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Wolf Hopper
09-03-2003, 02:46 PM
Why is this situation "just business" in the NFL whereas if it happened in baseball we would hear a bunch of economic related babble?
SmedIndy
09-03-2003, 04:07 PM
1. The NFL has a salary cap and the union signed off on it.
2. It's well known the NFL is making money hand over fist.
3. Baseball would blame everything but itself. Football accepts, adapts and moves on.
KCBOOMER
09-03-2003, 05:35 PM
The NFL owners have a common agenda which in turn leads to Smed's points.
RedSeat
09-03-2003, 06:06 PM
The real key is the cap. Milloy was cut because he didn't fit under the cap, not because the Bob Kraft couldn't afford more. Every team has the same financial limitations. MLB's sob story is that the playing field isn't level.
JamesI
09-03-2003, 06:27 PM
Hey, Milloy is rumored to Buffalo! That would rock!
LeGrandOrange
09-03-2003, 07:54 PM
I don't understand the timing of it necessarily...cap casualties happen all the time but if he didn't fit monetarily, couldn't he have been released when everyone cut down to 53? That is the only problem I have. If you release a good player because he's expensive, I can understand it...but you don't release a good player on the Tuesday before the season starts...
Craig S.
09-03-2003, 08:28 PM
It wasn't just a cap move. Yes, the Pats wanted to restructure his contract, and they likely would have kept him if they could do so.

However, it's hard to justify paying a safety that kind of money after a season in which he had no INTs or sacks, and didn't even manage to cause a fumble. You hate to see that from a guy who's supposed to be in his prime, and I'd bet that it scared the Patriots a little.

New England obviously won't be as strong at safety without him, but it should serve them well in the future financially. And I doubt it will hurt the team all that much.
pathogan
09-03-2003, 08:47 PM
1. The NFL has a salary cap and the union signed off on it.
2. It's well known the NFL is making money hand over fist.
3. Baseball would blame everything but itself. Football accepts, adapts and moves on.


...the difference succintly put,I might add
gyb13
09-03-2003, 11:41 PM
Hey, Milloy is rumored to Buffalo! That would rock!it's not a rumor, it's a done deal:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1608659
to make things more interesting, the patriots come into town this weekend...
Craig S.
09-04-2003, 09:44 AM
it's not a rumor, it's a done deal:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1608659
to make things more interesting, the patriots come into town this weekend...

I wonder if the chance to play the Pats twice this season gave Buffalo an inside edge on signing him.