Denver Native (Carol)
03-14-2011, 06:32 PM
Geez - this IDIOT had MAJOR demands when he negotiated his own contract, when he took over when Gene Upshaw passed away :tsk: No wonder it does NOT bother him to try to take the owners to the cleaners - seems it is his way.
Nearly six weeks after he was elected as Gene Upshaw's successor, new NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith is without a contract. And based on an NFLPA executive committee memo from last week, the two sides remain far apart on several components of a potential deal.
The memo, from labor attorney Stephen M. Saxon to members of the union's executive committee, was obtained by ESPN. Dated April 16, it includes details and a synopsis of a recent executive committee conference call, during which Smith's proposal for a five-year contract was "the major topic of discussion" and was "discussed ... at length" by the 11-man committee.
A member of the executive committee confirmed the existence of the memo and its contents.
While "no final decisions were made" between Smith's proposal and the package proposed by the executive committee, it is clear that major differences exist in the current stances of the two sides.
Primary among the several areas of disagreement is salary. Smith's proposal calls for an annual income of between $3.2 million and $3.7 million for the first three years of the contract, including a $500,000 signing bonus. The executive committee has proposed that Smith not be paid a signing bonus, and that his salary range for the first three years of the contract be between $1 million and $2 million annually.
Assuming the highest-level salaries for each side's proposal, the difference is $5.6 million.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4087237
Nearly six weeks after he was elected as Gene Upshaw's successor, new NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith is without a contract. And based on an NFLPA executive committee memo from last week, the two sides remain far apart on several components of a potential deal.
The memo, from labor attorney Stephen M. Saxon to members of the union's executive committee, was obtained by ESPN. Dated April 16, it includes details and a synopsis of a recent executive committee conference call, during which Smith's proposal for a five-year contract was "the major topic of discussion" and was "discussed ... at length" by the 11-man committee.
A member of the executive committee confirmed the existence of the memo and its contents.
While "no final decisions were made" between Smith's proposal and the package proposed by the executive committee, it is clear that major differences exist in the current stances of the two sides.
Primary among the several areas of disagreement is salary. Smith's proposal calls for an annual income of between $3.2 million and $3.7 million for the first three years of the contract, including a $500,000 signing bonus. The executive committee has proposed that Smith not be paid a signing bonus, and that his salary range for the first three years of the contract be between $1 million and $2 million annually.
Assuming the highest-level salaries for each side's proposal, the difference is $5.6 million.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4087237