That’s just stupid. The whole thing is stupid. They paid the fines, it’s OVER people get a freaking life. As for “below market value”, exactly what was the market value of Moss, a player who’d had a lot of discipline problems in Minnesota and hadn’t had a decent statistical year since mooning the Packers faithful? Also what’s the market value of a guy who’s made it clear he’s done with his current team, you have no trade leverage then. As for Welker Dolphin fans still insist he’s not that good.
Hey um, Disco, or whatever your handle is:
Your post is just this side of illiterate. And mine was stupid?
It was reported that Moss gave financial concessions to facilitate the trade to New England; and that he did so for the chance of winning a super bowl. You dispute it; but it was reported and I provided a cite.
The point is, had the Patriots not cheated for several years to compile an artificially good record, guys like Moss would not whore themselves out at below-market rates.
The NFL has a carefully crafted parity system based on revenue sharing and a salary cap. The Patriots' cheating undermined this system and we are still seeing the consequences.