The Facts:
Following up on a
previous item. ... A long-term deal that pays Brees more over the first three years than the Saints would pay by using the franchise tag for three straight seasons makes no business sense for the team. Based on current franchise figures, if Brees wants more than $21.435 million per year over the next three years, the Saints would be wise to go year-to-year under the franchise tag. Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports reports that Brees’ camp believes his multi-year take under the franchise tag would be even higher, by forcing the Saints to give Brees a 44-percent raise not in 2014 but in 2013, given that Brees already has played a full season under the franchise tag as a member of the Chargers, in 2005.
Reported by Profootballtalk.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
As PFT's Mike Florio explained, this argument arises from the basic notion that, in a player’s second franchise-tag season, he gets a 20-percent raise over his prior season’s salary and, in his third franchise-tag season, he receives a 44-percent bump. But Florio went on to advise readers the argument doens't mesh with a commonsensical reading of the key language of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Article 10, Section 2(b) sets forth the formula arising from a thirdfranchise-tag designations, starting with the following language: “Any Club that designates a player as a Franchise Player for the third time. ..." It doesn’t say “if a player is designated as a Franchise Player for the third time.” It says “any Club that designates a player as a Franchise Player for the third time.” This strongly implies that the Club that is designating the player as a franchise player for the third time has designated the player as a franchise player twice before. In other words, it doesn't sound like a viable attack for Brees.
Profile
Home
