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1 posted on 01/02/2019 8:02:45 AM PST by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

Poor guy.

2 posted on 01/02/2019 8:04:47 AM PST by Fido969 (In!)
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To: EdnaMode

He didn’t “lose” 5 million. He simply didn’t earn it.


3 posted on 01/02/2019 8:08:06 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: EdnaMode
I'm no fan of Brady, but that took some balls - promising numbers and taking less money if he didn't post them.

More sports contracts should be set up like this.

5 posted on 01/02/2019 8:10:55 AM PST by dead (Our next president is going to be sooooo boring.)
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To: EdnaMode

Instead of attacking Brady,
Let’s look at his contract as a way that the team could work around Tom, to try and afford other players.

I don’t think he’s crying over the money not awarded to him.
He still made $15 mill.
He knows his career is winding down.

He’s had an incredibly long run.
18 years.

He’s got many accomplishments to be proud of.


6 posted on 01/02/2019 8:11:36 AM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: EdnaMode

I’m surprised that all those top athletes don’t have performance clauses in their contracts.


8 posted on 01/02/2019 8:17:12 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: EdnaMode
"Tom Brady Overestimated Himself and Lost $5 Million Chump Change".
10 posted on 01/02/2019 8:17:47 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: EdnaMode

New York media trashing Boston sports. Same old, same old.

Brady has long agreed to be underpaid so management can get better players. A down year means more money for some other players. That’s why he’s got 8 Superbowl appearances.


11 posted on 01/02/2019 8:22:26 AM PST by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: EdnaMode

The media despises Brady almost as much as they despise Trump.


12 posted on 01/02/2019 8:22:28 AM PST by Conserv (alifornia soe)
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To: EdnaMode

I had heard Brady has been paid “off the books” in a very creative way to allow the Patriots to keep him, and pay the large amounts he deserves (deserved?) while still allowing cap room for other key players. Any Patriots fans out there who can enlighten?

Others in the AFC East are praying for the day he leaves.


14 posted on 01/02/2019 8:23:11 AM PST by PGR88
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To: EdnaMode

Didn’t Pete Rose get in trouble for betting on himself?

Why can’t someone bet on their own team or themselves to win?

I can understand betting on your team to lose being illegal but the other direction should be just fine.

Or si the Tom Brady article just pure hyperbole? (sarc)


23 posted on 01/02/2019 8:54:45 AM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: EdnaMode

First time I ever heard of a player having these performance bonuses was Warren Moon.


25 posted on 01/02/2019 8:58:12 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: EdnaMode
Never really been about "the money" with Brady - it's been about winning Super Bowls.
He's seldom even been one of the top 10-earning quarterbacks, yet has won five SBs and three SB MVP awards.

Aaron Rodgers, on the other hand, always among the top two or three in salaries, but has won only one Super Bowl (and his girlfriend won't even let him drive on dates).

26 posted on 01/02/2019 9:33:31 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
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To: EdnaMode

lol...that’s kind of like saying Tom only got 11 scoops of ice cream instead of 10. He’s got everything he needs.


38 posted on 01/02/2019 11:43:05 AM PST by DouglasKC
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To: EdnaMode

I thought that was Brady I saw selling pencils on the street corner the other day. Poor guy.


45 posted on 01/02/2019 7:51:32 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: EdnaMode

He didn’t lose 5 million. He just didn’t gain it.


46 posted on 01/02/2019 11:15:31 PM PST by Crucial
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