Posted by spartan99 on 5/14/2008, 2:39 pm, in reply to "Jeff Garcia's contract situation"
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5 mill isn't enough eh? Garcia's great and he's my favorite qb for biased reasons, but come on man...maybe if you won your conference.
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: My take (trying to forego any Garcia/SJSU
: bias): Tampa Bay will always be there as a
: franchise and as a money-making business
: enterprise.
:
: Players, however, have a definite lifespan
: in sports and are interchangeable --
: "one day you're riding high in April,
: then shot down in May' -- so bully for Jeff
: Garcia. At the going market rate, yes, he
: does deserve more. He also only has so many
: seasons remaining in that body of his.
:
: Would you and I try to maximize every dollar
: we could generate in a contractual
: situation? You betcha.
:
: As for 'loyalty' -- well, there is none in
: professional sports. It is a business and
: that is the nature of the beast, like it or
: not, accept it or not.
:
: Garcia's Dispute With Bucs Leaves No
: Sympathy For Either Side
: Joe Henderson
: Tampa Bay Online
: May 13, 2008
:
: TAMPA - Even though he was paid in excess of
: $5 million last year, Jeff Garcia has a case
: to make more money from the Bucs. Just
: saying that, though, makes me feel
: ridiculous. To tell you the truth, I
: couldn't care less if he gets an extra dime.
:
: Play, don't play, hold out – whatever.
:
: It hit me after listening to Garcia, a
: generally good guy, go on a 10-minute rant
: Tuesday after attending an optional workout
: at One Buc Place. Garcia has wanted an
: extension of the two-year deal he signed
: last year with the Bucs, presumably at a
: nice raise to reward him for leading them to
: the playoffs in his first year here as
: quarterback.
:
: He hinted that if he doesn't get what he
: wants, he might hold out. He's scheduled to
: make $2 million base salary this season,
: plus incentives. That is well under the
: going rate for starting quarterbacks in the
: NFL.
:
: "All I'm asking is a little
: respect," he said.
:
: Oh please.
:
: Teachers need respect. Cops need respect.
: People getting evicted from their homes or
: losing their jobs in this crappy economy
: need respect. There is a time to speak up
: and a time to hold your tongue and I would
: suggest to you that Garcia just crossed over
: the great foot-in-mouth divide.
:
: There is no denigration intended toward
: Garcia's worth as a quarterback, or as a
: human being for that matter. He's just
: playing the same "gimme-gimme"
: game that has been going on around pro
: sports since the dawn of time.
:
: Nor should this be interpreted as any vote
: of sympathy for Bucs management, which just
: raised ticket prices again. The NFL is the
: death star of sports, sucking in every
: available dollar and demanding more, more,
: more, MORE!!!
:
: Money Is There
:
: So, on matters such as this, let's wish a
: plague on both their houses. They have all
: forgotten the people who hope they have
: enough left over for ever-more expensive
: tickets after paying their taxes, insurance,
: mortgage, college tuition, and groceries.
:
: This is one of those times when values and
: perspective have gotten lost in unseemly
: gamesmanship.
:
: The salaries that are paid to pro athletes
: have never bothered me all that much, to be
: honest. There is a demand for what they do,
: they have a limited number of years in their
: career, the money is there and I'm pretty
: much for anyone getting what they can.
:
: The Bucs also have room under the salary cap
: to accommodate Garcia, so it's not like
: giving him the money would cripple them in
: any way.
:
: That's not the point.
:
: The Bucs should have acknowledged Garcia's
: worth after last season by extending his
: contract, just as they did with Jon Gruden.
: But that should have been done quietly
: because the last thing anyone in this or any
: other town needs right now is to hear a guy
: who made $5 million last season complain he
: isn't getting more.
:
: How much did you pay the last time you tried
: to fill up your gas tank? What choices have
: you had to make to balance your budget. How
: many nights a week is pasta on your dinner
: table because there's no room left in the
: budget for anything pricier? Priced a gallon
: of milk lately?
:
: You want respect? How about giving some to
: the common folk by keeping discreetly quiet
: instead of saying, as Garcia did,
: "There comes a time when you want us to
: bend over backwards and give everything we
: have, well, we want the same out of
: you."
:
: Something To Talk About
:
: This may be a cheap shot, but I have yet to
: run across a player who will go to ownership
: and try to give a rebate after a poor
: season. It's all a game they play with money
: and the aim is to grab as much as you can.
:
: Bucs General Manager Bruce Allen is like
: negotiating with a stone wall. He doesn't
: talk back and his appearance never changes.
: He will defend the cashbox with tenacity,
: and he doesn't care if you try to make him
: look as miserly as possible. That sure
: didn't bother Allen when he went into a
: standoff with Keenan McCardell a few years
: ago and it won't be any different now.
:
: He has kept assistant coaches from moving up
: because they have contracts. If Garcia
: really wants to push it and hold out, I
: suspect Allen will let him do just that. A
: deal is a deal and Garcia signed his last
: year.
:
: But I say again, who cares?
:
: There are bigger things to worry about than
: whether Jeff Garcia gets more money. Usually
: it's good theater when the star player gets
: into a snit, but given everything that's
: going on in the world just now it's just the
: latest performance in the theater of the
: absurd.
:
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