69 million in the 1st 3 years" and poo-poo that away, buried into their report, to never be mentioned again. We just get hte line "$18 mil/year, same as Brady"

[Ragar]

This is a first, I've never heard of a team, player and agent all conspiring to create a contract that appears to be smaller than it actually is. Peter King is saying it was written that way so they can renegotiate after 3 years (Peyton will be 38) when the new TV deals are signed and there's more money.

All these multi-year contracts with enormous and unrealistic cap number final years are the exact same conspiracy with a number that is smaller then they appear, the difference is this has a specific reason of renogatiating after 3 of 5 years (the tv deal), vs. an agreed upon "you live up to the contract, we rengotiate", or "if you don't live up to teh contract, you get cut". The contract numbers are typically smaller then what they actually are written as.

[iwatt]

Jordan was paid less than Pippen. Nobody in their right mind would say Mr. Jordan had a small ego.

Been the highest paid player or been the greatest winner? All true GOATs know the answer to that question.

[Andy Freeland]

All these multi-year contracts with enormous and unrealistic cap number final years are the exact same conspiracy with a number that is smaller then they appear, the difference is this has a specific reason of renogatiating after 3 of 5 years (the tv deal), vs. an agreed upon "you live up to the contract, we rengotiate", or "if you don't live up to teh contract, you get cut". The contract numbers are typically smaller then what they actually are written as.

I disagree. The vast majority of contracts are written to be larger than they appear. Backloaded contracts that will never be finished with ridiculous incentives that can never be met. The agents love to state that their client signed a 6-year, 800 billion dollar deal, when in reality it's 3 years, $8M. I've used this example before but it's worth repeating, D'Brickashaw Ferguson's last contract included a bonus if he blocked 7 punts a year. This bonus was originally reported as part of the 6-year, $60M deal. Why? So the agent could say it was a $60M deal. Manning's contract is the opposite, it includes 2 years at the end that, it is assumed, will be negotiated away specifically to make it seem like he's not the highest paid player in the game, when in reality he is.

[Ripperlicious]

Interesting timing. PFT is now running a story with Peyton saying he's willing to take less than Colts offer. Encourages them to be creative and spread the $$$ around so they keep necessary players.

Just saying' ...

... and we'll see!

Also, nice first post Mr. Cooker.

Is there any doubt that Manning means more to the Colts than Brady does the Patriots? When Tom was lost for the year, the Pats still went 11-5. If Manning is lost like that, the Colts go 2-14 at best. Manning "deserves" more than Brady because the Pats don't rely on Brady in the same way. Do I care if it's reported as the "same contract as Brady"? No, because perception counts in a media driven world.

[brauneyz]

Is there any doubt that Manning means more to the Colts than Brady does the Patriots? When Tom was lost for the year, the Pats still went 11-5. If Manning is lost like that, the Colts go 2-14 at best. Manning "deserves" more than Brady because the Pats don't rely on Brady in the same way. Do I care if it's reported as the "same contract as Brady"? No, because perception counts in a media driven world.

You'll get no argument from me regarding Manning's worth to the Colts. I have long maintained (even publicly) that MVP should go to him every year cuz w/o him Colts suck. That said, if Colts want to mortgage to the moon to retain him, no skin off my capitalist's nose.

But you gotta admit, he is a bit of a marketing whore.

[Colts01]

But you gotta admit, he is a bit of a marketing whore.

Which makes Brady?

[brauneyz]

Which makes Brady?

Brady does very little marketing. I do not know the financial arrangement he may have made with Giselle.