Aaron Donald Ends Holdout

unless you are prepared to sit the whole season, holding out for a game does nothing.

Still newsworthy, though.

my comment wasn't directed to the OP. Just a general thought ok holdouts and how they aren't really a negotiation tactic anymore. The players have too much to lose and not enough to gain.

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In comment 13589419 UConn4523 said:

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my comment wasn't directed to the OP. Just a general thought ok holdouts and how they aren't really a negotiation tactic anymore. The players have too much to lose and not enough to gain.

Gotcha.

In comment 13589416 UConn4523 said:

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unless you are prepared to sit the whole season, holding out for a game does nothing.

Sitting out the whole season accomplishes even less, because the contract gets "tolled" (I think that's the word) and free agency is pushed back a year. The proper strategy is to sit out ten games and then report. You lose ten game checks, but you don't lose the year. And ten game checks out of a $1.8M salary isn't such a burden when there is roughly $50M in guaranteed money at risk/stake.

Teams know these guys won’t hold out. Because they need the checks. CBA is so one sided it isn’t funny

I just did some googling and it looks like that only applies to players who haven't signed their franchise tag. I'm gonna do some more digging.

my point remains the same. All the holdout gets is a guarantee of non injury in preseason. He was t going to get a shiny new deal because of this. Sucks for Donald, Beckham, etc but those are the rules now. Show up, go to work, and take out an insurance policy if you are worried about an injury.

It doesn't suck for them. After their rookie contract, the bonus they sign for will set then up for life. I imagine the bonus for both players will be in the $30-40 million range. Let them pay their dues first.

In comment 13589531 Samiam said:

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It doesn't suck for them. After their rookie contract, the bonus they sign for will set then up for life. I imagine the bonus for both players will be in the $30-40 million range. Let them pay their dues first.

It's not up to us to tell them what they should be happy making. They have every right to want to get top dollar as early as possible. But they don't hold the cards and the rules allow the teams to have most of the leverage.

Waived any fines that were accrued

Paid!

Donald has a contract. I'm old fashioned. I think he should live up to the terms especially his first contract. Like I said before, let him pay some dues. One of the reasons I like football more than the other sports is that there is some attempt to equalize competition and the rookie pay scale helps. It's way better for the fans and the game

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In comment 13589653 Samiam said:

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Donald has a contract. I'm old fashioned. I think he should live up to the terms especially his first contract. Like I said before, let him pay some dues. One of the reasons I like football more than the other sports is that there is some attempt to equalize competition and the rookie pay scale helps. It's way better for the fans and the game

Does the team have to honor the contract? Oh, no? Then the "I'm old fashioned" rhetoric falls a little flat.

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There is a thing called leverage, he doesn't have any.
Just a waste of time for him to holdout.