Antonio Brown to the Bills (or maybe not)

[top dawg]

1 minute ago, bull123 said:

owners are gonna lock out players in next contract negotiations

these player contracts are ruining the league

The only reason that the NFL exists is because of the players. It's just like anything else, the owners are trying to keep as much pie as they can at the expense of the players (in terms of money and bad terms). The NBA is a better run league from a player-owner contractual perspective. 

[top dawg]

1 minute ago, carpanfan96 said:

oh most certainly can fine a player for a whole bunch of reasons. Teams have a conduct policy and the league has one. Either one can result in fines. Miss camp, fine. keep missing. can loose game checks..ext. Force his ass to play or retire. 

But as long as he follows the letter of the law, he is Gucci!

You guys act like he is in the wrong here. There is no black and white here (pun not intended). They pissed him off, so he wants out!  He has every right to use whatever strategy he likes to get out.

[WarHeel]

Plot twist 

 

[Raleigh PF]

2 minutes ago, top dawg said:

The only reason that the NFL exists is because of the players. It's just like anything else, the owners are trying to keep as much pie as they can at the expense of the players (in terms of money and bad terms). The NBA is a better run league from a player-owner contractual perspective. 

Calling B.S. here. 

Brown signed a contract - a VERY lucrative contract - for 4 years and 68M, with a $19M signing bonus in 2017. So, what has changed since 2017? New coach? Nope. New GM? Nope. How about new quarterback? Nada.

So, nothing has changed, really in the entire time Brown has been with the Steelers. He was happy enough with them to sign the new deal in 2017. He didn't have to, but he did.

Now, it's two years later and he wants out? The time for him to call for that was before he signed the new deal. Sucks that he doesn't like it now, but that IS his signature on the bottom line, right?

If you would prefer a league that is run by the players, that's your choice, but if one of those players is someone like Brown, they aren't going to be successful for very long. 

[jumpman910]

AB said fug them sorry fugers. Can't blame him 

[RumHam]

It's funny when the bills don't want you

[Trill OG]

1 minute ago, RumHam said:

It's funny when the bills don't want you

AB instagram post yesterday made it clear he didn't want to be there. Bills were never a option for AB.

[top dawg]

1 minute ago, Raleigh PF said:

Calling B.S. here. 

Brown signed a contract - a VERY lucrative contract - for 4 years and 68M, with a $19M signing bonus in 2017. So, what has changed since 2017? New coach? Nope. New GM? Nope. How about new quarterback? Nada.

So, nothing has changed, really in the entire time Brown has been with the Steelers. He was happy enough with them to sign the new deal in 2017. He didn't have to, but he did.

Now, it's two years later and he wants out? The time for him to call for that was before he signed the new deal. Sucks that he doesn't like it now, but that IS his signature on the bottom line, right?

If you would prefer a league that is run by the players, that's your choice, but if one of those players is someone like Brown, they aren't going to be successful for very long. 

You can call BS all you like. Everyone who is paying attention knows that NFL players are getting screwed on their money and terms compared to the other leagues.

Brown hasn't done anything illegal. He is playing his only card to get out of a situation that he no longer wants to be in. The teams do whatever the hell they want to do all the time, and they have a lot of leverage to "screw" players over. Don't hate the player, hate the "game!"

You don't know all of the reasons why Brown wants out, but you do know that he felt mistreated. Players and teams "fall out of love" continually. This is nothing new.

[Matthias]

12 minutes ago, WarHeel said:

Plot twist 

 

Of course this is just the Bills trying to save face.

[RumHam]

5 minutes ago, Trill OG said:

AB instagram post yesterday made it clear he didn't want to be there. Bills were never a option for AB.

Thats great, but ultimately it's not up to him. This would have been the perfect deserving shitstorm for AB. He wants to be in Miami. If he cared about winning, he'd wanna go to Indy.

[AggieLean]

1 hour ago, Raleigh PF said:

He really has very little. Sure, he can pull the same trick if the Steelers try to trade him somewhere he doesn't want to go, but at the end of the day, he doesn't play a down of football ever again, unless the Steelers say he does.

There's a lot of parallel to the Barry Sanders situation with the Lions years ago. How'd that work out for Barry?

And apparently AB is fine with that. AB has more power than you or most people think, which is evident by Buffalo nixing the deal.

It worked out wonderful for Barry. He’s a hall of famer, no current signs of CTE, ok financially. 

[top dawg]

2 minutes ago, RumHam said:

Thats great, but ultimately it's not up to him. This would have been the perfect deserving shitstorm for AB. He wants to be in Miami. If he cared about winning, he'd wanna go to Indy.

Not that I totally agree or disagree with your implication, but maybe he cares about more than "winning." Perceived fit and quality of life do stand for something.

[AggieLean]

14 minutes ago, RumHam said:

It's funny when the bills don't want you

The Bills do or did want him, though.

[top dawg]

1 minute ago, AggieLean said:

The Bills do or did want him, though.

He knows that. He and others just can't stand the fact that Brown is not playing the part of a marionette.